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Family Planning

Should pregnant women be concerned about their milk intake during pregnancy? Has this been shown to put their unborn baby at higher risk for developing type 1 diabetes?

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I have just found out that I am four weeks pregnant. Is it safe to continue taking Glucophage XR during pregnancy? Are there any possible risks to the baby?

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I am a 38 year old female, have had diabetes treated for nine years, and would also like to have a baby before the age of 40. I need some advice.

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Is it common to have higher blood sugars during the first few weeks of pregnancy due to progesterone and other hormones? I have always heard that low blood sugar is common in early pregnancy, but what about high blood sugars? If high blood sugars are sometimes a sign of early pregnancy in diabetics, what exactly is the cause?

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I have type 1 diabetes and want to know if I can still have healthy kids.

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I wish to get married to a juvenile diabetic. Would she have problems in conceiving? Her diabetes is well under control, I need medical opinion.

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When I recently had a miscarriage, my A1c was 8.4. How long will it take to lower it? What should it be, if and when, I decide to get pregnant again?

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 22 years, and I am planning on having a baby. In the past, I have had a microalbumin of 110 with an A1c of 8.0%, but, when I cracked down and got my A1C down to a 6.0%, my microalbumin dropped to 26. Can elevated microalbumin levels come back down after pregnancy if sugar levels are normal? Does a pregnancy cause permanent damage to the kidneys?

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Is there a possibility of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy precipitating diabetes insipidus?

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My sister-in-law is having some symptoms in early pregnancy which sound, to me, like hypoglycaemia. Can reactive hypoglycaemia in early pregnancy prefigure diabetes in pregnancy and/or diabetes in later life? Can reactive hypoglycaemia in early pregnancy affect the baby?

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