Any woman who’s had gestational diabetes can tell you all the ways it can affect your pregnancy. From small things like changes in your diet to the more “annoying” aspects such as checking your blood sugar every few hours - not to mention the potential affects the disease can have on your baby.

Being as there is no history of diabetes in my family, I can pretty much blame myself and my sweet tooth. And although I tried to change my eating habits (as in not eating as much “sweet” stuff) to more fruits and veggies, the natural sugars in fruit just added to the problem I already had.

Luckily I didn’t have a sever case, and it did not carry over after my son was born. Although the increase in sugar did speed up his growth and in turn I ended up with a 10lb baby!

Gestational diabetes occurs in 1 out of every 20 pregnant women, so if a pill exists that can fight gestational diabetes, can it really work? More importantly, Is it safe for both mom and baby?

“The diabetes pill metformin is just as effective as insulin injections in treating women who develop diabetes during pregnancy…”

“But the study, led by Janet Rowan of the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, found that the risk of complications such as respiratory distress, birth trauma and newborn hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, was no different for the 363 women who received metformin and the 370 given conventional insulin shots.”

In either case, I would still be careful and I would definitely want to know all the risks attributed to the pill before taking it - more so because this a NEW study. There is no long term data as to what affect(s) this pill may have on your baby a year or two later. But it’s certainly a step in the right direction!