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How to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy ?

Last Updated on February 1, 2019 | RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian) 33 Comments

Lately , I have been receiving a lot of queries and comments from my readers. They all want to know How to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy ? So here is a post on How to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy. Read on ..

How to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy
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 What is fasting sugar ?

Fasting Blood Sugar is the level of sugar found in blood early in the morning , before consumption of any food.  Where post prandial sugar levels depend on the food that you consume , fasting blood sugars depend on various factors .

  • Over all hepatic output of glucose  over night . ( The liver produces glucose to carry involuntary body process at night when we are inactive. )
  • The amount of glucose produced indirectly depends on Your evening snack and dinner (hence desserts are better avoided in the later half of the day) , stress levels (which are usually high in pregnancy ), and your over all blood sugar control.

So now that we know the reasons that attribute to fasting sugar , we can control the fasting blood sugar  by  keeping a watch on these causative factors. let us see in details about how to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy.

 

How to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy ?

  • Evening / Post Dinner Walks 
  • Check your evening meal’s / Dinner’s nutritional content 
  • Drink plenty of water
  • Bed time snack
  • Apple cider vinegar

Here are some tips that will help you in decreasing fasting blood sugar levels during pregnancy.

  • Evening / Post Dinner Walks 

Waling helps great deal in controlling blood sugar levels . The timing of walking plays a specific role in lowering a blood sugar levels . For fasting blood sugars , It is advisable to walk in the evening or late nights.  Walking at this time regulates insulin that works for longer and hence can control the mid night rise in blood sugars.

Walking for 20 mins in regular to slow speed is helpful in bringing down fasting blood sugar levels in pregnancy.

  • Check your evening meal’s / Dinner’s nutritional content 

It is best to avoid simple carbs , sweet drinks , fruit juices, sugar, refined carbs like maida, bread, pasta in the later part of the day .  Eating healthy carbs for dinner is a must.  You can include

  1. Multigrain rotis
  2. Brown rice
  3. Whole wheat flour rotis
  4. Broken wheat daliya
  5. Quinoa
  6. Whole wheat dosa
  7. Ragi Balls /dosa

You can add Green leafy vegetables like spinach , methi or bottle gourd ,  ridge gourd , bhindi etc to go with it . add proteins in the form of chicken, fish, eggs, Mung dals, paneer  or Curd (if it suits you).  You can check a detailed diet plan – Indian diet plan for gestational diabetes.

 

  • Drink plenty of water

Hydration is very important when it comes to diabetes and specially during gestational diabetes. pregnant women have very concentrated urine , and hence the urine is dark yellow in colour. Diluted urine decreases the risk on vaginal infections during pregnancy. It is very important that i mention to you that dehydration can also trigger contractions and cause pre term labour.

 

 

  • Bed time snack

Here are some snacks that can be consumed as a healthy bed time snack ;

  1. Almond butter with 2 whole wheat crackers
  2. Peanut butter with 2 whole wheat crackers
  3.  Soaked  almonds – 10 pieces and 2 walnuts
  4. 1 cup yogurt with chia seeds
  5. Boiled eggs – 2
  6. Tomato – 1 cubed  and grated cheese – 1 cube
  7. Roasted almonds – 10 – 15 pieces

A bed time snack is very very important in all category of diabetics. It not only decreases your fasting blood sugar level but also decreases the risk of developing hypoglycemia at night. Hypoglycemia can be fatal .

 

  • Apple cider vinegar

This is practically tried and tested . a lot of my clients with gestational diabetes have benefited from drinking 1-2  tsp of apple cider vinegar at bed time. But i must  warn you , take it for 2-4 days and check if it suits your stomach . if at all you feel acidity at night please discontinue this.

Hope you have found the answer to how to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy? here are some more articles that could be of help to you .

  • Indian diet plan  for gestational diabetes 
  • How to gain less weight during pregnancy

End Note –

Now that i have mentioned all tips about how to reduce fasting blood sugar level during pregnancy. I hope these tips help you. Do mention your query in t he comments so that we can help you further.

 

About RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

Payal(पायल) is a Registered Dietitian with 15 years of experience. She is a Professional Blogger, Author, and a Youtuber. She is an MBA in Health care and Hospital management. Payal believes in healthy living. Here at Dietburrp, you will find her talking about health, weight loss, fitness, parenting, healthy cooking and how to keep yourself motivated to be healthy.

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  1. Amreen

    July 22, 2022 at 10:13 am

    My fasting sugar is 103.in how many days it will be cured if I follow healthy diet and any medication required? Can breathing exercises r healthy to cured sugar levels in pregnancy?

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      July 22, 2022 at 1:41 pm

      Hi Amreen , have you done your GTT ? that is more important than the fasting levels. the fasting levels keep f;luctuating based on that day’s diet and activity. if you follow the tips mentioned in the plan , it will help you manage your blood sugar through the pregnancy.

      Reply
  2. nora

    July 4, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    Hello,
    Im pregnant in 11 weeks. My sugar over the day is perfect, only my fasting sugar is high, even though after dinner it is good..and im folllowing diet and healthy life style and i drink too much water and even before bed .. my fasting sugar reached 97 .. i know it is not too high but im still in the beginning of the preganncy so im worried that it will get higher later and im not able to control it with diet!

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      July 8, 2021 at 10:20 pm

      use the tips mentioned in the article .. specially the apple cider vinegar one .. trust me , it works wonder.

      Reply
  3. Sonia

    March 17, 2021 at 11:41 am

    Hello Payal, mujhe 9 month start hai after meal to 6.7 de below hi rhti hai 5.9 tk but only fasting level 5.1se 5.4 tk jata hai plz help me me itna carb b ni Le rhi roti 1 hi or rice to bilkul ni le rhi mujhe weakness feel hone lgti hai and me 10 pm bed pe jane k baad night me 1am,4, and fr 6:30 or 7 clock uthti hu to kB fasting level chk krna thik hai 1 hi sec me again chck kru to fr reading chg aa jati hai aisa kyu

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      March 17, 2021 at 3:09 pm

      aap konsa glucometer use ker rahe he ? woh to sahi he na ?

      Reply
  4. Anisha

    November 5, 2020 at 4:30 pm

    Hi….I am 7th month pregnant my fasting, lunch and dinner after 1 hr of meal is normal. Except after breakfast it goes above 160mg/dl everyday.
    Can u suggest a way to reduce it please.

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      November 7, 2020 at 3:59 pm

      what do you generally have for breakfast ? may the food choices need to be altered , or the quatity needs to be managed

      Reply
      • Anisha

        November 8, 2020 at 2:57 pm

        For breakfast I take idli, dosa, chapati, puri, paratha all with curry and bread. Qty will be 3 to 4.

        Reply
  5. Shalini Naveen

    June 25, 2020 at 11:30 pm

    Hi Mam I’m 8month pregnant my fasting sugar levels r very high it’s from 125. To 170 m worried doctor asked me to get admitted PLZ if I follow this for week will it come to control plz do reply

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      June 27, 2020 at 4:42 pm

      Hi Shaline , you can follow the tips mentioned here . they really help. Im unsure why you were asked for admmison at these levels , do you have any other issue or any other symptom troubling you ?

      Reply
  6. Apeksha

    March 8, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    Hi Payal,

    My name is Apeksha and i am 7.1 months pregnant.
    My Post Dinner Sugar level is fluctuating around 150-170.

    Pls suggest how to reduce this to idle level.

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      March 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm

      after dinner walk for 10 mins and check your meals in dinner, dont have too many carbs for dinner. is your fasting sugar ok ?

      Reply
  7. Joan

    January 29, 2020 at 11:38 am

    My fasting sugar is between 128 to 138. Post is between 110 to 130. Is this range normal? What can I do to bring down fasting levels?

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      January 29, 2020 at 5:29 pm

      its higher than normal range . you can follow the tips mentioned in the article for 1 week and see if it helps . if not pleae consut doctor

      Reply
  8. Namarta

    September 17, 2019 at 5:03 pm

    M 7 months pregnant.i have gd.my fasting remains between 84 to 88 mg/dl.is it fine or should be lower than this.please tell me i ll wait for ur reply

    Reply
    • RD, Payal Banka (Registered Dietitian)

      September 22, 2019 at 12:13 am

      its fine. Its in normal level

      Reply
  9. Shreya Sarkar

    May 14, 2019 at 4:54 pm

    Hi Payal,

    I am Shreya, 26 weeks pregnant diagnosed with GD, my PP is fine but fasting level is between 95-100. From the above post i saw taking ACV may help reduce the number. Can I take Bragg organic apple cider vinegar. I am not finding any good pasteurised ACV in market.
    Please help.

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      May 15, 2019 at 10:40 am

      Yes you can buy any ACV , just make sure it has ” mother ” mentioned on the label. organic is prefered

      Reply
      • Shreya Sarkar

        May 23, 2019 at 5:34 pm

        Thank you Payal.

        Reply
        • Payal Banka

          May 24, 2019 at 4:07 pm

          🙂

          Reply
  10. Badra

    July 31, 2018 at 7:23 am

    Hi , I am 7 month pregnant n my fasting blood sugar is 200 …..how to deal with this ????but post dinner after taking insulin is 150 but fasting after 10 hours is high …plsz suggest ….thanks

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      July 31, 2018 at 6:28 pm

      Hi Badra,

      Follow the tips mentioned above in the article .. they are practical and tested …

      Reply
  11. Kavitha

    June 24, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    Hello madam….Thanks for ur reply … please can u suggest me filtered or unfiltered apple cider vinegar I need to use…

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      June 28, 2018 at 3:36 pm

      use filtered .

      Reply
  12. Kavitha

    June 21, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    Hi I am kavitha… I am 7 month pregnant.. my fasting sugar are b/w 100 – 105 …. can u please tell me which apple cider vinegar can I use n how many teaspoons please ….

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      June 22, 2018 at 6:45 pm

      Take only 1 tsp . in the beginning , and any good trusted brand . if this suits you , then u an increase the dose by 1/2 tsp more.

      Reply
  13. Namrata

    June 4, 2018 at 10:54 pm

    I am 7th month pregnant my fasting is 105-107 is it too high?
    Can u suggest a way to reduce it

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      June 6, 2018 at 12:34 pm

      Hi Namrata ,

      yes its a bit high , but not alarmingly high , follow the tips mentione above , i am sure you will be able to contril it without any other medicine . if not , then please check with your doctor about the same.

      Reply
  14. Anu

    May 31, 2018 at 4:01 pm

    Hii i have 97 mg/ l fasting blood sugar and i am 7 week pregnant and how can i reduce it……there is no prblm in my pregancy……plss tell me deit ….during pregancy..?

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      June 2, 2018 at 11:06 am

      Hi Anu , follow the tips mentioned above they will help . and 97 is ok , why are you worrying so much ? stress will cause rise in your blood sugar.

      Reply
  15. Poongs

    May 26, 2018 at 9:55 am

    I have 134mg/l fasting blood sugar, and this is my 6th month pregnancy, how could I reduce it, and what type of food suits to reduce the sugar level.

    Reply
    • Payal Banka

      May 26, 2018 at 12:23 pm

      Hi ,

      please se this – https://www.dietburrp.com/indian-diet-plan-for-gestational-diabetes/

      Reply

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