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M about blew a gasket when she saw a fix of fresh blood recoloring her attire close to the start of the day. She busy with sexual relations with her life right hand the earlier night. She woke him up quickly and hustled to my inside. M, 28, a first-time mum, was in her 12 weeks of pregnancy. She related the event with some nonappearance of regard. "Doc, will I have an unnatural birth cycle?" she asked. Ultrasound assessment revealed that the energy was dynamic with a standard heartbeat of 150 throbs constantly. The placenta was at the chief site with no sign of part. The vaginal assessment showed that she had a 1cm polyp discharging up from the cervix (the neck of the stomach), with a constrained degree of blood on its surface. I improved M that there was no motivation to prepare for marriage and that I would watch the debilitating vivaciously. M was happy to find that the spotting completed 2 days over the long haul later. Her pregnancy pushed everything ponde...

M was upset and looked at me in disbelief when I told her the not-so-sweet news. She had failed her glucose tolerance test (GTT) and had been suffering from gestational diabetes. M, aged 34, and a first-time mum was at 24 weeks of gestation. “Doc, I have a sweet tooth.” She confessed. “I would indulge in cakes and ice-cream after my morning sickness was over. Would the high blood sugar affect my baby?” She then revealed that her mum was also diagnosed to have diabetes recently. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a condition in which a woman develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. It happens when the body does not produce enough insulin to effectively convert glucose to stored energy resulting in its build-up in the blood. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus It can affect any pregnant mother, but the following are the risk factors: Obesity: BMI more than 25kg/m2 History of delivering a big baby (4kg and above) Previous history of GDM Aged 35 and abov...