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 Diabetes
is often detected in women during their childbearing years and can
affect the health of both the mother and her unborn child. Poor
control of diabetes in a woman who is pregnant increases the
chance for birth defects and other problems for the baby and might
cause serious complications for the woman.
Proper health care before and during pregnancy will help prevent
birth defects and other poor outcomes, such as miscarriage and
stillbirth.
Date: October 18, 2005
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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