Diabetes and pregnancy
If the pregnancy experience is a major challenge for the mother during pregnancy, the pregnant mother with diabetes faces a greater challenge that we offer in the following as prevention prevents treatment.
A pregnant mother with any symptoms of diabetes will have to bear the new burden of pregnancy in addition to the health burden of diabetes. Above all, there are concerns about the safety of the mother and child together, which requires intensive care and supervision in order to preserve the safety of the mother and child together and get them to safety and avoid any health problems caused by the mother’s diabetes, which may affect the health of the mother or child. Pregnant women with diabetes should constantly monitor blood glucose levels and control them using diabetes medication as prescribed by the treating physician.
If you have diabetes and want to have a baby or your husband has diabetes and you want to have children, do not worry. There are important steps you can follow. Following these steps in the appropriate way minimizes the risk that both mother and child may experience a significant reduction.
Preparing for and preparing for pregnancy;
If you have diabetes and want to have a pregnancy experience, you should be prepared for this experience. One of the most important steps to prepare is to visit the specialist doctor and consult him to ensure a healthy and healthy pregnancy. Your doctor will determine whether you are ready for the test and will determine if your diabetes is under control.
There are also some medical tests to be done such as the test of hemoglobin diabetes, this test shows the extent of control of the body on diabetes within the eight weeks to the last twelve weeks. There are also other important medical tests such as:
Perform urine analysis to detect diabetic kidney complications.
Tests of cholesterol and triglycerides.
eye detection to make sure there are no diabetes supplements.
ECG to check for no health problems in the heart.
Blood tests to check the health of the kidney and liver.
In addition, these tests lead to reassurance on the public health of the mother and to determine the extent of control of the body on diabetes, it prevents any complications during pregnancy. Pre-pregnancy medical counseling is very important and indispensable. It helps women to be psychologically, physically and physically ready to experience pregnancy.
Control blood sugar levels;
Controlling blood sugar levels before pregnancy is very important as most women do not know they are pregnant until the fetus is two to four weeks old. You should know that high blood sugar levels in early pregnancy may cause fetal abnormalities or lead to miscarriage.
But what are the good levels?
Good levels of sugar are the levels that fall within the ideal blood glucose range (70-100 mg / dl before eating and less than 120 mg / dL after 2 hours of eating)
But how does diabetes affect the fetus?
One of the common problems among children of diabetic mothers is a condition called “bulimia”. In other words, the child’s body is large compared to other children. This condition occurs because of uncontrolled levels of sugar in the mother’s blood and height, leading to the arrival of large amounts of sugar to the blood of the fetus, whose body tries to get rid of excess amounts of sugar by converting them to fat. Resulting in a larger size than normal. Sometimes it may be impossible to have a normal birth and to resort to a caesarean section because of the excessive size of the child.
High blood sugar levels, especially in the last days before birth, expose the child to the risk of hypoglycaemia after childbirth. As the body of the child tries to control the high sugar levels that reach him through the placenta by the secretion of large amounts of insulin. The large amount of insulin in the baby’s blood leads to a significant reduction in the level of sugar in the blood after birth, which has a risk on the child’s life. Therefore, it is always advisable to monitor the level of sugar in the mother’s blood, especially during the 24 hours immediately prior to delivery.
What about the use of pharmacotherapy during pregnancy?
If the mother uses insulin to control diabetes in the blood, the doctor may follow the condition may need to change the doses required. Often, the mother needs higher doses of insulin during pregnancy, especially in the last three months.
If the mother controls blood sugar levels by taking oral medication, the doctor may need to change the treatment to insulin during pregnancy. The safety of oral medications is not guaranteed during pregnancy.
In all cases, as mentioned earlier, consulting a doctor before pregnancy and during pregnancy is very important to determine the type of treatment and appropriate doses.
Will I get to birth safely?
The mother may wonder about the child’s safety and childbirth. In most cases where the mother has diabetes and the disease is mild or simple, or in cases where the control of sugar levels in the mother’s blood properly, birth is often without problems on the mother or fetus. It is always a matter of careful monitoring and control of blood glucose levels.
Follow-up levels of blood sugar task:
As mentioned above, blood sugar level should be monitored consistently. Even after birth, blood sugar levels rise during birth and the mother may need insulin doses during childbirth. Often, the insulin doses the mother needs are back to their previous levels after birth.
In the end, we must make sure that we can avoid the problems of diabetes related to pregnancy through continuous follow-up medical counseling.