#gestational-diabetes

#gestational-diabetes

Sarah Gleeson, from Cork, was shocked when she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during her first pregnancy seven years ago. 'I've always been health conscious, and we'd been trying to get pregnant for about 10 months, so I was very conscious of my diet,' she says.

"We need to optimize cardiovascular health early in the life course," said Cameron, who is also an instructor in the Department of Preventive Medicine's Division of Epidemiology.

We know that features of complicated pregnancies can impact a woman's heart disease risk decades later.