Gestational Diabetes: After Pregnancy

Your blood sugar will most likely return to normal after delivery. But gestational diabetes is a warning sign that you are at risk of getting diabetes later in life. You can take steps to reduce risks.

Diabetes: Tracking Your Fitness Progress

Tracking your fitness progress can help you improve your long-term health. Seeing how far you've come may motivate you to achieve more. Your healthcare provider can also use a record of any progress to help plan your treatment.

Diabetes: Meal Planning

Your care team can help you create a nutritious meal plan to best manage your diabetes. Read on for some helpful tips.

Preventing A Surgical Site Infection

This sheet tells you more about surgical site infections, what hospitals are doing to prevent them, and how they are treated if they do occur. It also tells you what you can do to prevent these infections.

Your Child's Gastrostomy Tube: Checking the Balloon

Your child is going home with a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) in place. The tube is placed through the abdominal wall into your child's stomach. It has a balloon filled with water on the end inside the stomach. The balloon keeps the tube in place. You must check the balloon regularly. This is to make sure it holds the amount of water prescribed by your child's healthcare provider. Here are instructions to help you remember the steps at home.