Review Question - QID 208752

A 31-year-old G1P0000 presents to the obstetric service for a scheduled induction of labor at 39 weeks due to poorly controlled gestational diabetes. Her pregnancy was largely uncomplicated aside from abnormal 1-hour and 3-hour glucose tolerance tests, for which diet and lifestyle management were initially recommended. Due to poor glycemic control despite these interventions, the patient was started on insulin. Postprandial glucose levels were in the 170-180 mg/dL range throughout the remainder of her pregnancy. She has a family history of diabetes in her mother and grandmother, as well as hypertension in her father and preeclampsia in her sister. The patient had an appropriate weight gain of 26 pounds during this pregnan...