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Planning for second baby
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We are planning for second baby. My husband has type 2 diabetes and taking Metformin for 3 years. I saw in the internet Metformin taking father sperm will affect baby and it will born with severe birth defects. Now we are in confused state whether to plan the baby or not.
His hba1c is 7 and average 170
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Dr. Kinnari Amin
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12 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Plan for second pregnancy
Do level 1 and 2 anomaly scans during pregnancy to check for birth defects
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Dr. Aarti Jiyani
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10 yrs exp
Surat
Go for seman analysis
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