Diabetes In Pregnancy Harms Babies` Memory

Scientists claim that children whose mothers had diabetes in pregnancy can suffer from a decreased ability to form early memory.

University of California researchers claim that difficulties in early memory development with babies is connected with lower oxygen and iron levels  in pregnancy.

The need for iron doubles in pregnancy because of the necessity for the fetus` blood cells to create, and in pregnant women with gestational diabetes and diabetes type 1 or 2, changes of glucose levels can result in iron shortage and the decreased ability of blood to transfer oxygen.

The study included testing babies between the ages of 12months and 3.5 years. Their mothers suffered from diabetes.

The results showed the memory difficulties which are present at the age a year, continue two and a half years later, Yahoo News reports.