December 5th, 2015 | by
American Association As your due date nears, your doctors will study your health and that of your growing baby. Then, you and the team will discuss the best time and method for delivery. To determine the safest time and method to deliver your baby,
December 5th, 2015 | by
American Association Pregnancy is often a time of great highs and lows. It can be awesome and thrilling—when you hear the baby’s heartbeat or feel the first tiny kick. It can also be frustrating and even scary. Because we know more about
December 5th, 2015 | by
American Association Health care providers now know that the key to a healthy pregnancy for a woman with diabetes is keeping blood glucose (sugar) in the target range—both before she is pregnant and during her pregnancy.
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association What about my child? The risk of malformations in the fetus are rare because gestational diabetes typically occurs after organs are formed. If your blood sugar is well controlled, the risk that your child will have problems not
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Complications in pregnancy? You have a slightly increased risk for the same complications that can occur in all other pregnant women. Additionally, you have a particularly increased risk of: high blood pressure eclampsia
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Pregnant with sugar in the urine screened, regardless of when in the pregnancy diabetes occurs. Additionally screened following pregnant in these weeks: In weeks 14-20 screened: pregnant women who have had gestational diabetes
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Symptoms of gestational diabetes Any symptoms of pregnancy diabetes is also the same as for type 2 diabetes: increased urination and thirst. Often there are no symptoms, and therefore, all pregnant women with increased risk
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Have you been told that you have gestational diabetes? And you wonder now about what it really is, what it can mean for you and your unborn child? Or maybe you have been summoned to a glucose load test and wonder why, and what
September 20th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Even if you have type 2 diabetes, you have good possibilities for a successful pregnancy and a healthy, healthy child. But it requires effort on your part, for research unfortunately shows that there are major risks associated
September 15th, 2015 | by
Danish Association Approximately 1,800 pregnant women suffer annually from pregnancy diabetes in Denmark. These women are most likely already predisposed to developing Type 2 diabetes. The hereditary disposition can not do anything about, but the