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The Bump Kit Maternal and child Health: Gestational Diabetes

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Maternal MCH is concerned not only with the health of pregnant women and children, but also with the health of women between pregnancies. Mothers and children make up over 3/2 of the whole population. Poor maternal health hurts women›s productivity, their families› welfare, and socioeconomic development.

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Pregnancy and childbirth have a huge impact on the physical, mental, emotional, and socioeconomic health of women and their families.

Pregnancy-related health outcomes are influenced by a woman›s health and other factors like age, and income.

The goal of the Ministry Health & Community Prevention is to help ensure that all women have a safe and healthy pregnancy.

Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as “any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy�. GDM affects up to %15 of pregnant women worldwide.Women with GDM are more likely to give birth to macrosomic or largefor-gestational-age infants.

GDM may results in obstructed labour, the death of the mother and the baby and birth injury for the infants.

GDM also has longterm health impact, with more than %50 of women with GDM going on to develop type 2 diabetes within 10-5 years of delivery.

Moreover, infants of women with GDM have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity, and higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life Š 2015 International Diabetes Federation.

Most of the women around the world start getting lazy, eat junk, and think that its okay to stop practicing thier daily excersice when they realise that they are expecting a baby, which is not true, and can lead to future complications like GDM.

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General Rates Of Diabetes Around the World A total of 13.858 participants

Did you Know: The hard truth is that in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, around 39,000 women die as a result of pregnancyrelated complications and around 923,000 children under five die of avoidable causes every year.

Start Now! Reduce your risk of getting gestational diabetes by Eating healthily, which means planning your meals around slow-release carbohydrates, such as brown rice and wholegrain pasta.

Also try to replace fatty meats with lean protein, such as chicken, fish and pulses, and use the grill instead of frying meat.

Taking exercise, alongside eating healthily, as this helps to control your blood sugar levels.

It›s safe to do many different sorts of exercise during pregnancy, such as yoga, Pilates, walking and swimming.

Keeping your weight gain under control Š BabyCenter, L.L.C. 2016.

Did you Know:

Did you Know:

The longest pregnancy in humans on record is ÂŤ12.5 MONTHS!Âť

During pregnancy, if the mother suffers organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to repair the damaged organ.

Because you Care Taking care of yourself during pregnancy will not only benifit you, but also it will be reflected on your child›s overall health condition.

Pregnancy is precious , so make the best out of it, be healthy, and make it memmorable.

ÂŤ Art 351 Graphic Design 1 collaborating with Prof. Mona in Spring 2016 at Zayed University. This e-book is designed by Alia Alsuwaidi Âť