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Is there any statistics on risks of a well managed pregnant diabetic?
"Is there any statistics on risks of a well managed pregnant diabetic?" just in "Diabetes symptoms"colum,Some of the information network reference literature.
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I don't have any studies for you, but I am a type 2 diabetic on my second pregnancy. For my first, I was seeing a doctor at the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, and I was getting state-of-the-art treatment in exchange for being part of their studies. My general understanding was that if you have your blood sugars under control your chances of a birth defect drop to equal those of a non-diabetic woman. As you already know, the first 8 weeks are the most crucial.
The treatment boiled down to exactly what you're doing - keeping on top of your blood sugars so that they mimic those of a non-diabetic woman in pregnancy.
The bulletin board at the Sansum Clinic was covered with pictures of happy, healthy babies. I had a healthy, normal weight baby and delivered without a c-section. Those are only anecdotes but the bottom line is that with good blood sugar control you are just like other pregnant women. Keeping on top of my sugars was difficult enough that I didn't have time to think about any other possible problems.
Edit: Reading my answer, what I meant to make clear is that non-diabetic women still have a statistical chance of having a child with a birth defect, so that's why they word these studies as "lowers your chance to xx%" or "increases your chance to xx%." No one gets off scott-free.
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I don't have any studies for you, but I am a type 2 diabetic on my second pregnancy. For my first, I was seeing a doctor at the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, and I was getting state-of-the-art treatment in exchange for being part of their studies. My general understanding was that if you have your blood sugars under control your chances of a birth defect drop to equal those of a non-diabetic woman. As you already know, the first 8 weeks are the most crucial.
The treatment boiled down to exactly what you're doing - keeping on top of your blood sugars so that they mimic those of a non-diabetic woman in pregnancy.
The bulletin board at the Sansum Clinic was covered with pictures of happy, healthy babies. I had a healthy, normal weight baby and delivered without a c-section. Those are only anecdotes but the bottom line is that with good blood sugar control you are just like other pregnant women. Keeping on top of my sugars was difficult enough that I didn't have time to think about any other possible problems.
Edit: Reading my answer, what I meant to make clear is that non-diabetic women still have a statistical chance of having a child with a birth defect, so that's why they word these studies as "lowers your chance to xx%" or "increases your chance to xx%." No one gets off scott-free.
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"Is there any statistics on risks of a well managed pregnant diabetic?" contents on this site is meant for informational purposes only.