In the Chinese dictionary, there seems to be only one word for pregnancy: make up. Parents and elders forced to eat well, family and friends have sent nutrients, some pregnant mothers worry about their nutritional intake is not enough to affect the health of the baby, eat a lot of food, for fear of letting the baby missed a little nutrition, the results of the maternity test was told that high blood sugar, beware of gestational diabetes. If for gestational diabetes do not understand, follow the editorial, today to answer for you one by one: What is gestational diabetes? Simply put, never had diabetes mother-to-be in pregnancy (usually mid-late) appeared high blood sugar conditions, but also, before pregnancy has been already suffering from diabetes patient pregnancy (called diabetes combined pregnancy). Be alert to the dangers of gestational diabetes: In recent years, the incidence of gestational diabetes is also showing a rapid increase in the trend, probably occupy about 10% of pregnant women. Gestational diabetes should not be underestimated, if not treated in time, the health of pregnant women and fetuses is extremely unfavorable. 1, for pregnant women: crisis pregnant women’s health, can lead to high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and pre-eclampsia and other incidence, 2, for the fetus: affect fetal development: 1) easy to cause giant children: gestational diabetes is very harmful, during pregnancy, excessive glucose within the blood of pregnant women will enter the fetus through the placenta, which can easily lead to the production of giant children, gestational diabetes will affect the health of the fetus. It is easy to cause the labor and delivery to be more difficult. (2) Post-birth hypoglycemia: gestational diabetes can lead to fetal post-birth hypoglycemia, pregnant women with gestational diabetes, newborns have to be checked for blood glucose after birth, diabetes affects the healthy development of the fetus, and even induces serious complications during pregnancy, which can be seen in the harmful effects of gestational diabetes. 2.3 Stillbirth or preterm delivery: gestational diabetes can cause stillbirth or preterm delivery, if the blood glucose control is not good during pregnancy, it is easy to cause the newborn to suffer from stillbirth or preterm delivery. If the blood sugar control during pregnancy is not good, it is easy to cause the newborn to suffer from diabetes, the parents suffer from diabetes, the child’s chances of suffering from diabetes are higher, try to do a good job of preventing diabetes during pregnancy, and try to control the blood sugar if you suffer from diabetes. Regardless of which type of diabetes the pregnant mom has, the incidence of miscarriage increases by 15-30% with poor blood sugar control. Meanwhile, gestational diabetes, which has non-negligible long-term effects, increases the risk of mother and baby developing chronic diseases such as diabetes later in life. How to prevent gestational diabetes? The vast majority of pregnant women with diabetes can well regulate blood sugar through dietary modification, listen carefully to the doctor’s dietary advice, can not eat the resolute avoidance of food, for the milder case of high blood sugar pregnant women is very effective. Pregnant mothers with gestational diabetes should strictly control sweets and fruits, diet to do small meals, to avoid overeating leading to increased blood sugar, to prevent starvation leading to excessive ketone bodies and then poisoning. In order to regulate blood sugar through diet, pregnant women should eat less food with too much sugar, and consume more high-quality protein, such as shrimp, chicken and so on. Three meals a day can never be replaced by fruit, even if the appetite is not good, try to eat some staple food. Appropriate exercise: to control body weight, pregnant mothers should have no less than 30 minutes of low-intensity activities every day, and it is best to have 1~2h of outdoor activities such as walking, gymnastics, etc. Yoga and swimming during pregnancy are also good choices. On-time labor and delivery checkups during pregnancy, especially the sugar screening test at 24~28 weeks. Some suggestions for sugar moms: 1, control blood sugar before pregnancy: If you have diabetes before pregnancy, you must be under the guidance of a doctor to control blood sugar before conception; 2, early control, hospitalization if necessary: to strive for high blood glucose levels in the early days, with diet and exercise to curb the momentum of the rise, if the blood glucose level during pregnancy is too high, we must be hospitalized under the direction of a doctor to adjust; 3, the appropriate use of insulin : Insulin is not a beast of prey, if the use of insulin does not mean that the condition is serious, the application of insulin is a very normal method, under the guidance of the doctor to use is also safe. Of course, we also want to remind mothers-to-be with gestational diabetes, do not have to worry too much, but must accept the scientific and systematic dietary guidance provided by the nutrition doctor, sugar control this work is precious to insist, can not be relaxed for a moment. Otherwise, not only will affect the development of the fetus, and the end of pregnancy may also affect their own insulin secretion, so all pregnant mothers for the sake of the baby and their own, must control the mouth and open legs.