Is there any statistics on risks of a well managed pregnant diabetic?!
Question: Is there any statistics on risks of a well managed pregnant diabetic!?
I have type 2 Diabetes!. This is my first pregnancy!. I am ten weeks pregnant and have already confirmed my child has a very healthy heartbeat!. My doctors monitored my blood sugars and made sure I was well to get pregnant!. I have been monitoring my blood sugars and keeping my primary care doctor aware of my sugar levels and have switched to insulin which I regularly inject in me!. I'm so tired of seeing statistics of what happens if you do not control blood sugar while pregnant!. From what I have been researching through numerous websites they say that even with well managed blood sugar levels there will still be a risk for birth defects and such but does anyone know what those statistics would be!? ThanksWww@Answer-Health@Com
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Sorry, 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!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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