Absolutely, Yes!! It may not show up til baby is middle aged!

Gestational diabetes leads mother to being diagnosed sometime near Menopause with type 2. Type 2 is heritable!! It is a defect in our genes.

Mother and child should have screenings throughout their lives at annual physicals for glucose readings known as HgA1c. This will prevent a lot of bad things from happening!

I don't mean to scare anyone, but if someone had told me this some 40 years ago, I would not now be on the high meds and dancing attendance on the number of doctors I am! Endocrinologists, Podiatrists, Cardiologists, the list is endless and the appointments are interfering with my freedoms!!!