When Pregnancy and Blood Sugar Meet: What New Research Tells Us About Your Baby’s Developing Brain
Reading Time: 5 minutes A new analysis of more than 56 million pregnancies adds important nuance to a question I hear often from expectant mothers: does diabetes in pregnancy affect my baby’s brain development? The honest answer is yes, in measurable ways, and the size of the risk depends on which kind of diabetes is involved. Here is what the research found, what it does not prove, and what I want every mother to know about it.
