Treating Gestational Diabetes – What Should I Do for a Healthy Baby? Part 2 Treating Gestational Diabetes – Learn What Works You may recall my post about treating gestational diabetes with food and exercise. I talked about how you can use food, such as working with a meal plan, to make your compliance better. And with exercise you can lower your blood sugar as a way to decrease the highs that come with meals.
When you consider treating gestational diabetes, you usually ask about medications as well. You need to keep your blood sugar under control – in the range of less than 95 mg/dl before meals, and <140 mg/dl at 1 hour after starting your meal. That is the goal and that is what you need to understand to know what your doctor is going to do when treating gestational diabetes. If diet and exercise are not enough, you will need to consider with your doctor what medications you should take to control your blood sugars. Some information suggests that you should allow about 2 weeks for the diet and exercise to control your gestational diabetes prior to treating gestational diabetes with insulin or oral medication. Depending on the amount of control that your diet and body can manage, you may be able to make it through the entire pregnancy without medication. That is a fine goal to have. Some women do just fine, and others find it is almost impossible to manage. When considering treating gestational diabetes, think of it this way. It’s only for the last 14-16 weeks of pregnancy. You can do this and you should do what is necessary to manage your blood sugars so your baby will be healthy. And I know that is what you are doing when you are thinking about whether or not you should take medication because it may have side effects.
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