Gestational diabetes occurs late in pregnancy. Untreated, it is bad for your developing baby because it causes the baby to build up extra fat.
It's important for a woman with diabetes to keep her blood sugar under tight control while she's pregnant.
Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a pregnant woman has elevated glucose levels and other symptoms of diabetes—but did not have diabetes before she became pregnant.
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