Women with diabetes should be empowered to have a positive experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Providing the right information, advice and support about diabetes and pregnancy reduces the risk of complications to mother and baby.
Use the following resources and tools to improve care for women with diabetes before, during and after pregnancy.
Compared to women without diabetes, women with diabetes are:
- Five times more likely to have a preterm baby
- Three times more likely to have a Caesarean section
- Two times more likely to have a baby weighing more than 4kg
Resources
- Download or order our free gestational diabetes guide
Update on continuous glucose monitors in pregnancy (Oct 2020)
Diabetes in pregnancy tools and resources, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence website
National diabetes in pregnancy audit, Health and Social Care Information Centre website
Statistics published by MBRRACE-UK in 2019 show Black women are five times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth or in the six-week postpartum period compared with white women. And the risk for Asian women is twice as high. Use this five-step guide produced by the Royal College of Gynaecologists (RCOG) and Five X More to help eradicate maternal health disparities in the UK.
This Diabetes in Pregnancy quality standard covers managing diabetes and its complications in women who are planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant. It includes care for women with pre-existing diabetes before and during pregnancy, and diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement and replaces the quality standard published in 2016.Â
