High blood glucose, also called blood sugar, can harm your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy, even before you know you are pregnant. If you have diabetes and are already pregnant, see your doctor as soon as possible to make a plan to manage your diabetes.
These are the only veins in the body that carry fresh, oxygenated blood. Blood leaves the heart from the left ventricle through the artery called the aorta. The aorta has several branches into other arteries that are carrying blood away from the heart and to the body tissues.
The aortic valve is the final door blood goes through as it exits the heart. It opens to let blood out from the left ventricle (the heartâs main pump) into the aorta (the main artery bringing blood throughout the body).he aortic valve is the final door blood goes through as it exits the heart. It opens to let blood out from the left ventricle (the heartâs main pump) into the aorta (the main artery bringing blood throughout the body).