Many obese individuals have type 2 diabetes and do not know it, so it is a good idea to bring glucose levels to within the normal range before becoming pregnant, and to monitor women with pre-diabetes closely during pregnancy to make sure that they don't develop diabetes.
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The red hair loosens from the hair band and spreads in the colorf... PAT R Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt li... R. KELLY I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky. R. KELLY For every quote, there is one that challenges it. R. ALISTAIR I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. Th... R. KELLY I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself... R. KELLY I don't really know the story of the Pied Piper. I don't read stories, first of all. I just ... R. KELLY We strive hard for excellence in the music, while striving even harder for change outside the music. R-SWIFT I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or ... R. KELLY When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince.... R. KELLY Everyone wants the fairy tale, but don’t forget there are dragons in those stories. R. QUEEN The world is going crazy, Karl. And when the world is crazy, a sane man is never okay." from The Ber... R. SHARENOW A true friend sees your tears of sadness, And quickly turns them into tears of joy and laughte... R. BENZADI Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy. MARY BERRY My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write. MARY GARDEN I decided to write about the myths of divorce. MARY GARDEN I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly. MARY GARDEN If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don'... MARY GARDEN Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, draw... MARY GARDEN My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of ... MARY GARDEN In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always st... MARY GARDEN Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence... MARY GARDEN I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I cou... MARY GARDEN For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block. MARY GARDEN In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was con... MARY GARDEN A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything... MARY GARDEN My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. MARY GARDEN It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was thei... MARY GARDEN Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse... MARY GARDEN Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. MARY SHELLEY