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Gestational diabetes link with postpartum depression
Mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an elevated risk of developing postpartum depression symptoms, according to a new research.
Can breastfeeding cut diabetes risk?
Breastfeeding may help reduce a mother’s risk of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, according to new research.
Child obesity risk nearly trebles with maternal diabetes and large birthweight, study finds
University of Alberta research has found that children who were larger than average at birth and born to mothers who have developed gestational diabetes have a 43% rate of being overweight or obese – 2.8 times the likelihood of being obese among ...Ayrshire midwife wins national award for diabetes in pregnancy work
Midwife Noreen Dunnachie, Lead Midwife for Diabetes at NHS Ayrshire & Arran, has just won one of the UK’s top midwifery awards for her project to improve the care for women with diabetes in pregnancy.‘RCM responds to new research on risks to diabetic pregnant women’
Diabetic women are more than four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those without the condition, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Glasgow looked at the records of nearly 4,000 Scottish diabetic mothers.Caring for pregnant with pre-existing and gestational diabetes
I always enjoyed acute medical nursing and realised that as a practising midwife I would be able to cross over and enjoy both my favourite health interests within this new role.