title: Pre-pregnancy monitoring for women with diabetes.
abstract: Perinatal mortality rates and congenital abnormalities are more common in diabetic pregnancies. There is an opportunity to reduce these rates by pre-conceptual counselling and monitoring. Blood glucose monitoring using up-to-date technology can help women to reach blood glucose levels as near normal as possible, before conception and during the first trimester.
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authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016742:Preconception Care / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control