What Do The Pregnancy Conditions Indicate Regarding The Baby?
hi my nephews girlfriend is 35 weeks pregnant a few weeks ago she was diagnosed with diabetis type 1 4 injections a day, then she was taken in and sent to st thomas hospital as the baby has an enlarged heart valve, she went into labour which they have stopped and now theyre saying the baby has edema fluid round his face and neck can you shed any light on this as i keep reading things up and all leads to still birth, thank you
hi thanks for writing to us uncontrolled diabetes is a cause for many congenital anomalies in the baby because of the enlarged heart valve it can cause odema that is swelling when heart is not able to function properly still birth is quiet common in diabetics needs regular monitoring of fetal well being
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What Do The Pregnancy Conditions Indicate Regarding The Baby?
hi thanks for writing to us uncontrolled diabetes is a cause for many congenital anomalies in the baby because of the enlarged heart valve it can cause odema that is swelling when heart is not able to function properly still birth is quiet common in diabetics needs regular monitoring of fetal well being