Why Blood Sugar Gets Higher After Pregnancy

Increasingly high blood glucose after pregnancy may be related to gestational diabetes, but also may be related to diabetic patients with poor glycemic control, excessive diet, lack of exercise and other factors. 1. Gestational diabetes: pregnant women who are older, overweight or obese before pregnancy, have a family history of type 2 diabetes, have a history of delivery of a large fetus and other factors are at high risk for gestational diabetes, resulting in higher and higher blood glucose after pregnancy, some of the blood glucose can be restored to normal after delivery, and some of them can develop into diabetes. 2. Diabetic patients with poor glycemic control: originally diabetic patients after pregnancy, to adhere to glycemic control treatment, otherwise it may lead to higher and higher blood sugar, treatment mainly includes exercise and diet therapy, plus insulin if necessary. 3. Others: There are also pregnant women who eat a lot of high-energy food for the sake of fetal nutrition; pregnant women do not have enough exercise. These conditions lead to high blood glucose, usually after the birth of blood glucose can gradually return to normal. After pregnancy blood sugar is getting higher and higher should go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.