Gestational Diabetes Questions

Mr. lybrate-user, Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs when a lady is pregnant and high blood glucose is detected during weeks of pregnancy. This is not seen in males. It is possible you may be having diabetes itself or a prediabetic condition. If blood glucose levels are mentioned then I may be able to say what is the situation. As regards acne, some times that problem does continue for quite some time. Thanks.

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First of all congratulations for your little one. Check your blood sugars atleast once a day. Your fasting blood sugar should be between 70-90 mg/dl and after meals it should be 110-140 mg/dl.
Have small meals every 2-3 hrs. Eat high protein diet like lots of sprouts, paneer, channa. Avoid carbohydrates like rice based food, pastas, biscuits. Drink lots of water and eat in lots of salads. Don't take fruit juices, eat the fruit. Drink atleast 2 glasses of milk a day. Since your blood s...more

hi Prashanth, if level of sugar is high it can cause some changes in baby.
their is high chance of having obese baby, increase risk of feral death.
she should monitor fetal movements.

The fasting range for pregnancy should be ideally less than 92mg% and the 2 hours post meal should be less than 153mg%. Try to maintain this range with glycomet, diet and exercise. You may even consider increasing the dose of glycomet. Insulin is only for uncontrollable conditions.
If the sugars are under control then it won't have any negative impact on the baby. Both glycomet and insulin are very safe in pregnancy.

It's difficult to predict the chances for hypothyroidism. But it is always advisable to get these tests done as if not treated it might lead to mental retardation.

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Go for protein powder without added sugar. Baby weight has to be monitored through serial scans because in diabetes, Macrosomia is quite common.

Monitor your blood sugar levels and go for regular antenatal care.

RBS 135 mg is high. During pregnancy you should maintain blood glucose between 90 to 120 mg always. So it is necessary to get the glucose level down to that. If not on treatment, please initiate. Only Insulin has to be taken. Also get OGTT done to confirm whether there's diabetes. Thanks.

Yes, ayurveda may reduce your problem in short term basis but if you go through a proper characterized homoeopathic treatment then you may get cure from your problem.

Dear lybrate-user, gdm is generally diagnosed after 7 months but if you've been diagnosed before 5 months then it means you'd diabetes for longer time. Anyway, insulin is the only drug used in gdm. Please don't worry. You're on right path. Buy a glucose ter and keep your sugar between 80 to 120 mg %.
Regards.

I can not recommend any thing except that do not stop medication without the consent of your doctor.