Is diabetes high risk pregnancy? Can diabetes pregnancy harm baby?
Can i be pregnant with diabetes? We assume from this question that you have already wrestled through the basic Everywoman life decision of whether or not to have children and have concluded that you want to, but you worry about the effect your diabetes will have on your baby and vice versa. If that is the case, then the first step is to consult both your diabetologist (or internist or family doctor) and a gynecologist to see if there is any physical reason why pregnancy would be a poor risk for you. If their reaction is positive, then you can be cheered by the news that the death rate of babies of diabetic mothers has been significantly reduced in the past ten years and is now closer to that of the general population. Both mother and child come through successfully more than 90 percent of the time. To improve your odds even further you should heed the advice of Dr. Edith Miller of the Joslin Clinic who says that diabetic women who want to have children should be in the best p...