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Gestational Diabetes in the News

by barbara waters

I’ve written about some of the complications from diabetes - including yeast infections.

“>Gestational diabetes, which is on the rise nationwide, is becoming more recognized as a significant risk to mothers and their babies. In the news, here is an article about gestational diabetes - and what might cause it. I confess that I don’t understand a lot of what is being said in the article - but it sounds like they (the infamous “they”) might be getting a handle on why gestational diabetes happens.

At the least, it looks like they have the sequencing down - the timing of when it starts and when it stops - or the body starts using insulin again properly. There is talk about “islets” and “menin” and “prolactin”. You know . . . all that scientific jargon that none of us really understands - but when it HELPS us, we are thrilled. Right? Right.

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In other news . . .

The swimming continues - I am getting to be more comfortable putting my face in the water. What?!! You already do that when you swim? Well, friends, I do not like to have my face in the water - there may be psychological reasons for that, but I am not going to worry too much about all that. I am taking it slowly and now get my face wet a lot more often than I used to 8 weeks ago when I started swimming with my daughter.

8 weeks - tomorrow starts week 9.

Last week a coworker came up behind me and mentioned “you know, you are trimming down!” I thanked her and sort of shook my head. Later in the day I got curiouser and curiouser and finally went to the back bathroom to step onto the medical type scale there . . . .

. . . . drum roll, please . . . .

I have lost EIGHTEEN pounds!

Yeah, you coulda knocked ME over, too. How awesome is that? I knew that my (brand new!!!) work slacks were starting to be a bit loose in the legs and seat . . . but I hadn’t thought too much about it really.

May just have to have them taken in soon.

It’s a nice problem to have, right? Right.


Posted in Diabetic Complications, Gestational Diabetes on November 5th, 2007

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