Late hyperglycemia in pregnancy is associated with/ can cause which of the following ?
Fetal overgrowth is more typical of gestational diabetes. Maternal hyperglycemia prompts fetal hyperinsulinemia and this is turn stimulates excessive somatic growth. Except for brain, most fetal organs are affected by the macrosomia that characterizes the fetus of a diabetic mother.
Macrosomia
IUGR
Postmaturity
Congenital malformation
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus