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Using your glucose monitor is the number one way you can assess how your diabetes (and your body as a whole) is doing. Testing once a day is usually not enough to truly assess the information below because your blood sugar can change very easily throughout the day, after any food and drink, after exercise, etc.
How often should you check your blood sugar? Pre-existing diabetes: Before and after meals and before bedtime; Gestational diabetes: Before breakfast and after every meal; If you are pregnant and have type 1 diabetes, your doctor might sometimes ask you to check your blood sugar in the middle of the night, around 3 a.m. You should check your fasting urine ketones every day, too. For every type of diabetes, if you're pregant you need to see your doctor at least once a month, perhaps as often as once a week.