31-year old L.T.K from Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District, who is diabetic, last Thursday gave birth to a 6-kg baby at Tu Du Hospital.
During her periodical pregnancy checks, the doctors said K. was showing signs of diabetes, which caused the abnormal size of the baby.
When K. was in labor and was taken to the hospital, the doctors decided to operate her to take the baby out. It might have been risky if K. had given birth naturally.
Cases of newborns who were 6 kg or more are very rare and this is the heaviest baby born at Tu Du this year, the doctors said.
After K.’s case, the doctors warn that pregnant women who have diabetes need to watch out for their blood sugar to prevent their newborns from getting obese or themselves from having complications such as high blood pressure, urinary infection or pre-eclampsia.
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