Caroline is a dietitian and she is pregnant with her first baby. She was recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes and is dis
couraged because she has a normal BMI and feels that she has a healthy diet. Dispite the fact that she is of normal weight and knows about nutrition, why are all pregnant women at an increased risk of developing diabetes?
While pregnant your placenta makes hormones that cause a glucose buildup in your blood. Your pancreas can usually send enough incline to handle it but if your body cant make enough incline or stops using incline like it should, there will be to much sugar in the blood therefore developing gestational diabetes.
