“How does gestational diabetes affect my baby?”
My doctor diagnosed me with recently with gestational diabetes and I'm currently in my second trimester. Will this affect my baby's health?
3 Answers
If your diabetes is corrrctly and medications the resits are good
The common risks to the baby include low blood glucose during initial hours after birth, large size for gestation, respiratory problems at birth. These risks can be minimized by stringent control of blood glucose during pregnancy.
Infant of diabetic mothers can sometimes be very large for gestational age, and can have difficult delivery, and may have low blood sugars, and sometimes heart conditions shortly after birth.
