How bad does diabetes effect your fertility?
Posted in Definition on 02. Apr, 2010
I heard that diabetes effects whether or not a woman can have kids. is that true?
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That’s correct, but it’s not a fertility issue. Diabetes greatly increases the risk of miscarriage, birth defects, and high birth weight. You have to be very careful to work with an endocrinologist before conceiving, and throughout the pregnancy to keep your BG’s very tight – they want A1C’s less than 5.5. I chose not to have kids because I wasn’t willing to take the risks, but more and more diabetic women are choosing to do so.
It is not your fertility that is affected, it diminishes your erection to a point that you cannot penetrate. By about 70% down.The urge for SEX is also greatly diminished. I am a diabetic and I know.
Not at all.
I have three children.
Getting pregnant is one thing.Staying pregnant is another.
I never heard of a 5.5 A1c. I was 7.5 in all my pregnancies.