Diabetes and Pregnancy

• Latest News
• C-Section More Likely with Obesity, Diabetes (10/27/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Are You at Risk for Gestational Diabetes? (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Disorders of Pregnancy: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) & Preeclampsia and Eclampsia (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Managing Gestational Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• What I Need to Know about Gestational Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)

• Overviews
• Diabetes and Pregnancy (American Diabetes Association)
• Gestational Diabetes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Pregnancy and Diabetes: What to Expect from Conception to Birth (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Diagnosis of Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• Glucose Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetes, Gestational (National Institutes of Health)

• Prevention/Screening
• Task Force Issues Two Recommendations on Screening for Diabetes in Adults and Pregnant Women (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Nutrition
• Nutrition Basics for Women with Gestational Diabetes (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Disease Management
• What Should I Do If I Have Gestational Diabetes? (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF File

• Related Issues
• Financial Help for Diabetes Care (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• Pregnancy and Diabetes: How to Plan Your Pregnancy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Pregnancy, Diabetes, and Women's Health (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• What Should I Do after My Baby Is Born? (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF File
• Will Gestational Diabetes Hurt My Baby? (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF File

• Research
• Do Multivitamin Supplements Reduce the Risk for Diabetes-Associated Birth Defects? (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Diabetes Dictionary (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Glossary (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

• Organizations
• American Diabetes Association
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• Statistics
• Diabetes Facts: Women and Diabetes (Food and Drug Administration)