Today's episode I chat about gestational diabetes. What is it, how it gets tested for and how it might impact your labour.

RESOURCES

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gestational-diabetes/

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/gestational.html#:~:text=Gestational%20diabetes%20occurs%20when%20your,body%20for%20use%20as%20energy

http://www.joyful-beginnings.com/hottopicsinpregnancy

https://www.baby-chick.com/pregnancy-glucose-test-alternatives/

https://www.better-birth.co.uk/post/myth-gestational-diabetes-means-you-ll-have-a-big-baby

https://www.sarawickham.com/articles-2/induction-for-gestational-diabetes/  

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