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We assessed whether: (1) total gestational weight gain during pregnancy (0\u201336 weeks); (2) early gestational weight gain (0\u201328 weeks, before <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> diagnosis); or (3) late gestational weight gain (28\u201336 weeks, after diagnosis) are associated with maternal\u2013fetal outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Some 546 women with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> who delivered viable singleton infants at a single <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UK<\/jats:styled-content> obstetric centre (October 2014 to March 2017) were included in this retrospective observational study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Higher total gestational weight gain was associated with Caesarean section [<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 376; odds ratio (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>) 1.05; confidence intervals (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>) 1.02\u20131.08, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001] and large for gestational age (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.08; <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 1.03\u20131.12, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Higher late gestational weight gain (28\u201336 weeks; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 144) was associated with large for gestational age (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.17; <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 1.01\u20131.37, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05), instrumental deliveries (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.26; <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 1.03\u20131.55, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01), higher total daily insulin doses (36 weeks; beta coefficient 4.37; <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 1.92\u20136.82, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), and higher post\u2010partum 2\u2010h oral glucose tolerance test concentrations (beta coefficient 0.12; <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 0.01\u20130.22, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05). Women who avoided substantial weight gain after <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> diagnosis had 0.7 mmol\/l lower postnatal 2\u2010h glucose and needed half the amount of insulin\/day at 36 weeks compared with women with substantial weight gain after diagnosis. There were no significant associations between early gestational weight gain (0\u201328 weeks) and pregnancy outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest that controlling gestational weight gain should be a priority following <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> diagnosis to optimize pregnancy outcomes and improve maternal postnatal glucose homeostasis. 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