41. However a non-diabetic fetus can also be subjected to glucose effects if its mother has undetected gestational diabetes . 42. But Gibbs also had gestational diabetes . 43. This study showed that D-inositol reduced the onset of gestational diabetes and reduced the total weight gained during pregnancy. 44. Larger babies, often weighing up to 12 pounds, can be born to women with mismanaged gestational diabetes , he said. 45. Diabetes mellitus is classified into four broad categories : type 2, gestational diabetes , and " other specific types ". 46. Scientists are increasingly interested in how gestational diabetes and pre-existing diabetic conditions might set the stage for fetal growth. 47. It distinguishes between gestational diabetes ( type A ) and pregestational diabetes ( diabetes that existed prior to pregnancy ). 48. Factors that may make a birth high risk include prematurity, high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and a previous cesarean section. 49. _Women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy or delivered a baby weighing more than 9 pounds ( four kilograms ). 50. This year, there has been one miscarriage and one baby whose 10-pound birth weight could indicate problems such as gestational diabetes .