Counseling and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy<\/span><\/h2>\nThe key to a healthy pregnancy for a woman with diabetes is to keep her blood glucose levels within target range ideally before, during and after the delivery.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"SERVICE-PAGE-counceling-diabetes\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27562%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20562%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27562%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Counseling and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy in Miami, FL<\/h1>\n
Preconception counseling:<\/strong> Improves pregnancy outcome by lowering the risks of congenital malformations and maternal complications. It is a good idea to have good glucose control before getting pregnant and to assess the possibilities of maternal\u2019s vascular complications such as visual (retinopathy), renal (diabetic nephropathy) and cardio vascular including hypertension and lipid disorder.<\/p>\nPregnancy:<\/strong> Close supervision of treatment plan (meal plan, medication and exercise) will greatly improve the chances of a trouble-free pregnancy and healthy baby.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Post Partum:<\/strong> For the pregestational diabetic this is the time when the decision will be made regarding whether or not return to the treatment they were on prior to preconception time (some medications may not be safe during breast feeding). The gestational diabetic should return to the office to be retested for diabetes 6 to 12 weeks postpartum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Meet Ariana Fajardo \u2013 Diabetes Educator<\/h3>\n
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Since obtaining her certification as a Diabetes Educator in 1997, while working at the University of Miami\u2019s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ariana has worked exclusively with pregnant diabetic patients. She is experienced at working with patients diagnosed with diabetes prior to and during their pregnancy and her services and expertise are readily available to you at all times during your pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Patient Feedback<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u201cBest of the best. So happy i had these two doctors to guide me through the last trimester of my pregnancy; their techs and office staff were absolutely wonderful as well, truly made my pregnancy all the better.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>Carolina O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u201cJust amazing! Felt confident with both Dr. De La Torre and Dr. Quintero. I would recommend both Doctors to anyone. Office Administration very organized and welcoming! Thank you for helping me through my twin pregnancy!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>Jennifer A.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u201cSaw them with my first pregnancy in hospital and they were great. When I got pregnant with my 2nd son 2 years later needed to be followed by a high risk dr and saw them again and they remembered me. Very compassionate and knowledgeable. If I decide to have a 3rd will definitely see them again. Great office staff too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>Judy C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/associates-in-advanced-maternal-fetal-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Counseling and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy in Miami, FL<\/h1>\n
Preconception counseling:<\/strong> Improves pregnancy outcome by lowering the risks of congenital malformations and maternal complications. It is a good idea to have good glucose control before getting pregnant and to assess the possibilities of maternal\u2019s vascular complications such as visual (retinopathy), renal (diabetic nephropathy) and cardio vascular including hypertension and lipid disorder.<\/p>\n Pregnancy:<\/strong> Close supervision of treatment plan (meal plan, medication and exercise) will greatly improve the chances of a trouble-free pregnancy and healthy baby.<\/p>\n<\/div> Post Partum:<\/strong> For the pregestational diabetic this is the time when the decision will be made regarding whether or not return to the treatment they were on prior to preconception time (some medications may not be safe during breast feeding). The gestational diabetic should return to the office to be retested for diabetes 6 to 12 weeks postpartum.<\/p>\n<\/div> Since obtaining her certification as a Diabetes Educator in 1997, while working at the University of Miami\u2019s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ariana has worked exclusively with pregnant diabetic patients. She is experienced at working with patients diagnosed with diabetes prior to and during their pregnancy and her services and expertise are readily available to you at all times during your pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cBest of the best. So happy i had these two doctors to guide me through the last trimester of my pregnancy; their techs and office staff were absolutely wonderful as well, truly made my pregnancy all the better.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> Carolina O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cJust amazing! Felt confident with both Dr. De La Torre and Dr. Quintero. I would recommend both Doctors to anyone. Office Administration very organized and welcoming! Thank you for helping me through my twin pregnancy!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> Jennifer A.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cSaw them with my first pregnancy in hospital and they were great. When I got pregnant with my 2nd son 2 years later needed to be followed by a high risk dr and saw them again and they remembered me. Very compassionate and knowledgeable. If I decide to have a 3rd will definitely see them again. Great office staff too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> Judy C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>Meet Ariana Fajardo \u2013 Diabetes Educator<\/h3>\n
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