Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes

**Definition:** Describes the range of effects on the infant born to a woman with gestational diabetes (onset or first recognition of carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity in pregnancy). Common neonatal effects include macrosomia, intrauterine growth restriction, birth injuries, congenital anomalies, hypoglycaemia, respiratory distress, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.