How do insulin requirements change during the final month of pregnancy in women with IDDM compared to IRGDM?
Insulin requirements diverge in the final month of pregnancy, decreasing in IDDM but increasing in IRGDM, without adverse prognostic indications for infants in the IDDM group.
Insulin requirements from the 36th wk of gestation commonly decreased in women with IDDM, associated with longer duration of diabetes but did not carry any adverse prognostic indication for the infants. Women with IRGDM experienced a continual increase in insulin requirements over the final weeks of pregnancy.
McManus et al. (Thu,) studied this question.