Gestational diabetes. Ensuring optimal outcome for mother and child.

Traditional management recommendations for gestational diabetes are being questioned and are changing. Key components of revised plans of management are that all pregnant women should be screened for gestational diabetes, that stringent goals for blood glucose level are important for better outcome, that self-monitoring of blood glucose levels is essential, and that close attention should be paid to monitoring weight gain during pregnancy. Moreover, maintenance of ideal weight and yearly assessments for diabetes are important follow-up measures for the woman with gestational diabetes.