“Gestational diabetes gives you between a 25% to 60% chance of getting Type II diabetes after you give birth,” the diabetician says. “Remember that Type II diabetes is incurable. It can lead to many very serious complications, such as loss of vision or gangrened limbs that might have to be amputated. How is your vision? Still good? For now, it is. What? You say you have no gangrened limbs just yet? Ha ha, you are funny!
Heart disease and stroke are the main causes of death and disability for people with Type II diabetes. For somebody like you, who already has high blood pressure, this can shorten your life span significantly. And you want to stay alive for the next 20 years because this child will need to be raised.
Gestational diabetes can lead to premature delivery and birth defects. Here are some pictures of premature babies and babies with birth defects. Well, you can’t get these from gestational diabetes, but they do look scary, huh?
So make sure you measure your blood sugar 5 times a day, follow the diet I suggested, and most importantly, remember, NO STRESS. High stress raises your blood sugar levels. Actually, let’s take a measurement right now. Hmm, the blood sugar seems kind if high. Is it something you ate for breakfast?”
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