Management includes a balanced meal plan, regular exercise, medication, home blood glucose monitoring and regular contact with a health care team. Many times a balanced meal plan and exercise are enough to control blood sugar. However, oral hypoglycemic agents are sometimes required and if the sugars cannot be regulated, insulin may be used. Risk factors for Type II diabetes include family history, obesity and being 40 or older. This type applies only to women who develop glucose intolerance during pregnancy.
Treatment includes a balanced meal plan and exercise.
If these measures do not control the blood sugar, home blood glucose monitoring and insulin are needed. Gestational diabetes mellitus occurs in two to three percent of all pregnancies. All pregnant women who are under a physician's care are screened for gestational diabetes between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy. Women who develop gestational diabetes are at higher risk for developing diabetes later in life. If you are a member of one of these ethnic groups, you need to pay special attention to this test.