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What is Gestational diabetes?

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Gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops for the first time during pregnancy, usually found with screening between 24 and 28 weeks.

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In plain words

During pregnancy, hormones from the placenta make the body more resistant to insulin.

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Why it matters

A past gestational diabetes diagnosis raises later diabetes risk and shapes pregnancy planning on a GLP-1.

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Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops for the first time during pregnancy, usually found with screening between 24 and 28 weeks.

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