Is Pregnancy Diabetes or Gestational Diabetes harmful for baby? | Complication

Is Pregnancy Diabetes or Gestational Diabetes harmful for baby? | Complication - Dr.Poornima Murthy [3pDRiwUav]

https://www.cloudninecare.com/doctors/dr-poornima-murthy 📞 +91 99728 99728 (Online & in-person appointment can be booked online or by call) 📧 info@cloudninecare.com https://www.cloudninecare.com/city/bengaluru The word dangerous is not an apt term to be used for gestational diabetes because gestational diabetes is one which starts first time in the pregnancy and it doesn’t cause any major abnormalities or chromosomal abnormalities or birth defects in the baby. So if you consider that it is not a very dangerous condition for the fetus. The only two problems mostly that are caused by gestational diabetes that is macrosomia where the weight of the baby is more and polyhydramnios where the liqor around the baby is more. If the gestational diabetes is well controlled, without requiring oral hypoglycaemic agents or insulin, usually the outcome is very good. But even if the gestational diabetes requires insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents, and the sugars are well under control, even then the outcome is very good the problem arises when the sugars are not under control, even if the dose of the insulin or whether the patient is following proper diet and exercises and the sugars do not come under control then there is a small chances of stillbirth. Stillbirth is a term we use where the baby is suddenly dies, in utero maybe 39 to 40 weeks. This is the only problem, but a rare problem, but generally gestational diabetes are well controlled.