Diabetes care areas - click here to navigate to care area page
- Cardiovascular care
- Children and young people
- Diagnosis and continuing care
- Education
- Emotional and psychological support
- End of life
- Equality in diabetes
- Prevention and risk management
- Eye services
- Footcare
- Emergency and inpatient
- Kidney care
- Mental health and learning difficulties
- Neuropathy care
- Pregnancy
- Services for older people
- User involvement
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The team does not and cannot offer clinical advice. If you have any urgent medical enquiries we urge you to contact your GP, or NHS Direct at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk or by calling 0845 4647. In an emergency call 999
A1c... is it too high?
If your long term blood glucose test for diabetes (HbA1c) is high, (more than 8% or 64 mmols/mol) around the time of conception and in the first few weeks of pregnancy it may affect your baby’s development or increase the risk of miscarriage.
Any reduction in A1c, has been found to reduce risk. However an HbA1c of less than 6.1% (43mmol/mol) is recommended for pregnancy, provided you are not troubled by hypos.
To reach these targets you will need to test your blood glucose frequently. Please ask your nurse or doctor to refer you to a specialist diabetes preconcpetion team who will be able to support you to acheive this.
