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Diabetes In Pregnancy - Articles
Diabetes During Pregnancy Tied to Birth Defects
by
Marie L.
Posted
Sun 07 Sep 2008 8:37pm
It's just recently that the medical community has recognized diabetes as an autoimmune disease...and now they're thinking pre-empclampsia during pregnancy might be one as well. Anyway, diabetes in any form, type I or II is not only bad for you, it can be bad for your baby. Check it out here.
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Diabetes and Pregnancy Quilt Wins Honors
by
Elizabeth Leis
Posted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:02pm
by Anna Ostreicher, M.S, CRNP, CDE, Diabetes and Pregnancy Education and Management Program, LifeBridge Health
Our Diabetes and Pregnancy Education and Training Program started in 2001 and is the only program in Maryland that's dedicated strictly to diabetes in pregnancy. The cornerstone of diabetes education is to follow the diet plan that we
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Diabetes and Pregnancy
by
Sara E.
Posted
Tue 02 Dec 2008 10:50am
1 Comment
If you already have diabetes and would like to get pregnant, your chances of having a healthy baby are good. But, it's important to plan your pregnancy and follow... diabetes is a form of diabetes that begins during pregnancy and usually goes away after the birth of the baby. If you have gestational diabetes, this means that you have a high
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Diabetes in Pregnancy Class
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Pairofmoms
Posted
Wed 17 Nov 2010 12:00am
The class went..eh..well?
The nurse running the class was interesting. It could have been called "Diabetes for Dummies" because it was very basic and simple. Perhaps if I hadn't grown up with a diabetic parent, it would have been more informative for me.
I received my very basic meter and supplies, as well as a log and meal plan.
I was led
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Pregnancy and diabetes
by
Lee Nevitt
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
i have recently meet/spoken to a few people who have had gestational diabetes... quite common now which i did not realise so if you are reading this and what to know a little more then read below......
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Low GI diet halves need for insulin in pregnancy-related diabetes
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Dr. John B.
Posted
Mon 08 Jun 2009 6:34pm
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs during pregnancy in women who were not previously diabetic. If left uncontrolled, it can have adverse effects on the developing foetus. Its treatment depends on the severity of the condition, with diet, oral medication and insulin being the three mainstay options. Insulin therapy is generally seen
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Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk
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franklinb
Posted
Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:01pm
Children born to mothers who ate plenty of vegetables during pregnancy are less likely to have type 1 diabetes, Swedish researchers say.
"This is the first study to show a link between vegetable intake during pregnancy and the risk of the child subsequently developing type 1 diabetes, but more studies of various kinds will be needed before we can
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How diet during pregnancy programs child’s genes for diabetes risk
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Wed 16 Mar 2011 12:00am
children born to mothers who consumed an unhealthy diet during pregnancy have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (a significant contributing factor to heart disease and cancer.... The researchers hypothesized that diet during pregnancy influences the expression of this gene later in life, thereby influencing the risk of diabetes.
To test their theory
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Explaining Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
by
Sharon LaMothe
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 3:19pm
With my first 3 pregnancies (including a set of twins) I had no problem with Gestational Diabetes but with my 4th and last pregnancy ...another set of twins, I had GD... of diabetes, is defined as glucose intolerance, but with its first onset during pregnancy. Approximately 3.5% of non-Aboriginal women, and up to 18% of Aboriginal women will develop GDM
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