Realising I had to do it myself This sub-theme encompasses
the women’s realisation that, although they could
draw on family and health professionals for emotional
and practical support, and also request assistance to develop
management strategies, essentially the task of selfmanagement
fell to the individual woman. Leni and Lili
explain:
‘Yeah, well you just have to do it yourself. . .you have
to take it on. . . if you have it (GDM) you have it, you
can’t do anything else’. . . Leni
I realised it was up to me. . .no one else. . . there was
no point in cheating. . . I would be just cheating
myself. . . Lili