Gestational diabetes

The complication of diabetes during pregnancy can be a disaster for both mother and child. However, proper management of diabetes prior to conception and during pregnancy has enabled diabetics to have normal infants nearly as often as non-diabetic women. This article reviews the historical aspects of gestational diabetes, the magnitude of the problem, carbohydrate metabolism during pregnancy, appropriate therapy, and offers some suggestions about how gestational diabetes and non-insulin dependent diabetes might be prevented.