Boosting pregnancy chances for diabetic women!

Pregnancy is a boon and a celebration of womanhood. But Women suffering from diabetes stare at a challenge of getting and also staying pregnant.

Poor glucose control in their body followed by high sugars prevents women from conceiving and also in maintaining the pregnancy. The rate of miscarriages among women suffering from diabetes is as high as 30 to 60 percent. The formation of a baby's brain, kidneys, heart, and lungs occur during the first two months of pregnancy, hence high levels of blood glucose levels are harmful during the early stage. The main complication of women suffering from diabetes is macrosomia, also called as big baby in terms of birth weight.

For women suffering from Type 1 diabetes need to be administered with insulin before pregnancy, during and also after their pregnancy. But for a woman suffering type 2 diabetes, oral medications with or without intake of insulin can help in controlling diabetes.

For healthy baby, diabetic women should coordinate their efforts with a health care team for maintain their levels of blood glucose levels before going for pregnancy and it is important. In a modern world with advanced health care facilities, it is possible for a lady to get pregnant even though she has diabetes with advanced medical care and supervision.

- kalam dhari