I just found out I am pregnant and I have diabetes.?
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Eating a diet that stresses protein (poultry and fish are best, unless you are a vegetarian and then soy is very good), low glycemic carbohydrates (look up a glycemic index) and good fat (olive oil for cooking, almonds or peanuts for snacking), may help lower your blood sugars during this time.
I suggested to a girlfriend, who was having the morning nausea and restless nights to have a small snack before going to bed of one hard-boiled egg, a cracker or cookie, and some nuts, either almonds or peanuts, along with a glass of water. She did, and was a lot perkier, and less nauseous in the mornings of her first trimester.
For other basic information about blood sugar imbalances, you may want to look at www.hufa.org. Even though the information does not specifically apply to pregnancy, it is good info for blood sugar imbalances in general.
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Check with your doctor because it may be gestational diabetes. Your doctor will have a good plan, that will work and produce a healthy baby. Good luck.
eat more fruits and vegs congratulation.
Ask your public health nurse for a meal plan that works for you. I developed diabetes with my four pregnancy and though I should have had insulin I managed well on the diet I was given. As soon as my son was born my blood sugar went back to normal if you have diabetes mel·li·tus the diet still applies.
Hope that helps ~A~
First of all consult with your doctor, you should have cesaeren birth instead of the normal one, so that the baby would nto be diabetic! And it depends how much your condition is, if you have to take injections or only pills! But during pregnancy doctors usually increase the insulin intake or pills intake, so it is important to consult it with your doctor to avoid doing harm to your baby!
What i can tell you is to cut all the sugar intake. don't eat lots of fruits, these contain sugar especially dried ones, who have more calories, and watch out on the starch food intake, like bread, potaotes, pasta.
hope this helps. Good luck
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