In some cases, the contact is much more frequent. Gestational diabetes requires very precise monitoring and care, Levitt says. She once worked with a pregnant women who was struggling to control her blood sugar. Levitt and the patient talked on the phone about once a hour throughout a particularly difficult weekend for the expectant mom. Reproach and negativity is the wrong approach, she says.
Education is the way to get results.
They do the best they can with the knowledge they have. Our goal is to get the information to them.