Planned birth at or near term for improving health outcomes for pregnant women with gestational diabetes and their infants

Background Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. Women with gestational diabetes are more likely to experience adverse health outcomes such as pre‐eclampsia or polyhydramnios (excess amniotic fluid). Their babies are also more likely to have health complications such as macrosomia (birthweight > 4000 g) and being large‐for‐gestational age (birthweight above the 90th percentile for gestational age). Current...