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High blood pressure and pre-eclampsia
Hypoglycaemia during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Medical tests
Morning sickness, for women with type 2 diabetes
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Insulin during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Labour and birth
After your baby is born
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Breastfeeding and diabetes
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Plan for the Best Start newsletter
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Understanding type 1 diabetes
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Understanding gestational diabetes
Understanding pre-diabetes
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Continuous and flash glucose monitoring device summary and compatibility chart
Starting insulin booklet
Adjusting to life with diabetes
Alcohol and type 1 diabetes
Alcohol
Alternative sweeteners
Audit checklist for aged care residents
Audit checklist for aged care residents
Caring for someone with diabetes
Coeliac disease and diabetes
Concerns about starting insulin (for people with type 2 diabetes)
Continuous glucose monitoring for children
Diabetes and anxiety
Diabetes and depression
Diabetes and disordered eating
Diabetes and driving
Diabetes and emotional health
Diabetes distress
Diabetes management in aged care
Diabetes-related complications
Drug use and type 1 diabetes
Eating out
Fear of hypoglycaemia
Gestational diabetes: life after gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes: caring for yourself and your baby
Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 2 diabetes
Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 1 diabetes
Healthy eating as you age
Healthy meal ideas
Healthy snacks
Hints for healthy cooking
Information for people with diabetes
Insulin
Looking after your dental health
Looking after your eyes
Looking after your feet
Looking after your heart
Looking after your kidneys
Managing diabetes as you age
Making healthy food choices
Managing hypoglycaemia
Managing sick days for type 1 diabetes
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Medications for type 2 diabetes
Moving on up to adult health care services
Peer support for diabetes
Physical activity
Pregnancy and diabetes
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Sexual health and diabetes
Steroid medications and diabetes
Surgery and hospital stays
The glycemic index
Travel and type 1 diabetes
Travel
Understanding food labels
You and your health care team as you age
Your diabetes annual cycle of care
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Resources
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What is diabetes?
What is CGM?
Living with diabetes
Gestational diabetes
From child to adult
Young women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Resources
Managing your health
Kidneys and bladder
Blood pressure
Contraception
Contraceptive choices
Cholesterol
Coeliac disease
Complementary medicines
Diabetes health checks
Exercise
Eyes
Feet
Heart disease
Mental health
Natural disaster and emergency plan
Emergency questions
Nutrition
Glycemic index
Between-meal snacks
Alcohol
Eating out
Healthy eating
Modifying recipes
Diabetes and fasting
Weight management
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted infections
Sick days
Skin
Your health care team
Managing your diabetes
Blood glucose monitoring
Continuous and flash glucose monitoring
Type 1 diabetes: aged under 21 years
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Type 1 diabetes: pregnancy planning/pregnancy/post-pregnancy
Conditions similar to type 1 diabetes: aged under 21 years
Hypoglycaemia
Ketoacidosis
Medications
Insulin
Non-insulin injectable
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Driving and travel
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About the NDSS
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Update your details with the National Gestational Diabetes Register
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Beat it
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Connect with diabetes
MyDESMOND
DESMOND
FootForward
Diabetes in Schools
KeepSight
Diabetes pregnancy symposium
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Live your life
Living with insulin
OzDAFNE
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Ready, set, go, let’s move
Online Services Directory
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Insulin pump consumables
Blood glucose monitoring strips
Pen needles / syringes
Continuous and flash glucose monitoring products
Health professionals
For health professionals
Changes to the NDSS for health professionals
Changes to some NDSS products from 1 December 2018
Resources to support health professionals
Health professionals: Applying for access to the CGM Initiative through the NDSS
Health professionals: Applying for extended access to CGM and Flash GM products
Helpful hints for providing supporting documentation for extended access applications (for planning pregnancy in type 1 diabetes)
Support services for health professionals
Online learning for health professionals
For Access Points
Changes to the NDSS for NDSS Access Points
How to become an NDSS Access Point
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A healthy weight before and during pregnancy
Complications
Pre-pregnancy screening
Diabetes complications during pregnancy
Diabetes during pregnancy
Blood glucose monitoring during pregnancy
High blood pressure and pre-eclampsia
Hypoglycaemia during pregnancy
Insulin changes
Ketoacidosis
Medical tests
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Breastfeeding and diabetes
Blood glucose levels and breastfeeding
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Sexually transmitted infections
Diabetes and pregnancy risks
Blood glucose levels and pregnancy
Unplanned pregnancy
Planning for pregnancy
Before you fall pregnant, for women with type 2 diabetes
Eating well
Healthy eating in pregnancy
Staying active during pregnancy
A healthy weight before and during pregnancy
Diabetes complications
Diabetes complications during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Pre-pregnancy screening
Diabetes during pregnancy
Blood glucose monitoring during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
High blood pressure and pre-eclampsia
Hypoglycaemia during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Medical tests
Morning sickness, for women with type 2 diabetes
Sick days during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Insulin during pregnancy, for women with type 2 diabetes
Labour and birth
After your baby is born
Breastfeeding
Blood glucose levels and breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and diabetes
Medication and breastfeeding, for women with type 2 diabetes
Your emotional wellbeing
Postnatal depression
Pregnancy loss
Pregnancy and emotional health
Emotional support
Support
Supporting your partner
Supporting your family member or friend
Pregnancy support services
Plan for the Best Start newsletter
Featured articles 1
Featured articles 2
Featured articles 3
Featured articles 4
Featured articles 5
Featured articles 6
Featured articles 7
Featured articles 8
Featured articles 9
Featured articles 10
Frequently asked questions
Pregnancy planning checklist
Resources
Information and resources
Find a resource
Understanding type 1 diabetes
Understanding type 2 diabetes
Understanding gestational diabetes
Understanding pre-diabetes
Blood glucose monitoring
Continuous glucose monitoring
Continuous and flash glucose monitoring device summary and compatibility chart
Starting insulin booklet
Adjusting to life with diabetes
Alcohol and type 1 diabetes
Alcohol
Alternative sweeteners
Audit checklist for aged care residents
Audit checklist for aged care residents
Caring for someone with diabetes
Coeliac disease and diabetes
Concerns about starting insulin (for people with type 2 diabetes)
Continuous glucose monitoring for children
Diabetes and anxiety
Diabetes and depression
Diabetes and disordered eating
Diabetes and driving
Diabetes and emotional health
Diabetes distress
Diabetes management in aged care
Diabetes-related complications
Drug use and type 1 diabetes
Eating out
Fear of hypoglycaemia
Gestational diabetes: life after gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes: caring for yourself and your baby
Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 2 diabetes
Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 1 diabetes
Healthy eating as you age
Healthy meal ideas
Healthy snacks
Hints for healthy cooking
Information for people with diabetes
Insulin
Looking after your dental health
Looking after your eyes
Looking after your feet
Looking after your heart
Looking after your kidneys
Managing diabetes as you age
Making healthy food choices
Managing hypoglycaemia
Managing sick days for type 1 diabetes
Managing sick days for type 2 diabetes
Medications for type 2 diabetes
Moving on up to adult health care services
Peer support for diabetes
Physical activity
Pregnancy and diabetes
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Sexual health and diabetes
Steroid medications and diabetes
Surgery and hospital stays
The glycemic index
Travel and type 1 diabetes
Travel
Understanding food labels
You and your health care team as you age
Your diabetes annual cycle of care
Request a resource
Information in your language
Arabic – العربية
Bengali – বাঙালি
Chinese (simplified) – 简体中文
Chinese (traditional) – 繁體中文
Dari – درى
Farsi – فارسی
Greek – Ελληνικά
Hindi – हिंदी
Italian – Italiano
Karen
Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ
Korean – 한국어
Macedonian – Македонски
Nepali – नेपाली
Punjabi – ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Samoan – Faasamoa
Sinhalese – සිංහල
Somali – Soomaali
Spanish – Español
Tagalog
Tamil – தமிழ்
Thai – ภาษาไทย
Tongan – lea faka-Tonga
Turkish – Türkçe
Urdu – اردو
Vietnamese – Việt
Newly diagnosed
Pre-diabetes
Other types of diabetes
Living with diabetes
Living with diabetes
About you
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
What is diabetes?
What do I need to do?
Why take medicine?
Why me?
Women
Resources
Why join the NDSS?
Caring for someone with diabetes
Living in rural and remote areas
Older people with diabetes
People from diverse backgrounds
Young people with diabetes
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
What is diabetes?
What is CGM?
Living with diabetes
Gestational diabetes
From child to adult
Young women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Resources
Managing your health
Kidneys and bladder
Blood pressure
Contraception
Contraceptive choices
Cholesterol
Coeliac disease
Complementary medicines
Diabetes health checks
Exercise
Eyes
Feet
Heart disease
Mental health
Natural disaster and emergency plan
Emergency questions
Nutrition
Glycemic index
Between-meal snacks
Alcohol
Eating out
Healthy eating
Modifying recipes
Diabetes and fasting
Weight management
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted infections
Sick days
Skin
Your health care team
Managing your diabetes
Blood glucose monitoring
Continuous and flash glucose monitoring
Type 1 diabetes: aged under 21 years
Type 1 diabetes: aged 21 years and older with valid concessional status
Type 1 diabetes: pregnancy planning/pregnancy/post-pregnancy
Conditions similar to type 1 diabetes: aged under 21 years
Hypoglycaemia
Ketoacidosis
Medications
Insulin
Non-insulin injectable
Tablets
Driving and travel
Driving and diabetes
Travel and diabetes
Travelling by air
Visiting or moving to Australia
About the NDSS
About the NDSS
Contact us
New registrations
Manage your registration
Request a new NDSS registration card
Update your details
NDSS forms
National Gestational Diabetes Register
Update your details with the National Gestational Diabetes Register
Changes to the NDSS
Changes to the NDSS from 6 February 2019
Changes to the NDSS from 9 November 2018
Changes to the NDSS from 1 April 2017
Changes to the NDSS from 1 July 2016
News
Reports
Facts and figures
Australian Diabetes Map
Diabetes data snapshots
Services
Services
NDSS Helpline
Diabetes organisations (NDSS Agents)
Support programs
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Type 2 diabetes and me online course
Annual cycle of care screening
Beat it
Camps
Carbohydrate counting
Connect with diabetes
MyDESMOND
DESMOND
FootForward
Diabetes in Schools
KeepSight
Diabetes pregnancy symposium
Insulin pump
Live your life
Living with insulin
OzDAFNE
Peer support
Programs in other languages
Ready, set, go, let’s move
Online Services Directory
Diabetes research
Access to NDSS data
Participate in diabetes research
Products
Products
NDSS Access Points
Insulin pump consumables
Blood glucose monitoring strips
Pen needles / syringes
Continuous and flash glucose monitoring products
Health professionals
For health professionals
Changes to the NDSS for health professionals
Changes to some NDSS products from 1 December 2018
Resources to support health professionals
Health professionals: Applying for access to the CGM Initiative through the NDSS
Health professionals: Applying for extended access to CGM and Flash GM products
Helpful hints for providing supporting documentation for extended access applications (for planning pregnancy in type 1 diabetes)
Support services for health professionals
Online learning for health professionals
For Access Points
Changes to the NDSS for NDSS Access Points
How to become an NDSS Access Point
The NDSS is administered by Diabetes Australia
Pregnancy and type 1 diabetes
Pregnancy and type 2 diabetes
Information and support
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Pregnancy planning checklist
Young people
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Resources
Newsletter
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Information and resources
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Pregnancy and diabetes (fact sheet)
Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 1 diabetes (booklet)
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