I have to say that Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension do not only occur in obese women-- though there are more likely to. I am by no means overweight or obese and during my first pregnancy I experienced a mild form of Diabetes and developed hypertension the day of delivery. All I could think of was if my baby was going to be okay, would he have macrosomia like some GD babies do? Etc. My son was born very healthy at 6lbs 10oz but I think it's important for us to take care of ourselves as women and more importantly as the missile that feeds and provides life to our children for the 9 months they live inside us. No matter what our weight, eating as best as possible for our babies is the best thing we can do for them.
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I have to say that Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension do not only occur in obese women-- though there are more likely to. I am by no means overweight or obese and during my first pregnancy I experienced a mild form of Diabetes and developed hypertension the day of delivery. All I could think of was if my baby was going to be okay, would he have macrosomia like some GD babies do? Etc. My son was born very healthy at 6lbs 10oz but I think it's important for us to take care of ourselves as women and more importantly as the missile that feeds and provides life to our children for the 9 months they live inside us. No matter what our weight, eating as best as possible for our babies is the best thing we can do for them.
November 20, 2009 - 6:40amThis Comment
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