Outcome of Diabetic Pregnancy With Spontaneous Labour After 38 Weeks

Previously, the risk of intrauterine death in term infants of diabetic mothers led to elective delivery at 38 weeks, after confirmation that the lungs were mature. This study looked at perinatal outcomes in 148 women with well-controlled insulin-dependent diabetes who were allowed to enter labor spontaneously. All of them had reached 38 weeks with a live fetus, no obstetrical complications, and fasting blood glucose levels of 3 to 5 mM/liter (with 2-hour postprandial levels