Gestational Diabetes

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Across
  1. 2. As many as a ____ of women with gestational diabetes will continue to have diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance
  2. 7. Most often characterized by a rapid rise in blood pressure
  3. 10. a surgical delivery of an infant through an incision in the mother's abdomen
  4. 11. There is evidence that _____ has a positive effect on glucose metabolism and may help prevent childhood obesity and decrease your child's risk of diabetes
  5. 13. In pregnancy_____changes can make your cells less responsive to insulin.
  6. 14. A high level of bilirubin
  7. 15. Body mass index over 30
Down
  1. 1. Newborn with an excessive weight gain
  2. 3. Disease characterized by abnormally high levels of sugar in the blood
  3. 4. An increase in the number of red blood cells in blood
  4. 5. A low blood sugar
  5. 6. A surgical incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during labor
  6. 8. Occurs when the fetus has died in the uterus
  7. 9. When the shoulders get stuck in the birth canal
  8. 12. Helps improve your body's ability to process glucose, keeping blood sugar levels in check.