title: Gestational diabetes: real risks beyond the controversy.
abstract: Gestational diabetes has been a controversial subject in the midwifery community for many years. While the diagnosis and disease can be debated, one statistic remains without controversy: women who meet the diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes after delivery. This article discusses the importance of postpartum follow-up, whether gestational diabetes screening was completed in pregnancy or not, and what a midwife can do to lower her clients' risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
authors: Midwives College of Utah, USA.
authors: Crystal
authors: C
authors: Ogle
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*