GD effects babies development?

annierific

Has anyone heard that GD baby's develop in utero at a slower rate? My Doc (not my normal one) just said this to me today. but, it was the first time i have ever heard this!

Anyone else heard- or know about this- please explain?

 

thanks! 

 

LeighAnne1941

I have heard that GD babies can have underdeveloped lungs when it's uncontrolled

KKCG

My doctor just told me that they can either grow to be too large or too small ...I believe DD was an undiagnosed case of GD my first pregnancy.  She was only 5 lbs 9 oz and the doctor said the sometimes the baby gets undernourished with GD because the placenta gets calcifications on it and no nutrients can get through.  She said there shouldn't be any long term effects though except in the case of a large baby - sometimes they will always have to battle their weight.  That's all they told me.

Kelly-renee

Maybe your doc was thinking about how the baby can grow too big and then it seems like your due date was wrong or the baby just can't fit anymore and has to be delivered early.  So it seems like they aren't as developed, but it's really just that they grew bigger at a faster rate so they didn't have time to develop fully.

scottienme

KKCG:

My doctor just told me that they can either grow to be too large or too small ...I believe DD was an undiagnosed case of GD my first pregnancy.  She was only 5 lbs 9 oz and the doctor said the sometimes the baby gets undernourished with GD because the placenta gets calcifications on it and no nutrients can get through.  She said there shouldn't be any long term effects though except in the case of a large baby - sometimes they will always have to battle their weight.  That's all they told me.

 this... my peri and endo both said its more common for people with type one or type two diabetes to have small babies (more likely to have calcifications in the placenta because it can be harder to control without meds), whereas its more common for GD patients to have big babies because the excess sugars in your blood stream that circulate to baby often get stored as fats. 

shareleann

I have been told that uncontrolled sugars can cause the LO to

• grow too big
• have under developed lungs
• heart problems

BUT... I have one Doctor that disagrees with all that (weird, I know)

Good Luck!