Table 3. Participant quotes about the CGM and home OGTT relating to the main theme of convenience.

Sub theme	Participants Quote
Limiting hospital trips	“it fitted in quite well really because I, I did and I didn’t really have that amount of time spare to just sit in hospital but also you don’t really want to sit in hospital at this time so I was quite pleased that she said you literally come in for, I think I was all-in-all in hospital for less than half an hour for them to fit it in my arm and I did have to have other bloods taken so if you actually subtract the, the period of time where I had to have my other bloods taken I was in hospital for less than 20 minutes, it was injected in my arm and I left. It was easier, it’s faster, it’s less invasive.”
Minimal work/life disruption with home OGTT	“I think staying at home was quite helpful because normally if I’m working I leave home about 7-ish, so that would have been, and then I’m in the appointments throughout the day so I wouldn’t have time to, unless I’m going to hospital and made a time specially for it, then I probably would have missed the drink or I would have completely missed the timing, taking it nine o’clock, finishing it within the three minutes and then starting the food kind of thing. So I probably would have missed it, but being at home was quite easy.”
Comfort of wearing the CGM	“when she put it on my arm I didn’t really feel anything and during the whole week it was, I forgot about it so it was very good.” “it was fine, as it was a very small thing and it was not that painful while inserting also and the sticky part was quite sticking really well, so it was, really stick good to the arm. There was no issues with me while using that monitor.”
Inconvenience of CGM monitor receiver handling	“It was actually, it was really, really good and I had it by me most of the time. The only thing that I found difficult was if I was working at the office I would tend to sort of run downstairs or something like that and completely forget that it was in my, outside my range. So that was the only problem I had with it, just forgetting that to be in the same distance of it, or I’d put it in my bag to make sure it was near me because I carry my bag with me everywhere, and then when I got home, I’d go and sit on the sofa and it’d be in the loun. . . in the kitchen. So I think that was the only sort of drawback with it.”
Recommendation to other pregnant women at risk of gestational diabetes	“Yes because I say, I am, I speak to a lot of pregnant women on my Facebook groups and I know that they’re a bit wary of going into hospitals and having, and obviously wearing a mask for three hours would be very uncomfortable so I think doing it at home, it makes you feel a bit safer and you say you don’t even think about it to be honest.”
	“I would do again, definitely, because if I can help more pregnant women in the future, that’s, I think that’s the goal. The point is to get better and it’s nothing that affects the baby, it’s really only in me. So I’m happy, because basically it’s a win/win situation, you give me extra care, let’s say during the Covid situation, and at the same time I give back to society, so if that’s not win/win, then what? So, yes, I would definitely do it again or any other research that doesn’t cause any harm, to me or the baby, yes.”
	“Yeah, absolutely, without a doubt, yeah. I think it makes more, not it makes more sense, but I think the ease of taking part is just way better than three hours or two hours at Addenbrooke’s, which was, I guess, the old method. But, yeah, no, this is way, it’s a lot more convenient than, like I said, you know, I had it on for seven, eight days and I didn’t even notice at all that it was on, so it wasn’t really a big inconvenience.”