Watch this video to learn how gestational diabetes affects your pregnancy, including how hormones produced during your pregnancy affect your blood glucose levels, and the testing for gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens only during pregnancy. Changes that occur in your body during pregnancy cause your blood sugar (glucose) to be too high. This can cause problems for the baby and for you.
Watch this video to learn why choosing healthy carbohydrates and other healthy foods, while managing portion sizes, is important in controlling your blood glucose level and in providing enough nutrients to you and your growing baby.
Watch this video to learn what CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) is and how to use it to manage gestational diabetes.
Watch this video to learn the correct technique for injecting insulin with a syringe, the recommended places on your body to inject, and how to properly dispose of your used syringe.
Watch this video to learn the steps for injecting insulin using an insulin pen and the recommended areas of your body to inject. Also, learn how to properly dispose of your used needle.
Watch this video to learn how to safely choose an injection site to take insulin when you have gestational diabetes.
Watch this video to learn how to recognize the symptoms of hypoglycemia, how to treat it if it happens, and the importance of discussing it with your healthcare provider.
