How Can Gestational Diabetes Affect the Baby?
If left untreated, gestational diabetes can lead to a number of problems with your baby’s health, such as: • Jaundice • Breathing problems • Low blood sugar • Your baby may be born very large, with excess fat. This can lead to complications during the delivery process, such as premature delivery, brachial plexus palsy, cephalopelvic disproportion (the baby’s head is too large to fit through the mother’s pelvis), other serious birth injuries.
