Medical News Summary: Newborn size determined by level of sugar control in diabetic mothers
About: Newborn size determined by level of sugar control in diabetic mothers
Date: 16 January 2005
Source: Pak Tribune
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Pak Tribune): Scientists have discovered that pregnant women with diabetes can increase their chances of having a normal sized baby by controlling their blood sugar level as much as possible during pregnancy. Pregnant women with diabetes do tend to have larger babies and this is because of inadequate sugar level control during pregnancy. Larger babies make for a more difficult birth and the birthing process increases the risk of shoulder problems in larger babies. A study showed that women who strictly controlled their diabetes during pregnancy tended to have normal sized babies who had no shoulder complications during the birth. However, diabetic women were twice as likely to have a cesarean but this was probably more to do with hospital policy than any real need.
URL: http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=90540
Related Disease Topics: Pregnancy, High birth weight, Diabetes, Shoulder complications
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- Diet
- Low birth weight (see Pregnancy symptoms)
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Cesarean
- birth complications
- Surgery and cesarean
- Surgery and pregnancy
- Surgery and diabetes
- Research
- research and pregnancy
- Research and high birth weight
- research and diabetes
- Research and shoulder complications
- risk and pregnancy
- Risk and high birth weight
- risk and diabetes
- Risk and cesarean
- Risk and shoulder complications
- Cause of shoulder complications
- Cause of high birth weight
- Cause of cesarean
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