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Suggest Risk To Fetus With High Sugar Levels During Pregnancy

i am 43 years, had high blood sugar through my pregnancy i deliver 6 month ago to a baby girl at the delvery she weighted 2.8 kilo. my question should i worry that my girl could devleop high sugar in her childhood? as a friend of mine told me her friend s daughter on insuline when she turned 3 years
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Hallow Dear,

The very fact you had high sugar levels throughout the pregnancy, you are going to develop Overt Diabetes sometimes in your life. So far it was in latent phase; however with the stress of pregnancy, it became overt. Even if your sugar goes back to normal levels after delivery, the diabetes remains in your body - in latent phase and sometimes in future, it becomes overt.

Diabetes is a hereditary metabolic dysfunction which is associated with gene. This gene is recessive gene. Hence even if only one partner is diabetic still there are chances that the baby will be diabetic.

There are two types of diabetes - Type I and Type II. It all depends on which type of diabetes the baby is having . According to the type of diabetes, it will become overt at some age, it may require insulin since childhood, etc. Please report to your baby's Paediatrician once to get the baby investigated for the evidence of the Diabetes, if at all she has it.

If your husband is non-diabetic, there are good chances that your baby may be non-diabetic since the diabetic gene is a recessive (non-dominant) gene.

You need not be under stress. Medical science has advanced quite ahead. Diabetes is not a disease but is a metabolic disorder and hence can be managed chronically with due precautions and treatment.

Wish you the best,

Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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Suggest Risk To Fetus With High Sugar Levels During Pregnancy

Hallow Dear, The very fact you had high sugar levels throughout the pregnancy, you are going to develop Overt Diabetes sometimes in your life. So far it was in latent phase; however with the stress of pregnancy, it became overt. Even if your sugar goes back to normal levels after delivery, the diabetes remains in your body - in latent phase and sometimes in future, it becomes overt. Diabetes is a hereditary metabolic dysfunction which is associated with gene. This gene is recessive gene. Hence even if only one partner is diabetic still there are chances that the baby will be diabetic. There are two types of diabetes - Type I and Type II. It all depends on which type of diabetes the baby is having . According to the type of diabetes, it will become overt at some age, it may require insulin since childhood, etc. Please report to your baby s Paediatrician once to get the baby investigated for the evidence of the Diabetes, if at all she has it. If your husband is non-diabetic, there are good chances that your baby may be non-diabetic since the diabetic gene is a recessive (non-dominant) gene. You need not be under stress. Medical science has advanced quite ahead. Diabetes is not a disease but is a metabolic disorder and hence can be managed chronically with due precautions and treatment. Wish you the best, Dr. Nishikant Shrotri