The management of pregnancy in diabetes mellitus

A personal series of 100 consecutive diabetic pregnancies of over 28 weeks' gestation in 78 mothers during the period from January 1961 to June 1973, is described. There were 92 live births (including two pairs of twins) and 10 foetal deaths (9.8 per cent). The findings show that in diabetic pregnancies good results can be obtained by meticulous control and carefully coordinated obstetric and paediatric care.