Your health care provider will check your blood sugar level often, starting right after your baby is born. Usually blood sugar levels go back to normal quickly after having the baby.

Six weeks after your baby is born, you should have a blood test to find out whether your blood sugar level is back to normal. This test is similar to the one you took to find out whether or not you had gestational diabetes. Based on the result of the test, you will fall into one of three categories:

Normal: Get checked for diabetes every three years.

Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Get checked for diabetes every year. Talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk level for diabetes.

Diabetic: Work with your health care provider to set up a treatment plan for your diabetes.

Women who have had gestational diabetes have a 40% higher chance than women who haven't had gestational diabetes of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Getting check for diabetes is important because type 2 diabetes shows few symptoms. You should notify your health care provider if you notice: being very thirsty, urinating often, feeling constantly or overly tire and losing weight quickly and/or without reason.