Were you a GDM mum?

[sportymom]

I was diagnosed having Gestational Diabetes while pregnant last time. Is it true babies born under GDM mom will become diabetic and have high chance of liver failure?

[TwoBlue]

That is NOT true.. who told you that? Hopefully not a Dr !

it IS true that YOU now have a higher chance of developing diabetes so you need to be more careful and there are certainly risks to your baby but not what you have said...

[jaq]

I certainly haven't seen that suggested anywhere.

The only risk for bub, I was told, was that there was a faint possibility that heart would develop faster than the other organs and that could cause heart problems. But that was a) rare and b) only in cases of uncontrolled diabetes

I guess in the longer term GD babies might have a higher risk of diabetes simply because it can be a genetic factor ... a predisposition to diabetes might be inherited from the mother.

But that's not CAUSED by the GD, and there are also other, non-inherited factors at work ... like diet, exercise etc. All of which can be controlled.