“…Research, Society andDevelopment, v. 9, n. 9, e122996988, 2020 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i9.6988 the disease is due to the production of high levels of hormones by the placenta, the majority of which are harmful to the action of insulin in the cells, increasing the level of sugar in the blood, which can affect the growth and well-being of the fetus. (Oliveira et al, 2019). There are factors that influence a higher incidence in the occurrence of GDM, among them: age over 25 years, obesity or excessive weight gain, family history of diabetes in first-degree relatives, excessive fetal growth, excess amniotic fluid, hypertension or pre-eclampsia, obstetric history of fetal or neonatal death and macrosomia (Lucena, 2007).…”