Timing and mode of delivery

Gestational diabetes is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as carbohydrate intolerance resulting in hyperglycemia of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. ¹ The implementation of systematic screening as suggested by the evidence that emerged from the HAPO study ² and the conclusion by the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG), who sponsored the International Workshop Conference on Gestational Diabetes in 2008, indicate that this is a frequent disease. ³