Treatment

To treat your gestational diabetes, your doctor will ask you to:

• Check your blood sugar levels four or more times a day.
• Do urine tests that check for ketones, which mean that your diabetes is not under control
• Eat a healthy diet that’s in line with your doctor’s recommendations
• Make exercise a habit

Your doctor will track how much weight you gain and let you know if you need to take insulin or other medicine for your gestational diabetes.

Source: http://www.webmd.com

Are You at Risk?

You are more likely to get gestational diabetes if:

• You were overweight before you got pregnant.
• You are African-American, Asian, Hispanic, or Native American.
• Your blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough to be diabetes.
• Diabetes runs in your family.
• You’ve had gestational diabetes before.

Source: http://www.webmd.com