Review Question - QID 108655

A 37-year-old G1P1001 delivers a male infant at 9 pounds 6 ounces after a C-section for preeclampsia with severe features. The mother has a history of type II diabetes with a hemoglobin A1c of 12.8% at her first obstetric visit. Before this pregnancy, she was taking metformin, and during this pregnancy, she was started on insulin. At her routine visits, her glucose logs frequently showed fasting fingerstick glucoses above 120 mg/dL and postprandial values above 180 mg/dL. In addition, her routine third trimester culture for group B Streptococcus was positive. At 38 weeks and 4 days gestation, she was found to have a blood pressure of 176/103 mmHg and reported a severe headache during a routine obstetric visit. She denied rupture of membranes or vagin...