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not sure what happened sat

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we went away for the weekend to legoland so thought as we were leaving very early on the morning we would stop off at maccys for brekki well we got lost so i ended up having a brown breadroll with cheese from our picnic tested my b/s before it was 7.6 and then the same after lunch was a brown ham roll and plain greek yoghurt and apple b/s 7.4 before luch and 6.8 after my insulin had been upped the day before im not sure why it was high before the meals its never like that normaly
 
Could be down to doing something out of the ordinary, or the weather, or even if you were more or less active. Do you find the weather affects your readings? Although even the highest number is not too high.
 
It's possible that the stress of the journey (and getting lost) could have raised your levels from what you would normally expect. 🙂
 
Hi Stacey,

Am i correct that you have gestational diabetes? It may be better to post this inthe pregnancy section. From my understanding of diabetes in pregnancy insulin requirements can change drastically throughtout the pregnancy. Sure someone there will be able to help you more 🙂
 
Snap Tracey - I was gonna say that! LOL
 
Hi Stacey

I'm type 1 so not quite the same but I find that if I'm up and about out of the house doing things before I've had my breakfast then my sugar goes up even if I'm not eating breakfast any later than normal. So I have to get up and get my insulin and breakfast first thing before I do anything else. Your pre-lunch being a bit high was probably just a knock on effect of being a bit higher earlier in the day.

I wouldn't worry if it was just a couple of out of range readings. And a couple of pre-meal readings in the 7s are not going to do your baby any harm. I don't make any adjustments to my regime unless I get 3 readings out of ramge occuring at the same time of day, ie I would wait until my pre-breakfast was out of range 3 times before increasing my insulin the night before.

How have your pre-breakfast readings been since?

Mrs H xx
 
thankyou i rang my nurse yesterday and she has upped my insuiln the rapid one as in the morning i cant seem to keep it within the limit she wants , she put saturday down as my slow release not getting into my system :confused:
 
Hi Stacey

Presumably you take a long acting insulin as well then? Maybe it just didn't do its job properly on Saturday?

Don't worry too much, if she's upped your insulin it will hopefully bring you back in range in the evenings. How many weeks pregnant are you? It's quite normal for the insulin to be less effective as you get further on and therefore you need to take more.

Take care

Mrs H x
 
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