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 ..
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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 .
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.
Here are some tips that will help you in decreasing fasting blood sugar levels during pregnancy.
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.
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
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.
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.
Here are some snacks that can be consumed as a healthy bed time snack ;
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 .
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.
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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?
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.
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!
use the tips mentioned in the article .. specially the apple cider vinegar one .. trust me , it works wonder.
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
aap konsa glucometer use ker rahe he ? woh to sahi he na ?
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.
what do you generally have for breakfast ? may the food choices need to be altered , or the quatity needs to be managed
For breakfast I take idli, dosa, chapati, puri, paratha all with curry and bread. Qty will be 3 to 4.
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
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 ?
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.
after dinner walk for 10 mins and check your meals in dinner, dont have too many carbs for dinner. is your fasting sugar ok ?
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?
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
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
its fine. Its in normal level
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.
Yes you can buy any ACV , just make sure it has " mother " mentioned on the label. organic is prefered
Thank you Payal.
:)
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
Hi Badra,
Follow the tips mentioned above in the article .. they are practical and tested ...