Question
Are there risks during childbirth for pregnant women with diabetes?
Answer
Hello, during pregnancy with diabetes, the mother’s body, due to insufficient sugar utilization and energy deficiency, is forced to mobilize stored energy to compensate for the lack of heat. This causes an increase in protein and fat breakdown and accelerates the process of gluconeogenesis, leading to negative nitrogen balance. This can result in a series of symptoms for both the mother and child. It stimulates the fetus’s insulin-producing beta cells, causing an excessive production of insulin. This promotes protein and fat synthesis and inhibits fat breakdown, leading to the accumulation of fat throughout the fetus’s body, resulting in macrosomia. Therefore, it is recommended to choose cesarean section for safety to avoid difficult labor. Wishing you a healthy pregnancy.