Also This Month:

• ACLS Course
• Baby Boomers and Retirees: "Quality of Life" Seminar
• Between Loss and Hope...Tools to Cope
• Breastfeeding for Success
• Breast Health ~ A Free public seminar
• Circle of Hope Breast Cancer Support Group
• Community Health Care Provider CPR
• CPAP/BIPAP Clinic
• Diabetes Seminar Series
• Free Depression Screenings
• Freedom from Smoking Class
• Heartsaver AED
• Helping Other Parents Endure (Support Group)
• Hip Hop Aerobics
• HME Customer Appreciation Day
• How Exercise & Movement Can Help Manage Your Pain ~Free Public Seminar
• Jazzercise
• Kickboxing
• Labor Express Childbirth Class
• “Living With Juvenile Diabetes” ~Free Seminar at the Farmers Market
• Losses and Changes Support Group
• Namaste Yoga
• Northern Indiana Cancer Symposium
• Nutrition & Exercise 101 ~Back to the Basics~
• Ostomy Support Group
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course
• Power Abs
• Preparation for Childbirth Class
• Prostate Cancer Screenings
• Re-Thinking Chronic Pain: Causes and Cures
• Sculpting Yoga
• Senior Swing Exercise Class
• Sibling Class
• Special Beginnings Maternity Center Tours
• Super Saturday Childbirth Prep Class
• The Shades of Color: Women Unite for the Fight Against Breast Cancer
• Weight Loss Surgery Seminar
• Yogalates

Gestational Diabetes Class

Description

Classes meet once a week for four weeks and are led by a Certified Diabetes Nurse Educator and a Registered Dietitian.

Participants will learn

• The definition of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
• Risks to mother and baby when mother has GDM or has Diabetes and is pregnant
• How to keep blood glucose within target range through healthy food choices, testing of blood glucose and ketones, exercise, and safe use of insulin if needed
• Healthy lifestyle patterns during and after pregnancy
• How to decrease risk of diabetes later in life

Fee

There is a fee associated with individual and group instruction. Most insurance and health plans help cover these fees with a physician referral. Please contact your physician and insurer to see how they can partner with you in this important step in managing your diabetes.

Spanish translation is provided during designated classes. Translation for other languages is available through prior arrangement.

Learn more

After obtaining a physician referral, please call Integrated Patient Scheduling (574) 523-3444 to enroll. For more information about this program, please call the Diabetes Program Manager at (574) 296-6555.

DISCLAIMER: Information presented through this medium (i.e., the Elkhart General Healthcare System Web Site) is provided for general information only and should not be construed as medical advice or instruction. For diagnosis of specific illnesses and disorders, consult the appropriate healthcare professionals.