Symptoms of gestational diabetes

Pregnant women usually have a glucose tolerance test at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy. This test is designed to check for gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes mellitus refers to the phenomenon of high blood sugar during pregnancy without diabetes before pregnancy, and its incidence is about 1%-3%.

If your doctor has diagnosed you with gestational diabetes, the first thing to do is to consult a dietitian for nutritional advice, a proper diet, and proper exercise. A small number of patients still cannot control blood sugar well by the above methods, and insulin injection is required at this time. This can prevent macrobiotics and allow you to have a smooth delivery.

If the patient has the following 2-6 symptoms, pregnant mothers should go to the hospital to confirm whether they have gestational diabetes.

Symptom 1: Eat more, drink more, urinate more

Symptom 2: Recurrent episodes of vaginal Candida infection

Symptom 3: Pregnant women who weigh more than 90 kg, or 20% of their normal body weight

Symptom 4: This pregnancy is accompanied by polyhydramnios or an enlarged fetus

Symptom 5: Twice fasting morning urine urine sugar positive

Symptom 6: With vomiting

What are the effects of gestational diabetes on the fetus?

Effects on the fetus 1: It is easy to cause fetal death

Studies suggest that the increase in fetal mortality is mainly related to elevated blood sugar levels in pregnant women. If gestational diabetes mellitus patients can strictly control blood sugar in the third trimester and strengthen fetal monitoring, fetal mortality can be reduced.

Effects on the fetus 2: It is easy to cause congenital malformations of the fetus

The fetuses conceived by patients with gestational diabetes are prone to malformations of the nervous system and cardiovascular system, such as spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and congenital anal atresia.

Effects on the fetus 3: It is easy to form giant fetuses

Gestational diabetes mostly occurs in the middle and late pregnancy, when the organs of the fetus have already formed, so the impact on the fetus will mainly lead to its overdevelopment, resulting in the formation of a macrofetus.

Precautions for gestational diabetes diet:

1. Gestational diabetes may make people want to eat more, but it is necessary to control the amount of food. According to the doctor's advice or the advice of a nutritionist, do not eat more or less at will, but also develop regular and quantitative eating habits. The diet is reasonable and not picky eaters. .

2. The diet should be as light as possible, eat more foods with low glycemic index and high dietary fiber content, control the amount of vegetable oil and animal fat, eat more foods made of whole grains, brown rice or whole grains, and increase the intake of vegetables.

3. Eat less sweets, do not eat high-sugar fruit, try to eat fresh fruit instead of juice, and pay attention to the time of eating fruit. It should be eaten 2 hours after meals or before going to bed to prevent blood sugar from rising and aggravating the condition. Eat less grapes, watermelon and other polysaccharide fruits. You can eat a little more vinegar, because the acidic substances in the diet help to reduce the glycemic index, so you can use vinegar or lemon juice to taste, which can effectively control the glycemic index.

Gestational diabetes dietary restrictions

1. Avoid high-sugar foods, as this can lead to a rapid rise in blood sugar levels, directly aggravating the condition. Sugar and sugar products are not allowed.

2. Avoid starchy foods. After entering the human body, starch is mainly broken down into carbohydrates, but it can be directly converted into sugar, which may also lead to increased blood sugar. Must be eaten in limited quantities, such as rice, white flour, potatoes, etc.

3. Avoid fatty and high-cholesterol foods, because diabetes itself is a metabolic disorder of sugar, fat and protein caused by absolute or relative insufficient insulin secretion. Therefore, high-fat foods can exacerbate lipid metabolism disorders.

Pregnancy requires nutrition, but you must pay attention to a certain extent and do not eat it blindly, otherwise it will cause obesity, diabetes and other problems, which is very detrimental to your physical and mental health during pregnancy. We have already understood the symptoms of gestational diabetes, the impact on the fetus and the content to be controlled in terms of diet. For the health of you and the fetus, pregnant mothers must pay attention!