Table 3.

Participant experiences of Texting for Diabetes Success.

Themes	Exemplary quotations
Increased connectedness
	“Yeah, I did and I remember one time I received a text message and I think it was one had to do with the fruit. And I ended up eating something sweet and it didn’t affect my blood sugar, but I was like oh I wish I would have gotten my message a few minutes earlier because it would have stopped me.” (Participant 33)
	“Um I didn’t really use like I didn’t really use the recipes or anything like that, but I’ll say that it was a reminder like hey you know if I’m- They’re random so I could have been going to the store or something and buying something, hey I wanna buy that, but then I get a text message and I’m like oh maybe I shouldn’t be buying that you know, maybe I should go for a healthier choice because I have gestational diabetes and I shouldn’t be eating that. So I – I guess it poses as a reminder to do better.” (Participant 14)
Providing new information
	“Ya know, I love the text messages. The text messages, they really help me, they really help me figure out a lot of things too and more about my diabetes. More of getting activity, getting rest, stuff like that I will always get a text message in the morning” (Participant 20)
	“I guess because when you’re in the situation of being diabetic you want to hear something you know funny or you know just to give a little fix to your little life there you know, it brings up…you know to do what you have to do and you know those type of sources [resources] will help a lot yeah.” (Participant 10)
Support with logistical burdens
	“No I think it was pretty thorough but yeah the appointment reminders were very very good. I think it helps when you’re a mom already and you have things that you have to juggle around, the appointment reminders are helpful.” (Participant 13)
	“Thanks to the text messaging, I got reminders of my appointments to help me keep track, reminding me when to go and like what kind of ideas I could um be eating to stay away from the foods that are high in carbs.” (Participant 2)
Improving motivation
	“That’s another support that you kind of have. Someone that’s not involved in your everyday life so to me it was very encouraging, you kind of have that little push.” (Participant 25)
	“I mean I think it helped with the motivation a lot. I mean you know the days when you’re like, hey I don’t want to do this or it’s ok to have, have a couple of pieces of this instead of just none or half to go back and look and ok no you need to take care of this. This is for you, this is for you child, it’s not for anyone else.” (Participant 21)
Receiving emotional support
	“I think everything was perfect, because like I’m telling you I would forget sometimes to check my sugars and even sometimes when I was like getting stressed, those texts and someone would send me the text messages and they would lift me up.” (Participant 23)
	“I liked the…sometimes when I, when I was like tired or you know just sitting down and I received that text that was like a little extra push you know. If you feel stressed or go out and drink water or the changes of the recipes they were kind of fun.” (Participant 26)