[Observations concerning the moment of delivery in 144 gestational diabetics (author's transl)]

Report is made, in a comparative examination, about infant mortality and early morbidity, as well as about several further perinatal criteria in gestational diabetics, 85 of whom were delivered before/on the calculated date and 59 after the term. With the exception of weight and length of the newborn, no significant differences are occurring in any of the symptoms selected. The same situation appears in a control group consisting of people with healthy metabolism. Conclusion is made thereof that gestational diabetes per se does not represent an indication to terminate pregnancy at any rate on the calculated date.