Steven Edelman, MD and perinatal specialist Thomas Moore, MD, discuss Gestational Diabetes including the causes, therapies, and recommendations for keeping mother and baby healthy throughout the pregnancy and delivery. Series: “Taking Control of Your Diabetes” [6/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14717]
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Burton Rochelson MD Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstectrics at
NS/LIJ Healthcare System
www.DrMDK
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This is a brief montage telling the amazing story of Asher’s Birth. He was born only a month early at 36 weeks, but due to complications caused by Gestational Diabetes he was born severely ill. He was mediflighted twice after birth and spent his first week on full life support. He was on a vent, had blood transfusions, tons of IV’s, a feeding tube, and so many wires I couldn’t keep count. After his birth, I went into congestive heart failure so I was put back into a hospital across town. My amazing husband juggled all of this while taking care of our other two boys. After a few weeks Asher fully recovered and we thank everyone for their prayers and support during this difficult time. We are truly blessed
Please never underestimate the effects of gestational diabetes. I followed my diet and took my medicines and my diabetes was considered “well controlled” I never imagined what my son would go through to survive. He has fully recovered now but still struggles with lung damage related to the ventilator and chest tubes. Asher has had many hospitalizations and he requires nebulizer treatments 4 times per day every day of the year and in the future he too will have to be tested for diabetes. I am no longer diabetic so please don’t think that just because your diabetes isn’t severe, it isn’t serious. Most cases of gestational diabetes that are well controlled do not end up the way mine did, but I just want people to be aware it can and does happen.
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About 5% of expecting women are affected by Gestational Diabetes. Watch this video to learn more. ??????????????????????? WATCH MORE PREGNANCY VIDEOS! Click Here: »»» http://pregnancy.healthguru.com/content/browse/cid/13/sid/24?085Diabetes7YT
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http://www.ihealthtube.com Dr. Molly Ferguson on Gestational Diabetes, and the risk factors for it and how it could affect the fetus.
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Dr. Siobhan Dolan talks about some of the complications that can arise from Gestational Diabetes.
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a type of diabetes that occurs in women during late pregnancy. This type of diabetes affects both the mother and the child. There are no cures yet to be discovered, but there is a way to prevent this type of diabetes. The key and most helpful prevention plan is education. Women should educate themselves before or during pregnancy to avoid for obtaining this disease. Also this type of diabetes has many risk factors. Some which are talked about in the video such as obesity and ethnicity. So in this video it will provide information on how to educate women on GDM and how to avoid from getting this disease.
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