NewLife Health Plan - Gestational Diabetes Management

Comprehensive Care for You and Your Baby During This Special Journey

What is the NewLife Health Plan?

The NewLife Health Plan is a specialized, evidence-based program designed to support pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GDM). This comprehensive care plan ensures both you and your baby stay healthy throughout pregnancy, delivery, and beyond. We combine expert medical guidance, personalized nutrition planning, safe exercise recommendations, continuous glucose monitoring support, and emotional care to help you navigate gestational diabetes with confidence.

Our Mission:
To empower expectant mothers with gestational diabetes to achieve healthy pregnancies, successful deliveries, and positive long-term health outcomes for both mother and baby through expert guidance, compassionate support, and evidence-based care.

Understanding Gestational Diabetes

What is Gestational Diabetes?

Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy, typically between weeks 24-28. It occurs when your body cannot produce enough insulin to meet the increased demands of pregnancy, resulting in elevated blood sugar levels.

Key Facts:

• Usually develops in the second or third trimester
• Often has no noticeable symptoms
• Is typically diagnosed through routine screening
• Usually resolves after delivery
• Can be successfully managed with proper care

Why It Happens: During pregnancy, your placenta produces hormones that help your baby develop. These hormones also make your cells more resistant to insulin. For most pregnant women, the pancreas produces enough extra insulin to overcome this resistance. When it can't, blood sugar levels rise, resulting in gestational diabetes.

Risks if Left Unmanaged

For Your Baby:

• Excessive birth weight (macrosomia) leading to difficult delivery
• Premature birth
• Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) after birth
• Breathing difficulties
• Increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life
• Stillbirth (rare, but risk increases if unmanaged)

For You:

• High blood pressure and preeclampsia
• Increased likelihood of C-section delivery
• Future type 2 diabetes (50% risk within 10 years)
• Gestational diabetes in future pregnancies
• Cardiovascular disease risk

The Good News

With proper management, women with gestational diabetes have excellent outcomes:

• 90% achieve healthy blood sugar levels with diet and exercise alone
• Most babies are born healthy at normal weights
• Delivery complications are minimized with good control
• Long-term diabetes risk can be reduced by up to 50% with lifestyle changes
• You can have healthy future pregnancies

Our Approach:
The NewLife Health Plan provides everything you need to manage gestational diabetes successfully, ensuring the healthiest possible outcome for you and your baby.