Cloudnine expert, Dr. Poornima gives us an absolute confirmation on how Gestationbal Diabetes is a fast disappering issue, after pregnancy. To know more, visit www.cloudninecare.com. #C9HealthTalk #CloudnineHospitals

"Definitely gestational diabetes disappears after delivery, it disappears so fast that suppose if you deliver the baby today, the next day morning the sugars will come to absolutely normal values. Infact this is counselling we do to the patients with gestational diabetes and this is the motivation we do for gestational diabetes that they need to follow exercise, diet and they need to take their medication and insulin everyday. The day after they deliver, they don’t have to follow anything, their sugars will automatically come back to normal. This only proves that pregnancy was the cause for gestational diabetes. In some gestational diabetes that have required insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents, the day after they have delivered, the requirement of insulin crashes and the need for oral hypoglycaemic agents almost disappears"

Cloudnine expert, Dr. Poornima tells us about the two medications used to treat Gestational Diabetes. To know more, visit www.cloudninecare.com. #C9HealthTalk #CloudnineHospitals

Cloudnine expert, Dr. Poornima gives a brief insight on the parameters of a Gestational Diabetes test. To know more, visit www.cloudninecare.com. #C9HealthTalk #CloudnineHospitals

"The screening test for gestational diabetes is oral glucose challenge test and here the way it is done is the patient can come nay time to the hospital, irrespective of the last meal, irrespective of the time of the last meal, irrespective of teh type of diet she has taken before, she will be given 75 grams of glucose. After taking 75 grams of glucose, her blood sugars will be tested after 2 hours and the cut off for this is 140 mg per decilitre. Anything above 140 mg per decilitre indicates gestational diabetes. The glucose challenge test is a very simple and easy test to detect gestational diabetes. It is a very simple tests as in the patient need not fast and the pregnant patients if they are kept fasting or a long time they keep on vomiting and the develop gastritis and they are not even able to withstand their hunger and after that if glucose is given they start vomiting. So this is a very patient friendly and one step method to detect gestational diabetes. Before there as a test called as glucose tolerance tests for pregnant patients, wherein the pregnant patients used to take low carbohydrate diet for 3 days, come to the lab on empty stomach, first give their blood for fasting blood sugar, the give 100 grams of glucose and thin the blood as drawn after the first hour, second hour and the third hour and in all these 3 hours they were not supposed to eat and drink this was a very cumbersome and most patient unfriendly tests but this oral glucose challenge test has become a very easy. Patient friendly, easy and reliable method"

In this video, Dr. Poornima Murthy, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Cloudnine Hospital in Jayanagar and Kanakpura shares essential tips for women experiencing an uncomplicated pregnancy. She addresses common concerns and myths about diet, travel, and exercise during pregnancy, providing reassurance on how to navigate each trimester safely and confidently.