Overview

Gestational diabetes can occur during pregnancy because of insulin resistance or reduced production of insulin production. Risk factors include being overweight previously, having gestational diabetes, a family history of type 2 diabetes, and having polycystic ovarian syndrome. For those at normal risk screening, it is recommended between 24 and 28 weeks' gestation. For those at high risk, it may occur at the first prenatal visit. The majority of pregnant women with gestational diabetes go on to have healthy pregnancies and babies. 

However, gestational diabetes can seriously harm both you and your unborn child's health if left untreated. Continuously high blood sugar levels can also cause the following in addition to the above: Induced labour, Caesarean section, increased risk of the baby becoming overweight or obese Developing type 2 diabetes later in life. As your child gets older, keeping a healthy weight, eating well, and getting regular exercise will lower this risk. Following delivery, your baby has jaundice or yellowing of the skin and eyes.

Causes

This condition may be caused by a variety of factors. Hormonal changes during pregnancy play an important role. Being overweight before pregnancy can also lead to gestational diabetes. Risk factors may include: Disruptions in insulin secretion and function, as well as pregnancy over 30 years old, are significant risk factors. Family history of diabetes, Obesity History of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Symptoms

The majority of women with gestational diabetes don't show any symptoms however some may: Unusual thirst large volume of urine production regularly (as opposed to early pregnancy's likewise frequent but typically light urination) weariness (which could be hard to distinguish from typical pregnancy weariness) Urine with sugar (found during a routine visit to the practitioner).

Ayurvedic View

Prameha - Here, the word prameha means- root word 'mih sechane'meaning watering, here urination,' pra' means excess in both frequency and quantity. Due to a sedentary lifestyle and consumption of food that are heavy, unctuous food, newly harvested rice, curd, excess of sweet taste, etc, virudha ahara (incompatible food), adhyashana (intake of food before digestion of previous food) etc, causes aggravation of kapha dosha, which affects dhatus like medas (fat), mamsa (muscle), udaka (lymph) etc, along with low digestive power, these dushitha dhatus (vitiated body fluids and tissues) is taken down towards urinary system, causing diabetes. Due to the predominant dosha involved, there are various symptoms, but the main symptom is excretion of aavila mutra (unctuous or turbid urine) with a change in the normal colour of urine. This kind of diabetes is detected temporarily due to hormonal changes during pregnancy. The Ayurveda way of approach is to correct manda agni (metabolism), bring dosha back to prakruta avastha (healthy, balanced state), reduce the symptoms post delivery and preventing the complications by ayurvedic treatment and medicine, guiding towards the follow of a healthy diet and lifestyle, can control or cure gestational diabetes.