Management of diabetes in pregnancy is very important. According to Time Magazine, women with type 1 or type to diabetes carry a higher risk for many factors including:

• Large birth weights – this results in more Cesarean births or increases the complications of delivery
• Pre-eclampsia – a dangerous surge in blood pressure
• Diabetic retinopathy – damage to the retina because of high glucose levels
• Severe hypoglycemia – low blood sugar which can cause confusion or unconsciousness

In addition, high glucose levels early on in pregnancy have a high risk of causing the baby to have a birth defect. Babies of mothers with diabetes also have an increased risk of premature birth or fetal death. There are about 1.85 million women of reproductive age that have diabetes. 500,000 of them don’t know it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This hinders the correct management of diabetes …