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After Pregnancy: Postpartum & Future Risk
Postpartum glucose screening, breastfeeding, future Type 2 risk, and planning a next pregnancy.
The Test Most Women Never Get
A glucose test four to twelve weeks after delivery is the most skipped part of GDM care, and the one that decides what happens to you next.
Your Long-Term Type 2 Risk
About half of women with GDM go on to develop Type 2 diabetes. Here is what that figure actually means, and just as importantly, what it does not.
Staying Screened for Life
A normal test after delivery is not a discharge. Here is what testing you should keep asking for, and what to put in your medical history.
Reducing Your Risk After GDM
The Type 2 risk that follows GDM is one of the most modifiable in medicine. Here is what genuinely shifts it, in realistic newborn-era terms.
Planning Your Next Pregnancy
GDM often recurs, and a glucose test before conceiving changes the plan. Here is what to sort out before the next pregnancy actually starts.