Creator: Dr. Ramya Ananthakrishnan
Keywords: Family history, diabetes mellitus, poor obstetric history, glycosuria, polyhydramnios, urinary tract infections, chronic hypertension

Written by Dr. Ramya Ananthakrishnan, MD |

Medically Reviewed by dr. reeja tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D on Feb 05, 2020

Risk factors for developing gestational diabetes

Women that have the following risk factors must be monitored closely because the entire strength of disease management lies in careful monitoring of the woman during pregnancy, labor and post delivery or post-puerperal period.

The risk factors related to gestational diabetes are-

Family history of diabetes mellitus
Poor obstetric history
Presence of significant glucose excreted in the urine
Polyhydramnios or excess amniotic fluid
Large sized fetus
History of having delivered a baby weighing more than 4 kg
Maternal age greater than 30 years.
Recurrent urinary tract infections
Chronic hypertension

Published on Aug 30, 2008
Last Updated on Feb 05, 2020

Comments

ved12 Thursday, January 12, 2012

Gestational diabetes is cause when body should be able to use its insulin more effectively. This is condition mostly found in pregnancy. Therefore, always be aware of diabetes in pregnancy.

ved12 Thursday, January 12, 2012

According to my experience Gestational diabetes diet is very helpful to control it.This is very simple way to control diabetes.

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Plese give the normal range of blood sugar level during pregnancy and what should be the range of blood sugar?

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