My first injection - I was sitting in the office with the educator and had to give myself a needle (no insulin, just put it into my leg) so she could check that I knew what I was doing.

I hate needles, I just reminded myself that this is what I had to do to make sure my baby was born healthy and focussed on that. The great news was that the injection actually hurt heaps less than *****ing my finger. The educator told me that before my injection and I didn't really believe her but it's true and I have spoken to other diabetics who say the same.

The needle is also not a normal needle - it is only about 1cm long (or maybe a bit more) but really really fine. It didn't usually even make me bleed. The only time I found them a little more ouchy was when I hit a nerve with them but they weren't that bad - like a mozzie bite. Normally, I was surprised that I could barely feel them.

Csab. It's not easy, but you can do it. Try not to think about it too much until you get there tomorrow and try to keep an open mind about what it will be like. The other upside for me was that I could eat meals and not stress about my insulin levels - I was starving myself trying to keep my BSL reasonable so having insulin was such a huge relief for me in that regard (I was diet controlled only with my first GD pregnancy and was really shocked that I couldn't controll my levels with my second GD pregnancy though I was eating the same).

Good luck tomorrow. It's only for a few weeks. You can do it!