This qualitative study intends to understand the meaning of pregnancy for diabetic women. Semi-structured interviews were carried out and data were analyzed by means of the Collective Subject Discourse, identifying the following central ideas: "happiness about a desired pregnancy", "preoccupation with pregnancy and renouncement", "my pregnancy was planned", "I had other plans", "I feel what pregnant women feel", "I had many problems during pregnancy", "a child was everything that he wanted", "he didn't feel the same emotions as a woman", "I am controlling, doing everything the doctor says", "I am trying to follow a diet, but it is hard". These central ideas demonstrate that, among the diabetic pregnant women, planning and wanting the pregnancy and counting on the support of the family and/or companion were also essential for the treatment to be faced naturally and for the pregnancy to be experienced in a pleasant way.
pregnancy complications; pregnancy-high risk; qualitative research