Assignment on Gestational Diabetes: Rebekah's Diagnosis and Management

This assignment presents a case study of Rebekah Smith, diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). It explores her potential emotional reactions to the diagnosis, including feelings of worry, failure, and concerns about the health of her baby and the possibility of complications. The assignment then outlines potential concerns related to the diagnosis, such as risks associated with the condition, including overweight, obesity, and other health factors that could impact both mother and child. Finally, it discusses psychosocial and healthcare practices that can optimize diabetes self-management. This includes the importance of a healthy, sugar-free diet, physical activity, and patient-centered communication with healthcare providers to effectively manage the condition and improve health outcomes. The assignment references several research papers and journals to support its findings.

Gestational diabetes
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CONTENTS
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Describe possible reactions Rebekah might experience to a diagnosis of GDM........................3
What might be some concerns she may have as a consequence of this diagnosis......................3
Discuss psychosocial and health care practices that may optimize diabetes self-management.. 3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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Describe possible reactions Rebekah might experience to a diagnosis of GDM
While getting through diagnosis of GDM, Rebekah Smith might get surprised and worried
for this situation due to having a concern about baby and its health. Other than this she may get a
feeling of failure that she might made some mistake which in turn created this issue and
increases the risk of caesarean, as other two were uncomplicated and normal delivery (Johns and
et. al., 2018). She might also have a thought of giving birth to a premature baby if this
Gestational Diabetes may create the issue of vascular complication with pregestational diabetes
(Johns and et. al., 2018). As in this situation baby is being delivered prior to actual time provided
for it, so she may have a fear of delivering an unhealthy baby that might have other risk to life
and health (Wazqar and Evans, 2012). Other than that she may also plan to improve her diet
habits and switch to more healthier food and can also have a thought of starting the exercise that
may help her in reducing the health issue and giving birth to a healthy child.
What might be some concerns she may have as a consequence of this diagnosis
While having this diagnosis about the Gestational Diabetes, Rebekah Smith may have may
thing goes on her mind and a huge number of concerns related with the pregnancy complications,
her health, health of baby, issues that may arise at the time of delivery and after birth health
condition of baby. These all are the concerns that she may strike in her mind as a consequence of
this diagnosis (Buchanan, Xiang and Page, 2012). Other than this she may also get concern about
the risk factor involve within this gestational diabetes which mainly includes overweight,
obesity, difficulty in performing physical activity, polycystic ovary syndrome etc. These may
increase the risk of health to her as well as her baby. These are some of the concern that Rebekah
smith have due to diagnosis as Gestational Diabetes that make changes within the hormonal level
during pregnancy which make it harder for the body to process blood sugar efficiently and
creates several complications (Wazqar and Evans, 2012).
Discuss psychosocial and health care practices that may optimize diabetes self-management.
For recovering the issues of diabetes self-management for health condition is very
significant for a patients having Gestational Diabetes as ignorance of it may cause several other
health issues to mother and baby as well. So, for personal management a healthy diet can be
followed by Rebekah Smith by including those food in diet which are sugar free and help in
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managing the sugar level within blood (Shepherd, E and et. al., 2017). Other than this physical
activities like exercise, walk etc. will also remain helpful and consider a better health care
practice that can be adopted to manage diabetes (Young-Hyman and et. al., (2016). Despite of
this, in case of psychological practices a patient centred approach will be helpful where Rebekah
Smith can have a communication and interaction with doctors in order to provide them a regular
information about the health issues she might be facing which provide a regular recommendation
over this and hence help in better management of health.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Buchanan, T. A., Xiang, A. H., & Page, K. A. (2012). Gestational diabetes mellitus: risks and
management during and after pregnancy. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 8(11), 639-
649.
Johns, E. C. & et. al., (2018). Gestational diabetes mellitus: mechanisms, treatment, and
complications. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 29(11), 743-754.
Johns, E. C. & et. al., (2018). Gestational diabetes mellitus: mechanisms, treatment, and
complications. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 29(11), 743-754.
Shepherd, E. & et. al., (2017). Combined diet and exercise interventions for preventing
gestational diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (11).
Wazqar, D., & Evans, M. (2012). Soci0-cultural aspects of self-management in gestational
diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Nursing 16(2); 62-67
Young-Hyman, D. & et. al., (2016). Psychosocial care for people with diabetes: a position
statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes care, 39(12), 2126-2140.
Online
Women’s Views on Their Diagnosis and Management for Borderline Gestational Diabetes
Mellitus. 2014. [Online] Available through:<
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jdr/2015/209215/>.
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