Maganin da ke haifar da mafi kyawun kula da waɗannan matakan na iya rage wasu haɗarin GDM sosai. Babban haɗari guda biyu da GDM ke haifar da jariri sune rashin haɓaka da rashin daidaiton sinadarai bayan haihuwa, wanda zai iya buƙatar shiga cikin kulawa mai mahimmanci na neonatal. Jarirai da aka haifa wa uwaye da GDM suna cikin haɗarin kasancewa duka don shekarun gestational (macrosomic) a cikin GDM da ba a sarrafa shi ba, kuma ƙananan don shekarun gestational da Intrauterine growth retardation a cikin GDM da aka sarrafa. Macrosomia yana ƙara haɗarin bayarwa na jini (e.g. karfi, ventricular dysfunction da caesarean) ko kuma matsalolin da ba su dace ba a lokacin haihuwar jarirai (kamar yadda ba a taɓa gani ba) a lokacin haihuwar haihuwa. Ba a taɓa samun wata hujja mai ƙarfi ba game da GDM saboda ƙarancin jini mai yawa a cikin mata masu ciki (GDM) ba tare da ciwon sukari ba, saboda ƙarancin ƙwayar jini a cikin jini, ƙarancin ƙwayar cuta a cikin mata masu ciki, ƙarancin ƙwayar cuta a lokacin haihuwa (
≥ 25 kg/m2