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Blood Sugar Log

Record fasting and after-meal glucose, view your trends, and get balanced meal-planning and safety guidance for gestational diabetes (GDM).

⚠ Important safety advice

This is a recording and educational tool, not a diagnosis. Call emergency services for loss of consciousness, seizures, confusion, major breathing problems, or inability to swallow. In diabetes during pregnancy, high glucose together with illness, vomiting or ketones needs urgent assessment.

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Record a glucose reading

Glucose value

Unit

Live reading indicator

Enter a value, unit and time type for an initial indicator. The final advice considers your symptoms.

When was this measured?

Measurement date and time (IST)

Clinician-diagnosed diabetes status

Measurement method

Food preference

Any concerning symptoms right now?

No concerning symptoms Sweating, shaking or dizziness Vomiting, fever, very thirsty, feeling unwell or ketones Unconsciousness, confusion, seizure, swallowing or breathing problems

Optional note (meal, activity or prescribed treatment)

Glucose history

No glucose readings recorded yet.

Pregnancy glucose-monitoring targets

Usual ADA 2026 references. Your clinician may set different goals. These are NOT GDM diagnostic-test cutoffs.

Fasting<95 mg/dL

1 hour after a meal<140 mg/dL

2 hours after a meal<120 mg/dL

Count the 1- or 2-hour reading from the START of the meal unless your care team advises otherwise.

Nutrition management for GDM

If diagnosed with GDM, follow your diabetes/maternity team’s individualized meal plan. Choose balanced meals, not fasting or severe carbohydrate restriction.

Balance dal/chana/rajma or other protein with an appropriate portion of roti/rice, plenty of vegetables, and curd if suitable. Your portion size should follow your individual diet plan.
Eat regular meals and planned snacks as needed. Do not skip meals or start weight-loss or very low-carbohydrate diets during pregnancy to reduce glucose.
Choose water over sweetened drinks/juice. Include whole fruits, fibre-rich grains, vegetables, pulses, and adequate protein.
If your maternity team says exercise is safe, a comfortable 10–15-minute walk after meals may help.
Share your record with your antenatal/diabetes team. Persistent readings above the target may require a treatment review; do not start, stop or adjust medications yourself.

Vegetarian options: dal, cooked pulses, chana, rajma, paneer, curd and soy foods if suitable.

Mixed diet options: dal/chana plus thoroughly cooked egg, poultry or safely cooked fish; follow pregnancy food-safety advice.

Practical self-monitoring

Wash and dry hands before testing and check meter and strip instructions.
Record fasting and 1-/2-hour after-meal readings under the correct category.
Follow your own maternity/diabetes team’s monitoring schedule and individualized targets.
Discuss repeated highs or lows with your team; never change prescribed medication yourself.

Sources and limitations

ADA 2026 — Diabetes in Pregnancy NICE NG3 — Diabetes in pregnancy NICE NG247 — Nutrition and GDM CDC — Treat low blood sugar

Educational glucose record only. A single home meter/CGM reading cannot diagnose GDM; diagnostic OGTT thresholds are different. Do not delay care for hypoglycaemia, illness, ketones or severe warning signs.

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