In our 108th episode of Beyond the Bump, Dr Timmy is back and this time he's answering all your questions about gestational diabetes!
- What is gestational diabetes?
- If you have gestational diabetes in one pregnancy how likely are you to have it in subsequent pregnancies?
- What is the glucose tolerance test and what will you go through to get the test?
- Why is gestational diabetes only tested at 28 weeks?
- Can you develop gestational diabetes after a normal glucose test?
- Why is gestational diabetes even tested? Like why do we need to know if we have it?
- If you have undiagnosed/unmanaged gestational diabetes will your baby come out bigger than he/she would have if you had diagnosed/managed it?
- Can we do anything to reduce our chances of getting gestational diabetes?
- Is gestational diabetes just 'for now' and not forever?
- And MORE!!!!
We hope you absolutely LOVE this episode!
Beyond the Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
