sarahSidle1981
Lab Technician
Part Sixty
In Lindsey and Kevin seventh hour math class Lindsey is again stare and read the first page of the printout on Gestational diabetes. The first page tells what Gestational diabetes is.
“Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases of gestational diabetes in the United States each year.
We don't know what causes gestational diabetes, but we have some clues. The placenta supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the mother's body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin.
Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia.” (From American Diabetes association website)
As she reads, the printout Lindsey is highlight the important info she needs to remember. She highlights the part that tells why pregnant women end up getting Gestational diabetes. She read further down the pages and comes across the next important thing she needs to know. “When you have gestational diabetes, your pancreas works overtime to produce insulin, but the insulin does not lower your blood glucose levels. Although insulin does not cross the placenta, glucose and other nutrients do. So extra blood glucose goes through the placenta, giving the baby high blood glucose levels. This causes the baby's pancreas to make extra insulin to get rid of the blood glucose. Since the baby is getting more energy than it needs to grow and develop, the extra energy is stored as fat. This can lead to macrosomia, or a "fat" baby. Babies with macrosomia face health problems of their own, including damage to their shoulders during birth. Because of the extra insulin made by the baby's pancreas, newborns may have very low blood glucose levels at birth and are also at higher risk for breathing problems. Babies with excess insulin become children who are at risk for obesity and adults who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. ”( American Diabetes association website). Great I going to end up with three fat babies, I so hope that the doctor catches that I have gestational diabetes in time and I can keep under control so my babies are born at a health wight and I hope I can keep my glucose levels under control. She had to start work on her math because the teacher had seen that she was not work on it and had told Lindsey to stop read the printout and get to work on math. After school gets out, Lindsey and Kevin go to Driver ed it was the first day of book work part of the class. Lindsey and Kevin set in the back row of the class room and listen and take notes on what the diver ed teacher Mr. Clock tells the class.
In Lindsey and Kevin seventh hour math class Lindsey is again stare and read the first page of the printout on Gestational diabetes. The first page tells what Gestational diabetes is.
“Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases of gestational diabetes in the United States each year.
We don't know what causes gestational diabetes, but we have some clues. The placenta supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the mother's body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin.
Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia.” (From American Diabetes association website)
As she reads, the printout Lindsey is highlight the important info she needs to remember. She highlights the part that tells why pregnant women end up getting Gestational diabetes. She read further down the pages and comes across the next important thing she needs to know. “When you have gestational diabetes, your pancreas works overtime to produce insulin, but the insulin does not lower your blood glucose levels. Although insulin does not cross the placenta, glucose and other nutrients do. So extra blood glucose goes through the placenta, giving the baby high blood glucose levels. This causes the baby's pancreas to make extra insulin to get rid of the blood glucose. Since the baby is getting more energy than it needs to grow and develop, the extra energy is stored as fat. This can lead to macrosomia, or a "fat" baby. Babies with macrosomia face health problems of their own, including damage to their shoulders during birth. Because of the extra insulin made by the baby's pancreas, newborns may have very low blood glucose levels at birth and are also at higher risk for breathing problems. Babies with excess insulin become children who are at risk for obesity and adults who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. ”( American Diabetes association website). Great I going to end up with three fat babies, I so hope that the doctor catches that I have gestational diabetes in time and I can keep under control so my babies are born at a health wight and I hope I can keep my glucose levels under control. She had to start work on her math because the teacher had seen that she was not work on it and had told Lindsey to stop read the printout and get to work on math. After school gets out, Lindsey and Kevin go to Driver ed it was the first day of book work part of the class. Lindsey and Kevin set in the back row of the class room and listen and take notes on what the diver ed teacher Mr. Clock tells the class.