What Happens To Baby?

An Overview of Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to properly utilize sugars and starches (carbohydrates) that it receives in food by converting them to energy. The pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to do the job and the result is diabetes. This disease is often found in women of childbearing age and may appear as gestational diabetes in some women. That means that they contract the condition but it is only in their bodies for the duration of the pregnancy. Once the baby is born, often gestational diabetes disappears. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes require insulin regimens and proper diet and exercise to contro