gestational
Americanadjective
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Previous research has shown that complications such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia can affect health years later, making continued medical follow-up especially important.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
A young woman unsuited to other jobs finds a role as a gestational surrogate for the career-minded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Within this was an intensive-management program for a subset of high-risk patients, including those with Type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes or hemoglobin A1C levels — an indicator of blood sugar — at 9.0% or more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
"I've had gestational diabetes and chronic hypertension," she explains, sitting on a bed at the Ramón González Coro maternity hospital.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
So being a single father by choice is a rarer phenomenon, and doing so via gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother bears no genetic link to the child she carries, is rarer yet.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
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