After a pregnancy with gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes often improves after birth, but follow-up glucose testing is still important because the risk of type 2 diabetes is higher later in life.
Most important
Ask when to be tested
Ask your care team when your follow-up sugar test should be.
What may happen
- Blood sugar checks for your baby after birth.
- A glucose test for you weeks after birth.
Why
Testing helps find diabetes early.
What varies
We do not promise that birth cures diabetes. Follow-up timing is set by your clinician.
Questions to ask
- Do I still have diabetes?
- When do I need another sugar test?
Prototype draft. Not yet clinically reviewed. Your own care team's instructions come first. About this app
Sources
Summaries are drafted from these public sources. No hospital has endorsed this app.
Henry Ford Health · Detroit-area system
How To Manage Gestational Diabetes(opens in a new tab)- Published
- 2023-11-16
- Checked
- 2026-10-24
- Access
- Read from a search index copy
Applies to: Published by one health system. Procedures at your hospital may differ.
Limitations: Do not copy 'delivery curative' as a universal promise; postpartum testing remains important.