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Gestational Diabetes Causes
What causes gestational diabetes?
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas. Insulin helps your body use and store the sugar from the food you eat. This keeps your blood sugar level in a safe range.
During pregnancy, the placenta makes several other hormones. Some of these hormones make it hard for insulin to do its job. The mother's body needs to make more insulin to control sugar levels. Gestational diabetes develops when her body can't make enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels in a safe range.