How is gestational diabetes treated?

How is gestational diabetes treated?

Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE (Professor and Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs, USC Keck School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: How is gestational diabetes treated?; Can gestational diabetes be prevented? and more...

Gestational diabetes is treated just like ordinary Type 2 diabetes, in the sense that the first thing we do is lifestyle change. We have people see a nutritionist, we have them work with the dietician on what they can do to eat differently, perhaps reduce the carbohydrates, change the composition of their diet, and increase their physical activity. But if that doesn't work, then we go on to using insulin, which is generally a short period of time, just during the last part of the pregnancy, and then once the woman delivers the baby they no longer need to be on insulin.