Diabetes In Pregnancy

Last updated September 2009
Edited by: Guy Slowik, FRCS

Additional Sources of Information

Here are some reliable sources that can provide more information on diabetes in pregnancy.

Disorders of Carbohydrate    A nutrient in food that comes mainly from sugar and starch. Carbohydrate is broken down into glucose for energy. Metabolism: Diabetes Mellitus    A disorder that prevents the body from converting digested food into energy.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section2/chapter13/13a.htm

Basic Diabetes Information
http://www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf?origin=*.jsp&event=link(B)

Pregnancy Complicated by Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section18/chapter251/251g.htm#A018-251-1070

Understanding Gestational Diabetes    A form of diabetes that begins during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gesttoc.htm

Gestational diabetes
http://www.diabetes.org/main/info/affected/women/gestation_diab.jsp

Gestational Diabetes: What It Means for Me and My Baby
http://familydoctor.org/handouts/075.html

Exercise: An Alternative Therapy for Gestational Diabetes
http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/mar_96/artal.htm

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