Pregnancy Metabolism, Diabetes and the Fetus -- Contents -- Introduction -- Pregnancy as a tissue culture experience: the critical implications of maternal metabolism for fetal development -- Discussion -- The influence of hormonal changes of pregnancy on maternal metabolism -- Discussion -- Principal substrates of fetal metabolism: fuel and growth requirements of the ovine fetus -- Discussion -- General Discussion I -- Evidence for fatty acid transfer across the human placenta -- Discussion -- Metabolism during normal and diabetic pregnancy and its effect on neonatal outcome -- Discussion -- General Discussion II -- Hormonal regulation of perinatal enzyme differentiation in the mammalian liver -- Discussion -- Regulation of placental enzymes of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic pathways -- Discussion -- Culture in vitro as a means of analysing the effects of maternal diabetes on embryonic development in rats -- Discussion -- General Discussion III -- Congenital anomalies and the diabetic and prediabetic pregnancy -- Discussion -- The outcome of diabetic pregnancies: a prospective study -- Discussion -- The influence of preconceptional glucose values on the outcome of pregnancy -- Congenital malformations: the possible role of diabetes care outside pregnancy -- Discussion of the two preceding papers -- Clinical perspectives in the care of the pregnant diabetic patient -- Final General Discussion : -- Haemoglobin A 1c -- Nutrition and metabolism -- Blood sugar levels in pregnancy -- Index to contributors -- Subject index.