The infants born to women with diabetes are also increased risk for a variety of neonatal morbidities, including congenital malformation, macrosomia which sometimes causesdifficulties in delivery resulting in asphyxia or injury,
respiratory distress syndrome which is more frequent
and severe than would be expected from the degree
of prematurity, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and
hypoglycemia(3-7).