02 October 2016 02 Oct 2016

Choice of planned place of birth for women with diet-controlled gestational diabetes mellitus

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an asymptomatic pregnancy-related condition normally identified by initial screening followed by diagnostic testing (Carr, 2001) The condition is a risk factor for the woman and fetus where there is an association between increasing glucose and adverse outcomes (HAPO Study Cooperative Research Group, 2008) In addition, GDM is a risk factor for maternal type 2 diabetes, offspring obesity and cardio-metabolic ill health (Seabra et al, 2015)