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Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Introduction 1
1 Diabetes in Pregnancy: Past, Present and Future 3
2 Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes in Pregnancy 23
3 The Metabolic Stress of Pregnancy 45
4 Embryo Development in Diabetic Pregnancy 63
5 Fetal Growth and Development 77
6 Pre-pregnancy Care 101
7 Insulin Therapy in Diabetic Pregnancy 121
8 The Dietary Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy 139
9 Diabetic Retinopathy in Pregnancy 155
10 Management and Outcome of Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetic Nephropathy 167
11 Findings from Cordocentesis in Diabetic Pregnancies 207
12 Diabetes in Pregnancy: Lessons from the Fetus 221
13 Monitoring Fetal Well-being in Diabetic Pregnancy 241
14 A Protocol for Diabetes in Pregnancy: The Practical Organization of a Regional Combined Obstetric/Diabetic Clinic 253
15 Addressing the Needs of the Inner City Clinics 265
16 Gestational Diabetes in Developing Countries 277
17 Labour and Delivery 295
18 Neonatal Complications, Including Hypoglycaemia 303
19 Contraception and Future Pregnancies 321
20 Diabetes Following Gestational Diabetes Mellitus 341
21 Prevention of Diabetes Following Gestational Diabetes 351
22 Diabetes in Subsequent Generations 367
23 Birth Weight and Adult Disease 377
24 The Perspective of a Mother with Diabetes 391
Epilogue: The Way Forward 399
Index 401