Being pregnant along with living with diabetes can be hard to care for at the same time. To keep both the mother and baby healthy, close follow up is needed. It is key for pregnant women with diabetes to get special care and follow their care plan to get to and keep their blood glucose (sugar) at goal to prevent diabetes problems. You should talk to your healthcare team often to review your glucose (sugar) levels, discuss any worries, change your care plan if needed, and make sure both you and your baby are doing well.
- Posted: 02 March 2023
Since we have better diabetes treatments than in the past and will help you plan ahead, it is safe to be pregnant when you have diabetes. The key to a healthy pregnancy is to manage your diabetes before getting pregnant and continue to take care of your diabetes as long as you are pregnant and breast feeding.
Topics: Diabetes Management
- Posted: 01 June 2023
When you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and are planning to become pregnant, your health care team will ask you to begin to lower your glucose (sugar) levels. The goal is an A1C of less than 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) by the time you become pregnant. High blood glucose (sugar) levels once pregnant can harm you and your baby. Pregnant women with diabetes have lower blood glucose (sugar) goals than women who are not pregnant.
Topics: Pregnancy
- Posted: 08 August 2024
Gestational Diabetes or GDM affects almost 1 out of every 15 pregnancies around the world. Women with GDM do not have diabetes before they are pregnant. GDM starts while pregnancy and often goes away once the baby is born. GDM often occurs between the 6th and 7th month of pregnancy when pregnancy hormone levels are higher and the blood glucose (sugar) starts to rise. When the hormone levels are higher, the body has to work harder to make enough insulin to keep the glucose levels at goal.
