What to do if your blood sugar is high during pregnancy

Pregnant women always have one reaction or another during pregnancy. Some experience vomiting, acne on their faces, and some women have high blood sugar during pregnancy. Everyone is confused about such problems. They don’t know what is going on or how to solve them. The editor below will explain them to you.

The key to high blood sugar during pregnancy is to control your diet. I was also afraid of high blood sugar, so I started to strictly control it since I was 4 months pregnant. The fruits I ate mainly were low-sugar fruits such as grapefruit, kiwi, and dragon fruit. Oranges, watermelons, and pears were all banned.

I eat breakfast at home, mostly dumplings I make at home, with soy milk (I make it myself) or milk (high-calcium, high-iron, low-fat milk powder. Mommy milk powder has too many nutrients and the baby is prone to overweight); at 10 a.m., I eat a fruit and vegetable salad I make myself, including cucumber, corn, carrot, celery, cabbage, lettuce, and apple, using Kewpie low-fat salad dressing; for lunch, I eat rice as usual, 200 to 300 grams of rice, with more green vegetables and less greasy food; at 3:30 p.m., I eat low-sugar fruit; dinner is very important, I don’t eat rice, but one corn with some vegetables, and drink a bowl of red dates water, because most low-sugar fruits are cool in nature, and the baby is prone to jaundice if you eat too much, so drinking some red dates water can make it comprehensive and also replenish the blood. Now I’m eight months pregnant and my blood sugar has been normal.

During pregnancy, the hormones secreted by the placenta have the effect of counteracting insulin, so it is easy to develop diabetes during pregnancy. It is recommended to control your diet to keep blood sugar at normal levels. You can eat foods rich in protein and vitamins, such as vegetables, lean meat, etc. If the effect of dietary control is not good, you need to take medication under the guidance of a doctor.

In addition to affecting the mother's health, high blood sugar also poses a serious threat to the growth and development of the next generation. In addition to causing infection, miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, and polyhydramnios in pregnant women, diabetes can also cause fetal macrosomia due to high maternal blood sugar levels and excessive weight gain, leading to difficult delivery and increasing the chances of dystocia, surgical delivery, neonatal birth injuries, and postpartum hemorrhage.

It is best for pregnant women to go to the hospital for regular blood sugar tests during the 18th and 32nd weeks of pregnancy, and go to the obstetric nutrition consultation clinic for nutritional consultation in a timely manner. Pregnant women should arrange their diet more reasonably, avoid high-sugar foods, eat small meals frequently, eat more vegetables and fiber-rich foods, and pay attention to vitamin, iron and calcium supplements.

It is best to supplement fruits between meals, and the maximum daily intake should not exceed 200 grams. When choosing fruits, try to choose fruits with low sugar content, or replace them with vegetables, such as tomatoes and cucumbers. Do not eat unlimited high-sugar fruits such as watermelon.

Women are very fragile during pregnancy and can easily get sick, so it is recommended that you pay more attention to the pregnant women around you. Once they have the above reactions, you should find a way to solve it. Especially the problem of high blood sugar during pregnancy, which really cannot be ignored. It is better for everyone to pay more attention and check your body regularly.