Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on November 22, 2017, and has since been updated. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that shows up during pregnancy in a woman who did not have diabetes before pregnancy. It happens if your...
Did you know that women develop a special kind of diabetes during pregnancy? It is called “gestational diabetes.” During pregnancy, your hormones make it harder for your system to use the simple sugars that your body uses so much of. You develop gestational...