Health News Desk, the number of diabetes patients in India is continuously increasing. More than 130 million people in the country are victims of diabetes. It has more than 6 crore women. This disease is also engulfing pregnant women. During pregnancy, there are many hormonal changes in the body, affecting the process of insulin formation. Due to this, weight starts increasing rapidly and the body is not able to make sufficient amount of insulin, due to which the sugar level starts increasing, due to which women become victims of diabetes during pregnancy. It also affects the newborn. The risk of diabetes in newborn also increases. Due to diabetes, the child may be at risk of low blood sugar or jaundice after birth. Apart from this, the child may be at risk of having difficulty or obesity in breathing after birth.
Effect on baby
In pregnant women, there is more pressure on the pancreas to make insulin in case of diabetes. The pancreas has to do more work to make insulin, yet insulin does not reduce blood sugar level. In such a situation, many nutrients, including placenta glucose, do not get the baby correctly. In such a situation, the baby’s pancreas starts making more insulin to remove the increased sugar level. Because the mother who takes a diet reaches the baby through blood and the child starts freezing. Due to which the baby is damaged after birth.
Symptoms of pregnant diabetes
Symptoms of diabetes are not visible in most pregnant women. But if women start feeling more thirsty and frequent problems of urin starts, then the doctor should be contacted immediately. Pregnant women should get diabetes tested every three months. This will reveal the sugar level of women and the health of the baby.
The child gets nutrition only through the blood of the mother. If the sugar level has increased in the mother, then it is sure to affect the newborn. In such a situation, the size of the baby becomes larger than normal. Due to which many types of problems can start.
A large size of the baby can pose a threat during delivery.
Low blood sugar in your baby after birth.
There is also a risk of premature delivery among women suffering from diabetes.
The risk of having jaundice in the newborn may also increase.
After birth, the baby may also have difficulty breathing.
As the child grows up, there is also a high risk of obesity and diabetes.
