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30 Weeks and just found out I have Gestational Diabetes?

Abril H asked:

This is my first baby at 39 and I am a little scared of what is going on. We see the Dr. tomorrow, but I am still scared. I have only put on 15lb so far and just started walking again. I am 5″1 1/2 and 164.lb. I do eat fairly well, fruits, veggies, and home grown meat. I guess after the 3 hour test my score should have been under 105 and mine was 131. Just want to know what I should be doing and eating to keep my baby boy healthy. I was hoping so much to have a natural delivery and to go full term. Just hoping you gals out there would have some more info. Thanks all

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Is anyone scared that advances in medicine will make humans weaker in the long run?

CJP asked:

When a person before the age of “modern medicine” say 1900 or so had a terminal illness, natural selection and the absense of a cure would cause that particular person to die prematurely, in which case, they could not pass their defect or disease on to any offspring (if they didn’t have any yet).

Now, medicine has evolved to where we are keeping people serious diseases such as depression, diabetes, asthma, etc alive with drugs.  Diabetes, in particular, is a problem of the future as the rate of diagnosis is climbing every year.

This hits on a personal note because I have serious asthma and probably would have died before the age of 5 if there wasn’t today’s medicine. Now I am worried about passing that on to any children I might have, and I’m considering not having any due to this and some other conditions I have, such as degenerated discs in my back at the age of 15. I’m 28 now….

My feeling is that the reason health care costs are astronomical is because each person has more problems today because we aren’t weeding out the weak or defective.

Opinions?

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What is the prognosis for someone with diabetes?

polarpenguin512 asked:

What are their chances of living or what will their quality of life be after they have this disease?

How is this disease inherited?

Does it come from either the mother’s or the father’s side?

Does this disorder be cured with biotechnology today?

Can gene splicing occur with diabetes?