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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the
adaptative behaviors of pregnant women with gestational
diabetes mellitus during dietary control. The result of
research showed that there are two kinds of adaptative behavior
for expectant mothers with diabetes mellitus during dietary
control which were the assimilative behavior and accommodative
behavior, total 7,805 behavior units. According to the
calculation for all behavior units per unit time, there were
1,424.9 behavior units after standardization, among which the
assimilative behavior was the major part, shared 73.0% which
indluded three different behaviors: information collecting
behavior, comparing behavior and identifying behavior. The
accommodative behavior share was 27.0% which included three
different behaviors: approaching behavior, avoiding behavior,
and reserving behavior. Through the successive and circular
operation of assimilative and accommdative behaviors, as a
result of interacted assistance, balanced adaptation was
achieved for expectant mothers herselves and her fetus when
encounter with changes of situation. For the analysis of
adaptative behaviors for expectant mothers with gestational
diabetes mellitus herselves and her fetus, 87.1% shared
indicated the adaptative behaviors of expectant mothers and the
adaptative situation for her fetus which included four ways:
the physical symptom (body structure, body function and body
status), pregnant birth situation (medical treatment, birth
situation), living style (dietary style, activity style) and
social functions (the function of mother's role, social
characters). The share for the adaptative behavior of fetus
was 12.9% which included two ways: the physical symptom of
fetus (body appearance, body function and body situation),
social characters (individual temper, social property).
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