. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 25.

Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2019 May 14;321(18):1811–1819. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.4981

Table 2:

Typical pattern of insulin requirements during pregnancy ^a

Stages of pregnancy	Insulin requirements
0-9 weeks	Increase
9-14 weeks	Decrease
14-16 weeks	Low
16-37 weeks	At least double
37-40 weeks	Can decrease
Immediately post-partum	Can drop to half pre-pregnancy needs

Adapted from Skajaa et al⁶¹