Gestational diabetes follow-ups

If you have had gestational diabetes, regular follow-ups are recommended. Contact your local health station one year after giving birth. In future, you will have follow-ups every one to three years, depending on what risk factors you have. Please use a Maisa message to contact us about the follow-ups.

Gestational diabetes significantly increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes or a cardiovascular disease. Due to the risk, your weight, waist circumference and blood pressure should be regularly monitored and follow-up blood tests should be taken.

The follow-up of gestational diabetes can be carried out through Maisa, in which case you will automatically receive tasks via Maisa to complete the follow-ups. To join the follow-up programme, you need to contact your own health station by sending them a Maisa message. You can send a message in the Viestit (Messages) section of Maisa.

Once the gestational diabetes follow-up programme has been activated by the health station, you will automatically receive the tasks on the Maisa homepage at specified times. You can also find tasks related to the follow-up of gestational diabetes by selecting Tehtävälistä (Task list) from the menu. To view laboratory referrals, select Tulevat tutkimukset ja toimenpiteet (Upcoming examinations and procedures) from the menu.

If you are not able to use Maisa, the follow-ups can also be arranged by other means. In this case, please contact your health station by phone.

Service points

23 service points
Haagan terveysasema

Haaga Health Station

Address: Huovitie 5, 00400 Helsinki

Jakomäki Health Station

Address: Vuorensyrjä 8, 00770 Helsinki

Kalasatama Health Station

Address: Työpajankatu 14 A, 00580 Helsinki
Kannelmäen terveysasema.

Kannelmäki Health Station

Address: Kaustisenpolku 6a, 00420 Helsinki

Kivelä Health Station

Address: Sibeliuksenkatu 14, 00260 Helsinki

Kivikko Health Station

Address: Kivikonkaari 21, 00940 Helsinki

Kontula Health Station

Address: Ostoskuja 3, 00940 Helsinki

Laajasalo Health Station

Address: Koulutanhua 2 A, 00840 Helsinki

The development of the gestational diabetes follow-up operating model in Maisa has been realised as part of the Sustainable Growth Programme funded by the European Union.