Do women with Gestational Diabetes have pre-term babies induced or not?
Hi there! It depends on how bad the diabetes is, how healthy mom and the baby are, and how big the baby gets. One of the problems babies have when mom has gestational diabetes is that they can get pretty large. Not that it is unhealthy for the baby to get large but it can complicate delivery. So if the baby is far enough along that he/she can be safely delivered vaginally then mom may be induced to prevent the baby from getting so big that the only option is a c-section. Otherwise, if mom and baby are healthy and the baby has not grown too large then there should be no reason to induce pre-term. Keep in mind though that moms that have gestational diabetes are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes after their pregnancy. So eat healthy and exercise…which is good advise regardless.
Hope that helps.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Hi there! It depends on how bad the diabetes is, how healthy mom and the baby are, and how big the baby gets. One of the problems babies have when mom has gestational diabetes is that they can get pretty large. Not that it is unhealthy for the baby to get large but it can complicate delivery. So if the baby is far enough along that he/she can be safely delivered vaginally then mom may be induced to prevent the baby from getting so big that the only option is a c-section. Otherwise, if mom and baby are healthy and the baby has not grown too large then there should be no reason to induce pre-term. Keep in mind though that moms that have gestational diabetes are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes after their pregnancy. So eat healthy and exercise…which is good advise regardless.
Hope that helps.
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October 28th, 2009 at 8:21 am
It all depends on how bad your diabetes are. I was never ever to get mine under control, plus I had high blood pressure. I had my second son at 36 weeks. If your on a diabetes diet try and stick to it. Just try to keep your diabetes under control and do what your doctor tells you.
Congratulations and Good Luck,
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