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Gestational diabetes has an important effect on the process and timing of the baby’s delivery.
Gestational diabetes is a direct cause of premature birth, whether spontaneously or for a medical indication and induction.
If blood sugar is controlled throughout pregnancy, there is usually no harm in allowing the pregnancy to reach the end of the ninth month, in order to give the fetus’s lungs enough time to develop and mature. As for cases in which the blood sugar level is not controlled, determining the timing and method of delivery depends on multiple factors, such as the size of the fetus, the amount of fluid surrounding the fetus, and the mother’s blood sugar levels.
