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Diabetes is often diagnosed in women during their childbearing years and can affect the health of both the mother and her unborn child.

Diabetes is often diagnosed in women during their childbearing years and can affect the health of both the mother and her unborn child.

If you are a woman with diabetes, you still can have a healthy baby. You need to take extra care before and during your pregnancy. Learn how to get ready and read one mother’s story.

Encouraging news: People with diabetes are living longer, healthier lives with fewer complications. What’s the driving force? Greater awareness and better control of risk factors are moving the needle.

Diabetes is often diagnosed in women during their childbearing years and can affect the health of both the mother and her unborn child.

Slideshow of women’s unique risk factors for heart disease.

Learn the ways that stroke affects women differently than men.

Complications of pregnancy are health problems that can occur during pregnancy. They can involve the mother's health, the baby's health, or both.

Learn about binge eating disorder, including how it is treated and how it affects women, from the Office on Women’s Health.