What to do if you are pregnant with diabetes

People with diabetes can have a normal pregnancy with good blood sugar control. If a diabetic patient finds out that she is pregnant, she should go to the regular endocrinology department of the hospital, because the glucose-lowering treatment program will be adjusted. During pregnancy, no oral hypoglycemic drugs can be taken, so all the original oral hypoglycemic drugs will be stopped, and insulin therapy will be used according to the fasting and postprandial blood glucose check. Generally, the insulin treatment program will choose two times a day or four times a day, that is, two times a day pre-mixed insulin, or three meals before the short-acting insulin plus a bedtime basal insulin this treatment program to control blood glucose. During insulin treatment, you should closely monitor the changes in blood glucose to prevent hypoglycemia. In addition, during pregnancy, you should go to the nutrition department and make better adjustments to your diabetic diet according to the advice of your nutritionist.