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What is gestational diabetes?

Diabetes first diagnosed during pregnancy. It is treatable and manageable.

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  1. Diabetes first diagnosed during pregnancy ✔
  2. Diabetes that starts after age 65
  3. Diabetes that only affects newborn babies

Why: Pregnancy hormones can block insulin, and if the body can't make enough extra, blood sugar rises. A diagnosis doesn't mean you had diabetes before or will after. Many people with it have healthy pregnancies and babies.

Huh, didn't know that: Gestational diabetes affects up to 9% of pregnancies in the U.S. each year.

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Answer: Diabetes first diagnosed during pregnancy. Pregnancy hormones can block insulin, and if the body can't make enough extra, blood sugar rises. A diagnosis doesn't mean you had diabetes before or will after. Many people with it have healthy pregnancies and babies.

  1. ADA, Gestational Diabetes diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/pregnancy/gestational-diabetes
    diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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