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Doctor Eric Burg.

So I want to talk about pregnancy and diabetes, okay?

If you're pregnant and you're diabetic, there's several things you need to know.

In fact, if you're pregnant and you're pre-diabetic or you're pregnant and you have insulin resistance,

which is a lot more common, in fact, probably I would say 65% of women who are pregnant that are not diabetic usually have insulin resistance.

This video is for you.

First, let me just define insulin resistance.

This is a condition where your body is not able to absorb insulin, which means that when insulin is triggered by carbohydrates,

it doesn't seem to work that well, and then what happens is your body has to make more insulin than it needs,

and that excess insulin creates a lot of problems.

If you check the blood sugars, your blood sugars may be normal, okay, because of the excess amount of insulin that's being generated,

keeping your blood sugars normal, but you have a big problem underneath the surface.

You have high amounts of insulin.

This is a test that can be done, the check that's called HOMA-IR.

I would definitely get this test before you get pregnant because you want to know if you have insulin resistance because it creates a lot of problems.

So if you're a diabetic or pre-diabetic or you have insulin resistance and you become pregnant,

the insulin resistance part gets worse.

Why?

Because it's a survival mechanism.

The fetus is going to demand more fuel, and so your body is as a protective mechanism, it's going to create insulin resistance on you.

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