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