Question

Gestational diabetes increases risk for the following, EXCEPT
1. Congenital anomalies.
2. Small for dates fetus.
3. Macrosomia.
4. Prematurity and still birth.
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Small for dates fetus.

Explanation:-

Gestational Diabetes:-

• Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that can develop during pregnancy in women who don’t have diabetes in past. In India, about 14% of pregnancies are affected by gestational diabetes.
• Gestational diabetes usually develops around the 24th week of pregnancy, so you’ll probably be tested between 24 and 28 weeks.

Symptoms and Risk Factors:-

• Gestational diabetes typically doesn’t have any symptoms.
• gestational diabetes can increase your risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy.
• It can also increase the risk of having a large baby that needs to be delivered by cesarean section (C-section).

Baby of a mother with gestational diabetes is at higher risk of:

• Being very large (9 pounds or more), which can make delivery more difficult
• Being born early, which can cause breathing and other congenital problems
• Having low blood sugar
• macrosomia
• Developing type 2 diabetes later in life