Monitoring blood glucose levels and ketones

Is your gestational diabetes management plan working?

To measure your success at lowering your blood glucose level, you need to check your levels four or more times throughout the day with a small device called a blood glucose meter.

There are several different makes and models. Your health care provider or diabetes educator will help you select a meter and teach you how to use it.

Besides monitoring blood glucose levels, your health care provider will also ask you to check your urine for ketones.

• Checking and recording blood glucose levels
• Learning about ketones