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04/06/06 10:37 AM

"I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during my third pregnancy. My daughter is almost 3 years old and her blood sugar levels are running high, my question is can a child who was born to a mother with gestational diabetes develope type 1 diabetes because the mother had gestational diabetes? I am now a diabetic, and there is a family history of type 2 diabetes. "
Asked By: colleen76  
Category: Gestational Diabetes

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04/06/06 10:37 AM

The following link has information about the genetics associated with diabetes: Genetics.

Children of mothers with gestational diabetes are at a greater risk for type 2 diabetes and obesity. Is your child overweight? If your child has high blood sugar levels you need to bring her to the pediatrician right away so that the appropriate diagnosis can be made. Although your child is three years old, she may not have type 1 diabetes. Your doctor can do blood tests to determine the type of diabetes she may have. If your daughter’s blood sugar is higher than 125 fasting on more than one occasion then she probably has diabetes. Or if she has a random blood sugar greater than 200 on more than one occasion. Also, do you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes? If you are not overweight, there is a chance that you have type 1 diabetes.

Deborah Greenwood APRN,BC-ADM, MEd, CDE

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