Now that you have tested positive for pregnancy, it becomes extremely important for you to plan the next nine months accordingly for maintaining healthy food habits and regular exercise. Physical stamina should be increased for sustaining another life inside your body that is solely dependent on you!
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Make sure your blood pressure is less than 140/90 mm Hg
If your systolic pressure is over 140, ask your doctor what you can do to lower it. If you have diabetes it is even more important to maintain your blood pressure at an acceptable level, which reduces long-term complications associated with this disease process. You should be receiving regular monitoring and advice from you GP/diabetic practitioner.
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Persons with diabetes should keep their blood sugar (also called blood glucose) at a healthy level to prevent or slow down diabetes problems. Ask your doctor or diabetes teacher what a healthy blood sugar level is for you.
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Sometimes, it may seem easier to pop a pill or even take a shot than to put on your walking shoes and hit the trail. But the truth is that exercise, in combination with a healthy diet, is one of the best things you can do to take care of yourself if you have diabetes.
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1. Take one day at a time.
2. Frequent blood glucose testing is the best way to keep tight control.
3. To warm feet, rub with lotion and cover with warm socks.
4. Protect insulin and test strips from extreme heat and cold.
5. Check your feet before going to bed.
6. Blood glucose test guidelines:
Pick up any magazine and you surely would come across a ‘revolutionary’ diet plan, which claims of rapid, dramatic weight loss and the resulting pencil-thin figure leads us to think that this latest diet is the miracle we are looking for! So, what’s so special about the regimes used by the stars, and more importantly, how effective are they?
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