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• Pregnancy Slideshow (Mom & Baby) for Parents

  
  

  Here's a peek at what's going on inside your body during the amazing 40 weeks of pregnancy. Watch your belly — and your baby — grow!

• Eating Smart When Your Child Has Diabetes for Parents

  
  

  Kids with diabetes don't have to follow a special diabetes diet, but they may need to pay more attention to when they eat and how much is on their plates.

• Helping Your Gradeschooler With Homework for Parents

  
  

  During grade school, kids start getting homework to reinforce and extend classroom learning and teach them important study skills. Here's how parents can help.

• Week 1 for Parents

  
  

  Week 1 is actually your menstrual period, but because your due date is calculated from the first day of your last period, it counts as part of your 40-week pregnancy.

• Diabetes To-Go Kit for Parents

  
  

  A diabetes to-go kit holds the supplies your child needs for daily and emergency care. Keep it filled and ready, so you have everything you need at a moment’s notice.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Parents

  
  

  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe and painless test that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of the body's organs and structures.

• What Is a BMI Report Card? for Parents

  
  

  Find out what the experts have to say.

• Your Child's Diabetes Health Care Team for Parents

  
  

  When you have a child with diabetes, you and your family have a lot to learn, but you don't have to go it alone. Your child's diabetes health care team can help.

• Prenatal Test: Multiple Marker Test for Parents

  
  

  The multiple marker test is a blood test done to screen for neural tube defects and chromosomal disorders.

• Taking Insulin for Diabetes for Parents

  
  

  Some people with diabetes need to take insulin to help keep their blood sugars in a healthy range.