Congenital Heart Disease is associated with gestational diabetes in first trimester (need Vitamin D and Omega-3 early)

Created December 2017

High Glucose Levels in Pregnancy Tied to Heart Defects in Babies New York Times

  • 19,107 mothers,, 811 babies with congenital heart disease.(4%)

  • “The study, in The Journal of Pediatrics, found that for each 10 milligrams per deciliter increase in plasma glucose, there was an 8 percent increase in the risk for giving birth to a baby with heart defects”

  • NYT article recommends 1 hour of exercise daily during pregnancy to reduce gestational diabetes

  • No mention in NYT of the reduction of Gestational Diabetes by both Vitamin D and Omega-3

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Congestive Heart Disease is increasing

Birth Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease Worldwide - meta-analysis 2011

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Note: Canada now has more Congentital Hearh Disease than PD + MS

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Should be able to greatly reduce congenital heart disease if restore vitamin D and omega-3 before conception. If not, a loading dose of vitamin D early in the first trimester should help a lot. Standard dosing of vitamin D, which starts about week 10 does not provide much benefit until week 20, long past the time which it can reduce congenital heart disease. * Congenital Heart problems - vitamin D levels drop even lower after surgery, loading dose probably required - thesis 2015 * Congenital heart surgery dropped vitamin D levels by 40 percent – July 2013 1. Pages listed in BOTH of the categories Diabetes and Pregnancy {category}

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  • Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) CDC

    • "Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common types of birth defects, "
    • "CHDs affect nearly 1% of―or about 40,000―births per year in the United States."
    • "About 20% to 30% of people with a CHD have other physical problems or developmental or cognitive disorders"
    • "In 2005, for a privately insured population in the Unites States, the estimated medical care costs for an average infant with any CHD was about $23,000, and costs were higher for infants with a severe CHD"

    Thus, on average, we would only save $230 in average medical birth costs if totally eliminated Congenital heart defects
    Preventing premature births is far more cost effective than preventing CHD

Tags: Diabetes Pregnancy