Women with diabetes: control blood glucose before conception.
Maternal pregestational diabetes increases the risks of fetal malformations, miscarriage and perinatal death. The risk increases with the HbA1c level. For women known to have diabetes, optimal glycaemic control before conception and at the start of pregnancy probably reduces these risks.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000517:prevention & control; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000517:prevention & control; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human