Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the most awaited period in the life for a woman.Feeling of hope, joys of motherhood is the best life can offer us. Webecome a creator ourself. This power of creation also comes with lots of emotions, feeling & turmoil of thoughts.Of course, it also brings a lot of responsibilities.  One of such responsibility is to take care of the baby physically and this starts with taking care of ourselves first. Today we’ll discuss one of the most important things to be aware of during pregnancy- Gestational Diabetes.

What is Gestational Diabetes?

Our body runs on energy. This energy is derived by our cells from the blood sugar with the help of a hormone called Insulin. When your body makes more than sufficient amount of insulin required by the body, the state is called diabetes & diabetes during pregnancy is called Gestational diabetes. In short, increase in blood sugar during pregnancy is the state called gestational diabetes. Because of frequent hormonal & other bodily changes during pregnancy changes there is more chances of gestational diabetes in pregnant women.

Those who develop gestational diabetes are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Unlike other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes usually goes away on its own and soon after delivery blood sugar levels return to normal. Babies of mothers who have gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life.

Remedies & Treatments:

1. Distribute your foods between three meals and two or three snacks each day.

Food cravings during pregnancy are well known but eating too much at one time can cause your blood sugar to go too high which can increase the risk of high blood sugar. Soits better to distribute your meals in small chunks all through the day.

2. Eat reasonable portions of starch.

Keep tabs on starch rich food such as bread, sweet or regular potatoes, pasta, rice, cereals, noodles, oats and legumes like lentils or beans. When in doubt always turn to your doctor or nutritionist for a customized and balanced diet.

3. Drink one cup of milk at a time.

Milk is a healthy food and an important source of calcium. However, milk is a liquid form of carbohydrate and drinking too much at one time can raise your blood sugar.

4. Breakfast matters.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. More so in suring the pregnancy, it enables you to feel full and can help keep blood glucose levels stable.

5. Avoid canned fruit juice.

Canned Fruit juice contains a large amount of sugar which raises blood sugar levels very quickly

6. Strictly limit sweets and desserts.

We know it’s a tough ask but for the sake of a healthy pregnancy limit the intake of cakes, cookies, candies, and pastries asthese are highly likely to raise blood sugar levels too much. These foods often contain a lot of fat and offer very little nutrition.

8. Stay away from added sugars products specially:

• Aspartame
• Acesulfame
• Sucralose
• Stevia
   

Before consuming any kind of packed edible item such as candies, chewing gum, mouth freshener see the contents if any of the above is present in that it’s better to avoid eating during pregnancy.

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