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Postnatal weight retention or return to pre‐pregnancy weight ‐ Maternal weight six to eight weeks postpartum ‐ Maternal weight one year postpartum · the treatment of women (maternal outcomes) with gestational diabetes

Postnatal depression ‐ not reported · the treatment of women (maternal outcomes) with gestational diabetes

Induction of labour · the treatment of women (maternal outcomes) with gestational diabetes

Large‐for‐gestational age (birthweight > 90th centile) · Infants of women with gestational diabetes.

Incidence of episiotomy wound infection with wound dehiscence · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Incidence of episiotomy wound dehiscence without wound infection · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Incidence of puerperal infection (endometritis) · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Incidence of severe maternal infectious morbidity · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Discomfort or pain at episiotomy wound site · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Women's satisfaction with care · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Adverse effects of antibiotics · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth

Incidence of severe maternal infectious morbidity (including septicaemia, septic shock, laparotomy/hysterectomy for infection, maternal intensive care unit admission, or organ failure) · Women who had normal vaginal births

Endometritis · Women who had normal vaginal births

Urinary tract infection · Women who had normal vaginal births

Wound infection (episiotomy dehiscence) · Women who had normal vaginal births

Adverse effects of antibiotics (skin rash) · Women who had normal vaginal births

Length of maternal hospital stay · Women who had normal vaginal births

Individual antimicrobial resistance · Women who had normal vaginal births

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (pre‐eclampsia) · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Mortality and morbidity composite (variously defined by trials, e.g. perinatal or infant death, shoulder dystocia, bone fracture or nerve palsy) · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Neonatal hypoglycaemia · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Adiposity ‐ not reported · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Diabetes (type 1, type 2) ‐ not reported · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Neurosensory disability · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Caesarean section · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Development of type 2 diabetes ‐ not measured · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Perineal trauma/tearing ‐ not measured · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Postnatal weight retention or return to pre‐pregnancy weight (maternal BMI ( · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Postnatal depression ‐ not measured · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Induction of labour · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Large‐for‐gestational age ‐ not reported · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Perinatal mortality (stillbirth and neonatal mortality) · pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Initiation of breastfeeding · women exposed to interventions intended to promote breastfeeding

Early initiation of breastfeeding · women exposed to interventions intended to promote breastfeeding

Initiation of breastfeeding · women exposed to interventions intended to promote breastfeeding

Early initiation of breastfeeding · women exposed to interventions intended to promote breastfeeding

Breastfeeding 1 month to 4 months post birth · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Duration of breastfeeding in days · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

SCRIP score first 6 hours post birth range (0 to 6) at each time point, trials recorded multiple time points** · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Blood glucose mg/dL at 75 to 180 minutes post birth Thresholds for low glucose vary from 40 mg to 50 mg/dL · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Infant axillary temperature (°C) · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge to 1 month post birth · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Exclusive breastfeeding 6 weeks to 6 months post birth · mothers and their healthy newborn infants

Total fetal loss · pregnant women

Early or late miscarriage ‐ Multivitamin + iron + folic acid versus iron + folic acid · pregnant women

Stillbirth ‐ Multivitamin + iron + folic acid versus iron + folic acid · pregnant women

Any adverse effects · pregnant women

Early or late miscarriage · pregnant women

Stillbirth · pregnant women

Any adverse effects of vitamin supplementation sufficient to stop supplementation · pregnant women