Maternal diabetes

For patient information pamphlets, please refer to the Patient Infomation page.

Referral Information

There is now an Te Toka Tumai Auckland Hospital Maternity Diabetes eReferral form accessible directly in RCP eReferrals. Please use this if you have access to eReferrals.

• Screening for diabetes in pregnancy after 32 weeks flowchart [PDF, 161 KB]
• LGA Referral Guideline Flowchart [PDF, 509 KB]
• Diabetes referral form [PDF, 167 KB]
• Guideline for Diabetes diagnosed after 36 weeks gestation [PDF, 298 KB]

Guidelines

• Screening for diabetes in pregnancy flowchart [PDF, 238 KB]
• Diabetes in pregnancy - Guidelines()
• Diabetes in Pregnancy - Background paper [PDF, 91 KB]
• Vitamin D deficiency letter [PDF, 243 KB]

Home Blood Glucose Monitoring (HBGM)

• How to prescribe a HBGM meter [PDF, 516 KB]
• HBGM record sheet for pregnant women [PDF, 285 KB]

Patient Information and Videos

• Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic information [PDF, 220 KB]
• Gestational Diabetes [PDF, 1.1 MB]
• GDM - what to eat [PDF, 1.1 MB]
• GDM - what to eat after birth [PDF, 1.3 MB]
• Blood Glucose testing instructions for women [PDF, 229 KB]
• GDM Healthy Eating resource [PDF, 1.1 MB]
• GDM Healthy Eating Plate [PDF, 429 KB]
• Medication options for GDM [PDF, 232 KB]
• How to take Metformin [PDF, 229 KB]
• Gestational Diabetes booklet [PDF, 1.1 MB]
• Welcome to our Diabetes in Pregnancy Service - Video()()
• Testing your blood sugars - Video()()
• Setting up your insulin pen - Video()()
• Expressing colostrum - Video()()
• Group teach session 1: What is diabetes? - Video()() 
• Group teach session 2: Diabetes in pregnancy and your baby - Video()()
• Group teach session 3: Diabetes in pregnancy and you - Video()