Research published in Diabetes Care provides important data to consider for the adequate treatment of pregnant women with diabetes. In this case I do not mean gestational diabetes that arises during pregnancy and disappears after childbirth, but to those women who suffer from type 1 and 2 diabetes before pregnancy.
According to the study done with future moms with type 1 and 2 diabetes, they found that during the first months of pregnancy women had normal glucose levels only for 12 hours a day, which highlights the importance of continued control.
As the pregnancy progressed, blood glucose levels were at normal levels (70 to 140 mg / dL) while in women with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, they spent a third more of time within normal levels than women with type 1 diabetes.
Although it was not observed that hypoglycemia increases during pregnancy, women with type 1 diabetes spent more hypoglycemic time than those with type 2 diabetes, as well as the latter were also associated with a shorter duration of extreme hyperglycemia (more than 200 mg / dL).
It is essential to control pregnancy in all women, but even more so in those who suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes. Since your pregnancy is considered a risky pregnancy, a frequent measurement of glucose levels during pregnancy can avoid serious consequences for the baby and during delivery.
