Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with the onset or first recognition occurring during pregnancy. Many pregnant women do not notice any symptoms of diabetes, but urine and blood tests may show that they have it. Symptoms of diabetes may include thirst, weight loss, eating too much, urinating in large quantities and unexplained fatigue.

	Diabetes Type II The Condition "...Interestingly, women who have given birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds are at increased risk, as are women who have had diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes)..." Gestational Diabetes Tendency The Condition "Finding out that you have gestational diabetes can be very frightening..." Relationship to Vitamin B6 Requirement "By impairing pancreatic insulin production, vitamin B6 deficiency may increase the tendency towards hyperglycemia in cases of gestational diabetes..." Relationship to Potassium Need "By impairing pancreatic insulin production, potassium deficiency may increase the tendency towards hyperglycemia in cases of gestational diabetes..." Relationship to Magnesium Requirement "By impairing pancreatic insulin production, magnesium deficiency may increase the tendency towards hyperglycemia in cases of gestational diabetes..." Relationship to Diabetes Type II "Previous gestational diabetes has been established as an additional risk factor for developing adult onset diabetes..." Relationship to Chromium Deficiency "Impaired chromium utilization may be a cause of gestational diabetes..." Relationship to Aerobic Exercise Need "Exercising during pregnancy stimulates glucose transport and can help control gestational diabetes without the use of insulin..." Glucose Tolerance Test As A Treatment "...Reasons For Use The oral glucose tolerance test is used to screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes at between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy..." Pregnancy-Related Issues Recommendation Vitamin D "...Am J of Physiol 1996; 271(3): L392­9] and for women with gestational diabetes..."

Last updated: Apr 07, 2008