# Default Design Based Around Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/default-design-based-around-men/9304 "2020-02-11T23:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/default-design-based-around-men/9304/8 "2020-02-12T03:54:59Z")
Well, yes, gestational does go to the women since men don’t have babies. Not really what we’re covering here though bc everyone freaks out about diabetic pregnancy so the pregnancy does get paid attention to. I enjoy being defied to. That’s unusual. And fun. Men don’t have periods. Women do. They also ovulate. Men don’t. We have lots of significant hormone events on a weekly basis that can significantly impact our insulin resistance yet there is no significant source of guidance out there. Most study conclusions state that women likely eat too much when we PMS and that’s why our blood sugar is high. Oh my word. Standby…let me add a link here in a minute… > [@A 1996 Survey: Source of the main hormone advice given to women today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-1996-survey-source-of-the-main-hormone-advice-given-to-women-today/4572): > > “Many women find their blood sugar tends to be high 3 to 5 days before, during, or after their periods.” This sentence is everywhere. It’s often the only thing stated to give women guidance for how to manage their changing insulin needs throughout their cycle. I just copied that sentence verbatim from the 2015 edition of “A Woman’s Guide to Diabetes”. I’ve written about this sentence before: I believe I have located the source of this sentence with the help of a citation in Type 1 Diabetes: A… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/default-design-based-around-men/9304)._