Preconception care ‘key’ when a woman has pre-existing diabetes
Medication reviews and health screens need to be done prior to pregnancy, new guidance emphasises
Women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who are planning a pregnancy should not stop using contraception until stable glycaemia is achieved, new advice suggests.
And those taking certain insulin analogues or other newer glucose-lowering agents, such as gliflozins or incretin mimetics, should be prescribed safer alternative diabetes drugs during the antenatal period.
