I'm getting ready to launch a course all about how to manage your diabetes in pregnancy. Did you know that about 60% to 70% of women who have diabetes in pregnancy are either going to stay diabetic or become diabetic? When you get diagnosed with diabetes, it can be very confusing. You're …
Problems With Baby
What Is Gestational Diabetes?
As a high-risk OB specialist, I talk about diabetes in pregnancy all the time. In this week’s episode, we talk in simple terms about what gestational diabetes is. How your glucose affects your baby's glucose During pregnancy, the placenta makes hormones that make you more resistant to …
What You Should Know About Down Syndrome | Having A Baby With Down Syndrome
When my youngest daughter was halfway through college, she decided to transfer to Texas A&M, a university that has an outstanding geoscience program. Our family entered Aggieland, with a completely unfamiliar culture. Texas Aggies have longstanding traditions - Ring Day, Midnight Yell, the …
A Closer Look At The Most Common Birth Defects
Over the past months, we have filmed lots of interviews with parents. When I look over the videos, I’m in awe of these brave parents and their children. All of them faced a situation that they were unprepared for. All of them were afraid and believed that they were not equipped for what lay ahead. …