How Do You Exercise With Gestational Diabetes?
If you’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, it’s important to begin or maintain a moderate level of exercise, both for your own health and the health of the baby. This will help control blood glucose levels and combat insulin resistance. Here’s how to take those steps to good health. Check with your doctor. This is recommended before beginning any exercise program, but is vitally important when beginning to exercise with gestational diabetes. Eat before exercising. Your doctor or dietician will help you determine appropriate foods and amounts to eat before exercise. You can maintain blood sugar levels for about 30 minutes while exercising with one serving of fruit eaten immediately before the workout. Choose your exercise. Vigorous walking is the ideal, but light jogging, cycling, swimming and cross country skiing on gentle terrain are also good choices for variety. It’s good to get outside; but gym equipment will do the trick, too. Start slowly. Especially if you were not acti
