Women with any type of diabetes during pregnancy risk a number of complications if they do not carefully monitor and manage their condition.Women with diabetes require detailed planning
and close monitoring before and during pregnancy to minimise complications. High blood glucose
during pregnancy can lead to fetal abnormalities and cause it to gain excess size and weight, and overproduce insulin. These can lead to problems at delivery, injuries to the child and mother, and a sudden drop in blood glucose (hypoglycaemia) in the child after birth. Children who are exposed for a long time to high blood glucose in the womb are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.