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• Twice daily (before breakfast and before dinner) injections of a

combination of short and intermediate acting insulins are usually

sufficient to control most patients otherwise a subcutaneous insulin

pump is used.

Fig (15): Gestational Diabetes

Adopted from

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Delivery:

1- Timing: pregnancy is terminated at 37 completed weeks to avoid

intrauterine fetal death.

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