Successful pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: From preconception through postpartum care

This article discusses the risks of pregnancy for mothers with type 1 diabetes and their babies, emphasizing appropriate preconception counseling and management goals; optimizing glycemic monitoring and intensifying insulin therapy during the metabolically dynamic process of pregnancy; appropriately evaluating women and their fetuses for complications of both diabetes and intensive diabetes therapy during pregnancy; and peripartum and postpartum glycemic control.