Gestational Diabetes Risk Factors

Cardiovascular Disease

a disease of the heart and blood vessels

Geriatric Pregnancy

a pregnancy carried after the age of 35 years

Prior Gestational Diabetes

diabetes with a past pregnancy

Obesity

excessive body weight; corpulence

Type 2 Diabetes

progressive disorder in which body cells become less responsive to insulin

Fetal Macrosomia

usually defined as a fetus weighing almost 9 pounds or being abnormally large