icon-nav-help
Need Help

Submit your question to our team of health care professionals.

icon-nav-current-questions
Current Question

See what's on the mind of the community right now.

icon-conf-speakers-at-a-glance
Meet the Team

Learn more about our world-renowned team.

icon-nav-archives
CWD Answers Archives

Review the entire archive according to the date it was posted.

CWD_Answers_Icon
January 23, 2004

Family Planning

advertisement
Question from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India:

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.

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

In general women with diabetes do not appear to have difficulties conceiving. However, it is important that she is in good glucose control prior to conception to minimize the risk of fetal abnormalities (heart defects, spine defects, etc.). In addition, I would recommend that she take a folic acid supplement of 5 mg/day starting one month before trying to conceive and during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. Once again this is to reduce the risk of spina bifida. She should be under the care of an obstetrician who specializes in high risk pregnancies along with her endocrinologist.

OWJ