‘Established diabetes’ refers to women diagnosed with diabetes prior to pregnancy planning or a confirmed pregnancy.
‘Women of childbearing age with diabetes’ refers to all women with diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) who have childbearing potential.
Introduction
According to the Diabetes and Pregnancy Guideline documentation (2014) ‘approximately 61,000 women give birth in New Zealand each year and 4.9–6.6% of pregnancies in New Zealand involve women with diabetes’ (p 2). Type 1 diabetes affects approximately 0.1–0.2% of all pregnancies (Chiang et al 2014) and the prevalence of gestational, type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing, particularly affecting women of Māori, Pacific and South Asian ethnicity (NZ Gestational Diabetes Working Group [NZGDMWG] 2014).
