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High Blood Sugar (Diabetes)

I'm still urinating frequently. Could I be going in for gestational diabetes

Your body has to provide enough glucose to the growing foetus. Since insulin regulates the level of sugar in your blood, and ensures that your own body is well nourished, pregnancy triggers anti-insulin mechanisms to make sure enough sugar remains circulating in your blood stream to nourish the baby. Sometimes it leaves more sugar than is required by both mother and child. This gets spilled into the urine. In the 2nd trimester , this anti-insulin effect increases. So there is no cause for worry as roughly 50% of pregnant women show sugar in their urine. Most of the time, the body responds with an increased production of insulin. But about 1% - 2% may be unable to produce enough insulin at a time to handle this increase, or are unable to use this insulin efficiently. This is called gestational diabetes or carbohydrate intolerance, and normally disappears after delivery.

What are the symptoms of gestational diabetes

Excessive hunger and thirst, frequent urination in the 2nd trimester, recurrent vaginal infections and an increase in blood pressure. It is always good to do a test for blood sugar, between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy.

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