A community health nurse is conducting a teaching session with a group of pregnant women who have gestational diabetes. The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the women state that which problem could occur in the infant?

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The infant is at increased risk for fetal death because gestational diabetes has been associated with macrosomia, or large-for-gestational-age (LGA) babies, birth injuries such as broken shoulders, breathing problems, and abnormally high blood sugars at birth. Heart conditions are not commonly associated with infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes.

A Community Health Nurse Is Conducting a Teaching Session with a Group