Gestational Diabetes

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Asked for Female, 38 Years

My wife is 6th week pregnant , her blood sugar fluctuates between 130 / 240. She is under insulin ( dose 4-4-3 ) from last 2 days . What to do now ?

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Dr. Rakesh Parikh General Physician 23 yrs exp Jaipur · Accepted Answer

Dr. Rakesh Parikh

General Physician 23 yrs exp Jaipur

Diabetes during pregnancy needs to b strictly controlled with fasting less than 90 and 2 hr post meal less than 120. Her doses of rapid acting insulin needs to be adjusted accordingly. And needs to be put on small dose of long acting insulin. This period is the period of embryo development and poor controlled during this time can be hardik for fetus.

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