Obesity Surgery Related to Lower Risk of Diabetes During Pregnancy

Thu, 16 Sep 2010
New research intimates that extremely obese women who have weight loss surgery have a lesser risk of developing diabetes during future pregnancies.

Researchers discovered that among 700 women who had obesity surgery, those who had undergone the procedure prior to becoming pregnant were 77 per cent less likely to develop pregnancy related diabetes than those who got pregnant prior to their surgery. In addition, they were susceptible to a lower rate of caesarean section.

Research has demonstrated that the surgery, which limits the amount of food an individual can eat, can encourage considerable weight loss and enable control of obesity-related conditions like type 2 diabetes .

Studies have come to conflicting conclusions, however, regarding the effects of gestational diabetes, a form of the disorder that arises during pregnancy.

While gestational diabetes normally resolves itself after childbirth, during pregnancy it can cause the foetus to grow abnormally big, which can render a C-section or forceps delivery and increase the risk of after birth bleeding. Women who get gestational diabetes are also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in their lives.

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