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What are the risks of being pregnant with type one diabetes? |
What are the risks of being pregnant with type one diabetes? Women with poorly controlled preexisting diabetes in the early weeks of pregnancy are three to four times more likely than nondiabetic women to have a baby with a serious birth defect, such as a heart defect or neural tube defect (NTD), a birth defect of the brain or spinal cord. They also are at increased risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. Women with gestational diabetes, which generally develops later in pregnancy, usually do not have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect. However, some of these women may have had unrecognized diabetes that began prior to pregnancy. They may have had high blood sugar in the early weeks of pregnancy, which increases the risk of birth defects. Poorly controlled gestational diabetes also increases the risk of stillbirth. However, with improvements in medical care, stillbirth is rare. Women with poorly controlled diabetes (gestational or preexisting) are at increased risk of having a very large baby (10 pounds or more). Macrosomia is the medical term for this. These babies grow so large because some of the extra sugar in the mother鈥檚 blood crosses the placenta and goes to the fetus. The fetus then produces extra insulin, which helps it process the sugar and store it as fat. The fat tends to accumulate around the shoulders and trunk, sometimes making these babies difficult to deliver vaginally and putting them at risk for injuries during delivery. During the newborn period, babies of women with poorly controlled diabetes are at increased risk of breathing difficulties, low blood sugar levels and jaundice. These problems can be treated, but it鈥檚 better to prevent them by controlling blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Babies of women with poorly controlled diabetes also may be at increased risk of developing obesity and diabetes as young adults. Source(s): school Your blood sugar is very hard to control due to the added demands of the baby. You must check your levels often!! You can check http://www.webmd.com but your best source of information is your doctor. Check what kind of medicines you will have to stop taking during pregnancy and nursing, if there's a special diet etc. pre-eclampsia. go to a qualified obgyn now. |
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