Pregnancy diabetes symptoms look so much like normal pregnancy discomforts that many women suffering from pregnancy diabetes, also known as gestational diabetes, do not even realize that they may have pregnancy related diabetes.

The signs and symptoms of diabetes in pregnancy typically begin somewhere in the middle of the second trimester. The condition is usually diagnosed at about 24 week’s gestation because your physician will order a gestational diabetes screening that needs to be scheduled and done in the laboratory. The ADA (American Diabetes Association) website infers that around 18% of pregnant women are diagnosed with pregnancy related diabetes.

A diagnosis of gestational diabetes does not mean that you had diabetes before you were pregnant or that you will have it after the pregnancy is over. Many women have gestational diabetes who have never previously had diabetes and who go through life never experiencing diabetes again.

The important thing to …