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I am currently 22 weeks pregnant with my first child and my due date is at the end of May. My doctor told me that at week 38 they will perform an amniocentisis to check the lung maturity of the baby. If everything is fine, they will induce...this moves my "due date" up to the middle of May...

I read this article: "Male Predominance of Congenital Malformations in Infants of Women With Type 1 Diabetes" ( http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/7/1194 ) (This is just a link to the abstract. To read the whole thing, click on "full text" on the right side of...

my husband and I have just learned that we are pregnant. I have been a type 1 for 13 years and my last A1c was 7.5 which was up from the last two of 7.1 and 6.5. I take A LOT of medicine icluding dieretics, blood pressure, thyroid, cholesterol..... Both my husband and I are a bit scared and surprised...

I read a bit about diabetes and pregnancy before I had my first daughter, but do not remember seeing ANYTHING about breastfeeding and the impact on the woman with type 1. Let me tell you, there is an impact. A big one. Hoping we can document what happened to our bodies for all those new or soon-to-be...

What to expect in the delivery room. I'm interested in hearing how labor and delivery went for you with type 1. For both of my pregnancies, I was induced at 38 weeks. The first time was low amniotic fluid (not a normal type 1 diabetes issue). With the 2nd, I begged the doctor hysterically for them...