Many mothers-to-be today eat a variety of nutrients and fruits during pregnancy in order to have a fat, white baby, resulting in overnutrition, obesity, and even gestational diabetes, making the beautiful process of raising the next generation a crisis. Today, we will introduce the dangers of gestational diabetes and the precautions to take. What is gestational diabetes? Gestational diabetes is a condition that affects the development of the fetus as well as the health of the mother, so it is important to check for the presence of diabetes during pregnancy. Doctors remind pregnant women that blood glucose screening in the middle of pregnancy, i.e. 24-28 weeks, is very important for the early detection and treatment of gestational diabetes. The dangers of gestational diabetes: 1. Effects on the mother-to-be: Gestational diabetes can induce other pregnancy complications such as gestational hypertensive disorders, gestational heart disease, etc. Pregnant women with gestational diabetes are prone to infections, which aggravate the disorders of glucose metabolism and even induce ketoacidosis, which can lead to stillbirth in severe cases. We have treated a pregnant woman with diabetes mellitus who died of ketoacidosis due to infection at 9 months of gestation because of uncontrolled blood sugar! Gestational diabetes can cause abnormal embryonic development or even death due to hyperglycemia, and the incidence of miscarriage is 15%-30%. High blood sugar can also cause excessive amniotic fluid in pregnant women, and the incidence of excessive amniotic fluid is 10 times more than that of non-diabetic pregnant women. The incidence of preterm delivery can be 10-25%, and the chance of cesarean section during delivery is increased. When pregnant women with gestational diabetes become pregnant again, the recurrence rate is as high as 33% to 69%. 2, the impact on the fetus: high blood sugar in early pregnancy has the effect of inhibiting the development of the embryo, resulting in early pregnancy embryonic development is backward, fetal growth and development is limited, prone to miscarriage and preterm delivery. During pregnancy, high blood sugar in women will affect the development of the baby’s nervous system and cardiovascular system, and the teratogenic rate is 7~10 times higher than that of pregnant women in general, and malformations such as hydrocephalus, spina bifida and anal atresia may occur. Pregnant women with high blood sugar may also cause the embryo to overdevelop and form a huge baby. Having a huge baby means that mothers cannot choose to give birth to their babies, as the incidence of huge babies increases significantly, and the chances of difficult delivery, birth canal injury and surgical delivery increase. Gestational diabetes can cause preterm labor. Premature babies born to diabetic mothers are prone to neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, which can lead to respiratory weakness and a higher mortality rate. Newborns are prone to neonatal jaundice and hypoglycemia, which may lead to death in severe cases. If a pregnant woman with gestational diabetes has poor blood sugar control during pregnancy, her next generation is at high risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes in childhood and adulthood, and the onset of type 2 diabetes in adulthood is at an earlier age. Precautions for gestational diabetes: 1. Pay attention to diet Eat less and more meals, avoid overeating leading to elevated blood sugar, and do not over-control the diet, otherwise it will lead to maternal starvation ketosis and fetal growth restriction. In order to regulate blood sugar through diet, pregnant women should eat less food with too much sugar, it is advisable to eat more high dietary fiber food, such as buckwheat, oats, soybean products, konjac, a variety of goo and vegetables (celery, lentils), etc.. Add as little sugar and salt as possible. More intake of high-quality protein, such as shrimp, chicken, etc. Coarse and fine grains with a variety of varieties, it is recommended that coarse grains do not fine work, balanced intake of nutrients. Three meals a day must not be replaced by fruit, even if the appetite is not good, try to eat some staple food. 2, strengthen exercise Whether the blood sugar is too high or not, after pregnancy should adhere to exercise, very good for the health of adults and children. Walking is currently recommended and acceptable to pregnant women as the most common and safest method during pregnancy. Although the phenomenon of high blood sugar during pregnancy will slowly recover after delivery, but the chance of developing type 2 diabetes in old age is much higher than the average pregnant woman, exercise can help control blood sugar stability and prevent the disease again. 3, do not ignore diabetes screening In general, high blood sugar causes fetal abnormalities in the second trimester. Don’t forget to go to the hospital for diabetes screening at around 6-7 months after conception, make an appointment with your doctor in advance and ask for precautions before the test, such as the need for fasting. The usual prenatal checkups should also be done diligently, because the appearance of some symptoms suggest the occurrence of diabetes during pregnancy, such as excessive amniotic fluid, urine sugar, etc. 4. Pay attention to blood glucose testing, especially pre-meal blood glucose Pregnant women with high blood glucose can bring their own home blood glucose meter to test their blood glucose on time and record the values, especially the pre-meal blood glucose values, which can be of great help to the doctor’s treatment and diagnosis.