Can gestational diabetes cause numbness in legs? Will this numbness go away?
Posted by admin on Nov 15, 2009
I am 3 weeks postpartum and I had gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. I have to admit that during the end of the pregnancy I did not follow my diet like I should have. Well I noticed that my legs started to feel numb from my knees down to my ankles. The weird thing about the numbness, it’s only on the inside of my legs. I heard this is called peripheral neuropathy. Do I need to see a doctor? Can this be corrected? I am very concerned. What is done when a nerve conduction study is conducted?
Gestational Diabetes is no different from other forms of diabetes, except for the cause — pregnancy.
In most cases it WILL go away after you deliver. However, if you do not work to get back to your pre-pregnancy weight and form, the diabetes might stay with you.
Peripheral Neuropathy is a sign of diabetes that has been present for a long time — several months usually. This means that you may have been diabetic BEFORE you got pregnant, and that you may also remain diabetic after you deliver.
After you’ve delivered, the doctor can best advise you for continued treatment, if necessary. If you remain diabetic for more than about 90 days after delivery, the doctor should refer you to an ENDOCRINOLOGIST for treatment as a possible Type 2 Diabetic.
Gestational Diabetes is no different from other forms of diabetes, except for the cause — pregnancy.
In most cases it WILL go away after you deliver. However, if you do not work to get back to your pre-pregnancy weight and form, the diabetes might stay with you.
Peripheral Neuropathy is a sign of diabetes that has been present for a long time — several months usually. This means that you may have been diabetic BEFORE you got pregnant, and that you may also remain diabetic after you deliver.
After you’ve delivered, the doctor can best advise you for continued treatment, if necessary. If you remain diabetic for more than about 90 days after delivery, the doctor should refer you to an ENDOCRINOLOGIST for treatment as a possible Type 2 Diabetic.
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I too had gestational diabetes, my partner has just been diagnosed as type 1. You should be re-tested after you have given birth.
I found that my right thigh would go numb for a few months after but my tests were fine. Always consult a doctor if you are worried and don’t leave it too long. As they have probably told you, you are now at a greater risk of being a type 2diabetic later on.
Try to keep up the diet and exercise as this should help with circulation and decrease the risks of becoming diabetic. I know how hard it is, I didn’t keep itt up.
Good luck and congrats on your bub!
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Call your doctor to ask if you should go in now or wait for your 6 wks check up. Usually gestational diabetes goes away once you give birth, but since you didn’t follow the diet well the last few weeks and you are having this problem, which is a symptom of diabetes, you need to pay attention to it closely.
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