Post Tagged with: "diabetes"
Overweight and Trying to Get Pregnant
Evidence shows that women who are overweight (or underweight) are less likely to see positive pregnancy test and (finally?) feel the pregnancy signs . I am not saying it is impossible, but if you are overweight and trying to get pregnant, your chances are decreased. It might seem too easy to say “woman, lose weight”, [...]
PCOS in Connection with Heart Disease in Young Women
Researchers at the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute have identified previously unsuspected cause of heart disease in women. They found a link between PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) and heart disease in young women. This small pilot study found significant abnormalities in heart function among women with PCOS who had an average age of 31. PCOS [...]
Prevent Gestational Diabetes during Pregnancy: Pregnant Women Should avoid Sugary Colas
Gestational diabetes during pregnancy is actually very common; it is very easy to develop gestational diabetes, and some women develop it very early in pregnancy. Usually gestational diabetes is diagnosed at 28 weeks or even later, but it can happen earlier. Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women – about 135,000 cases of [...]
PCOS Diet and Insulin Insensitivity
PCOS is caused by an imbalance of several sex hormones, and for that reason weight gain and most of all difficulty in losing weight are very common problems women with PCOS must deal with. This issue is in strong correlation with insulin resistance that many women with PCOS face with: their body opposes the effects [...]
Type 1 Diabetes and Getting Ready for Pregnancy
Diabetes doesn’t cause infertility but poor blood sugar control makes everything difficult during a pregnancy. If diabetes is a part of your life, whether it is diabetes type 1 or type 2, there is plenty you can do to improve your chances of healthy conception and prepare your body for pregnancy. As a matter of [...]
On a Journey to Healthy Pregnancy with Diabetes
There are couple studies that link infertility with diabetes, but the proofs are vague and they do not conclude that diabetes causes infertility. However, but poor blood sugar control makes everything difficult during a pregnancy. Research that was exercised by British scientists (published in Human Reproduction) links sperm DNA damage to diabetes and therefore claims [...]
