“What happens to the baby if the mother is diabetic?”

There are several complications to watch for in infants of diabetic mothers. Recommendation to follow with a high-risk pregnancy maternal fetal medicine specialist with special imaging to look form some deformities in the infant such as heart enlargement and other findings. The fetus tends to grow large, which makes delivery also problematic for shoulder dystocia and may need a c/section. After birth, the infant may have low blood sugar issues, lung problems and feeding difficulties, and sometimes heart issues. The better diabetic control, the less the problems.