Post prandial readings

[Cleo]

Hi all,
I've been given the green light to 'start trying" (hate using that term!) for a baby and I've been advised to do one hour post prandial tests which should be less than 7.5 (yikes!). My last HbA1c was 6.5% so I'm fine with that but my one hour post prandial readings arent really within target....I admit I have only started doing the tests recently so I am still learning, but wanted to know if anyone has any words of wisdom they can share. Any advice greatly appreciated!

thanks
C x

 

[Redkite]

Yikes indeed! I thought post prandial tests at 1 hour were pretty useless information, because food is still digesting and insulin is still active. If you find a way to achieve it, please share! 🙂

 

[Cleo]

hi redkite - agreed! it doesnt make much sense to me esp. as the insulin peaks after two hours so even if you are within target one hour post meal you might have a hypo two hours later !.

 

[Monkey]

It's because the guidelines in pregnancy are under 7.8 at 1hour, 7.1 at 2hours. Guess if you can spot spikes now, you can start to adjust timing of injections / foods in meal to get them spot on.

From experience (I've not been around recently but have done pregnancy with t1 twice - 2 boys, almost 4 and 6m) you do have to snack to prevent hypos but get those post prandials in range. Annoying but relatively short term - and useful in early pregnancy anyway!

Good luck!