Why do they induce at 39 weeks with gestational diabetes?

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Sometimes early delivery may be recommended because the baby is large.

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High mercury and under cooked fish like shark/ tuna/ kung mackerel/ sword fish , undercooked/ raw and processed meat, raw eggs, excess caffeine and alcohol are harmful for the baby.

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t's estimated that 1 in 250 pregnancies results in twins naturally

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