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Understanding GDM
What gestational diabetes is, why it happens, and how it affects the body.
What Is Gestational Diabetes?
GDM is high blood sugar found for the first time during pregnancy. Here is why it happens, and what it does and does not mean for your baby.
Why Pregnancy Causes Insulin Resistance
Every pregnancy makes the body resist insulin on purpose. Understanding why explains what GDM actually is, and why it appears when it does.
You Did Not Cause This
A GDM diagnosis often arrives with guilt attached, and relatives are quick to supply more. Here is why neither is deserved, stated plainly.
GDM, or Diabetes You Already Had?
Diabetes found early in pregnancy may not be GDM at all. The distinction changes your treatment, and it changes your follow-up after delivery.
How Common Is GDM in India?
India's national study found gestational diabetes in more than one pregnancy in five, with wide variation between regions. Here are the numbers.