Having a healthy lifestyle helps to lower but does not eliminate the risk of the mother developing GDM; If diagnosed, it also aids in keeping the GDM under control during pregnancy.
A pregnant woman’s body undergoes many changes to support the needs for the development of a healthy baby. In GDM, your body is not able to make some of these healthy changes required in response to being pregnant. This could be due to several reasons such as pregnancy hormones, insulin resistance, genetic make-up, pre-existing medical conditions, stress and medications.
As such, the most important thing now is to develop or continue the good habits of eating healthily and staying active (e.g. engaging in light exercises) throughout your pregnancy journey.