Abstract Background: Being pregnant and having diabetes mellitus type 1 requires great knowledge from both the women and the healthcare staff because of the risk for comlications for the mother and the fetus. The women need to maintain as normal blood glucose control as possible before and during pregnancy and it is important that they feel strengthened by healthcare professionals in order to achieve optimal diabetes treatment. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe women's experience of being pregnant while having diabetes mellitus type 1. Method: The study was inductive and have a qualitative approach and is based on six individual interviews.  The data were analyzed by content analysis. Findings: The result revealed that most women described the pregnancy as demanding. The insight that high HbA1c also affected another  individual was considered to be stressful. Overall, all women were satisfied with the care they received during pregnancy, but all of them perceived that the midwife did not have the knowledge about diabetes mellitus type 1 and pregnancy the women required to feel safe during pregnancy and that the cooperation between the care providers wasn’t optimal. But the women felt that the meetings with the midwife was something positive, where the focus was on their pregnancy and the baby and not on their diabetes. Conclusion: The findings in the study was that the collaboration between caregivers can be improved to create a more positive experience of the pregnancy for the woman. The women also requested more information about the perinatal and postnatal period.   KEYWORDS: pregnancy, diabetes mellitus type 1, experience

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Abstract Aim: This thesis explores parental challenges to managing childhood weight. Relevance: Childhood overweight and obesity is a global health issue with serious health and societal consequences. Parents play a key role in the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity. Understanding the challenges parents face can facilitate improved support to them in providing their children an environment that promotes a healthy lifestyle and normal weight status. Method: Data from three online parenting forums (based in Australia, USA, and UK) and posted from 2010-2016 were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Finding: Three themes were identified. The first theme relates to the challenges in managing childhood weight which were acknowledged by the parents. The second theme relates to parents’ beliefs about childhood overweight and obesity. The third theme relates to the parents’ beliefs about the health consequences of childhood overweight and obesity. The second and third themes were not directly acknowledged by the parents. Conclusion: Parental understanding and perceptions of childhood overweight and obesity and the impact of elevated weight on the child affect parents desire and ability to manage childhood weight. It is important that interventions (at family, community, and health care system levels) to reduce and prevent childhood overweight and obesity are acceptable, effective, and sustainable to the parents. Greater parental understanding of how culture, past experiences and child’s behaviour can obscure detection and hinder actions to prevent childhood overweight and obesity can increase the success of interventions to manage childhood weight.