Gestational diabetes is something that everyone fears and you may be down from hearing that you are suffering from it, but in today's modern times there are a lot of different ways to easily and efficiently maintain the disease in a way that you won't even feel it.
The bigger reason that people get down is because of the fact that you have to inject yourself on a daily basis, but its nothing to fear.
Everyone at some point in their lives gets a needle to the skin, usually to take some blood.
So most of us are used to it but taking a needle to yourself is a lot different and most of us are not used to that and so doing it for the first time can be a little strange experience.
The simplest way to get on with it without any problem is just to face it, and take it.
There is nothing that you can do about it and being scared just ruins your life for no reason.
After the first time, of course it gets much easier and you will not even think about it.
Doctors call the places where you can place an injection into yourself 'injection sites'.
These are the places where you can inject yourself with insulin.
An example of an injection site is a fleshy part like the back of the arm, or back or the leg etc.
Doctors tell patients to try and switch around between the different injection sites.
If you like to use the back of your leg that is fine just make sure its not on the exact same spot every single time.
Of course your doctor will make sure to show you how to draw insulin into a syringe.
It is important that you pay attention here so that you can follow the procedure.
Its also important that you know the exact amount of insulin that you need.
If you inject too little this will result in a high blood sugar level and if you inject too much the result can be low blood sugar.
Make sure that when you are not using the insulin it is placed in a fridge, so as to maintain and keep it fresh, but when you are preparing the syringe it is fine to keep it out for a while.
You may even want to leave it out for a while as cold insulin injected into the body can cause quite a bit of a sting when you inject it into yourself.
If you really just can't see yourself giving yourself a injection, you will need to get someone to do it for you.