If a male or female believes they cannot cause or become pregnant due to diabetes, they are absolutely wrong. People with diabetes can cause a pregnancy or become pregnant just like anyone else. The stress of the teen years may be heightened by conflicts about emerging sexuality. If everything could be the same every day, blood glucose control would be much easier. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as consistency in many teenagers' lives.
Many teens like to sleep late on weekends.
The teenager can then go back to sleep for an hour. Likewise, taking the insulin later than usual results in overlap with the evening insulin and a greater likelihood of low blood sugar. Once again, supportive adults must be available to make this plan work. Consistent exercise is often a problem. Seasonal sports, such as football or soccer, call for heavy exercise for a few months, but may be followed by weeks or months of little activity.