How can women manage diabetes before, during, and after pregnancy?

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Latest Post    |    Aug. 3, 2022

Dr. Samantha Butts

Managing Diabetes Before, During, and After Pregnancy

Dr. Samantha Butts explains how diabetes can affect pregnancy and discusses how health care professionals can work with women who have diabetes to make their pregnancies as safe as possible.

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About the Expert

Dr. Samantha Butts

Samantha Butts

MD, MSCE

Dr. Butts is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Penn State Health. In this role, she specializes in treating individuals and couples who require fertility treatments in order to achieve pregnancy.

As a reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Butts also has expertise in managing conditions such as amenorrhea, premature ovarian failure, surgical menopause, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine fibroids.