Women’s Views on Their Diagnosis and Management for Borderline Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Summary of needs raised by women to help with overcoming barriers.

Needs	Number; of women
Family support from partner and/or parents	5
Diet and exercise information for pregnant women/bGDM	4
Being off work	3
Having diet and/or exercise sessions with health professional	3
Better weather for exercise	2
Educate people around about nutrition for pregnant women	2
Baby sleeps through night/becomes easier to be looked after	2
Access to preprepared healthy food	2
Making own decision on what to eat	1
Access to flexible time childcare	1
Return to normal health after childbirth	1
Help from health professionals to be more motivated	1
Nothing could help	2

bGDM: borderline gestational diabetes mellitus.