Birth defects happen in about one in every few hundred pregnancies. If a fetal anomaly is discovered during your pregnancy, you may be referred to a pediatric surgeon prior to the delivery of your baby. In these consultations, the surgeon will explain more about the particular anomaly, how it may …
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The Third M of Gestational Diabetes – Move!
In the first few posts about gestational diabetes, we talked about glucose monitoring and diet. The next important step to take is, literally, a step. Several of them, in fact. (I'm talking about exercise, in case you didn't see where I was going with that.) Make exercise a part of your day Unless …
5 Tips To Manage Gestational Diabetes With Food | Gestational Diabetes Meal Plan
I'm not going to sugarcoat it (forgive the pun). What, when, and how you eat is essential to managing diabetes. The trouble is, there are a lot of conflicting opinions about the right way to eat. As it turns out, traditional recommendations (remember the Food Pyramid?) may be steering us wrong. The …
How To Measure Your Blood Sugar
In the last post, I talked about the 5 Ms of managing gestational diabetes – measure, meals, move, medication, and monitoring. Now let’s break it down. Today’s post is about the first M, measuring glucoses. Measuring your glucoses In our Maternal-Fetal Medicine practice, when you are referred for …