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HOW WILL I BE CARED FOR AND BY WHOM?
An entire health care team will care for you and your baby. Each team member provides a certain part of your care.
- Your doctor is in charge of your medical care and watches over your pregnancy.
- The nurse or educator helps the doctor teach you what you need to do, and explains how to do it.
- The dietitian designs a meal plan for you, suggests food choices and tracks your weight gain.
- The social worker helps you solve problems, deal with feelings and finds ways to give you needed support.
Here are some things your health care team will do:
- answer your questions
- explain tests and test results
- help you make the right choices
- help you to make changes
- teach you how to manage your diabetes
- prepare you for delivery
- care for you after your baby is born
- teach you how to prevent diabetes for you and your family
Source: Sweet Success, California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program? CDAPP, 2014