Be Carefull With Your Blood Sugar Levels During Pregnancy

Diabetes  simply means you have abnormally high levels of sugar in your blood. When you eat, your digestive system breaks most of your food down into a type of sugar called glucose. The glucose enters your bloodstream and then, with the help of insulin (a hormone made by your pancreas), your cells use the glucose as fuel. However, if your body doesn't produce enough insulin – or your cells have a problem responding to the insulin – too much glucose remains in your blood instead of moving into the cells and getting converted to energy.

What  is Gestational Diabetes? It is a type of diabetes that is triggered by changes in the body's metabolism and hormone levels in the mother's body that occur because of the pregnancy. So many pregnant women who experience gestational diabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus during pregnancy. Moreover the general public to consume carbohydrates, rice as a staple food. Babies in pregnant women with diabetes tend to have the large despite pregnancy was not enough, so the risk to be born early but his organs are not mature enough.
This is a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy. Between 2 and 10 percent of expectant mothers develop this condition, making it one of the most common health problems of pregnancy.

It is important for you to to monitor blood sugar levels during your pregnancy. Pregnant mother  should perform routine screening examinations. What should be done in order to keep blood sugar levels normal is by injecting insulin therapy, keeping a low sugar diet and light exercise regularly as recommended by your doctor. During pregnancy, the doctor will continue to monitor the development of the fetus on a regular basis. After the baby is born, the blood sugar levels will be evaluated to see the baby's body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels without the help of her mother's insulin. Likewise, the mother will continue to be monitored until 3 months after delivery.