Insulin

Could people please tell me what to expect?? I've just received an email asking me to go to hospital to receive insulin for my GD and I'm worried about the affects of it etc

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For me, I logged my blood glucose four times a day: fasting, breakfast, lunch, dinner. My fasting numbers were high so they started me on low dose of insulin. Every week, they check on how my fasting numbers are doing. Since they're still slightly elevated, I've slowly increased the dose on a weekly basis. The needle is small but it sucks that there's extra work.

The effects are it'll bring down your blood glucose so your baby will remain within healthy levels at the time of birth.

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