It can be awesome and thrilling when you hear the baby s heartbeat or feel the first tiny kick. It can be frustrating, even scary. It is always a time of change. Your body is changing as the baby grows. Because you have diabetes, these changes will affect your blood sugar level.
Pregnancy can also make symptoms of low blood sugar hard to detect.
During pregnancy, your diabetes control will require more work. The blood sugar tests you do at home are a key part of taking good care of yourself and your baby before, during, and after pregnancy. During the months of pregnancy, your body s need for insulin will go up. This is especially true during the last three months of pregnancy. The need for more insulin is caused by hormones that the placenta makes.