Stupid HbA1c!

[beckyp]

My blood suagrs are still recovering from having Jemima nearly a year ago. and i didnt breastfed. It changes your body having a baby not to metion running around after them non stop.

I got mine to down 4 when was pregnant, but i was hypo-ing all the time. could not stop. But all they care about is that magic number sometimes.

Thanks Phoebe! Hospitals advise that you take a year to recover after having a baby and that's without diabetes so don't put any pressure on yourself - it'll happen when it's ready. I found that the breastfeeding and section just took it's toll and I'll be the first to admit that I put Evelyn before the diabetes - as any mother would!

I remember your levels dropping during pregnancy - mine started doing the same thing and I ended up having Evelyn early due to it. I'm loving life as a Mummy...how are you finding it? I bet Jemima is keeping you on your toes! We had our first tooth last week (8 1/2 months!) so I imagine the next one will come on the flight over on 8th!

 

[beckyp]

I have just used an online calculator and in order to have an HbA1c of 3.5% you would have to have had an average fingerprick level of 2.6 mmol/l for the previous 6-12 weeks! 😱

Oh. My. Word.

Craziness! When I'm settled, I might write a letter to them to point this out!!! I'll wait till I'm 'in' first though....don't wanna rock the boat and get kicked out just yet!

 

[imtrying]

To me it sounds like they are using the 'normal' range for a non-diabetic fingerprick test, which would be between those numbers depending on whether fasting or not. I have just used an online calculator and in order to have an HbA1c of 3.5% you would have to have had an average fingerprick level of 2.6 mmol/l for the previous 6-12 weeks! 😱

😱 you couldn't drive 6 - 12 weeks prior to the blood test then!!! lol

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Congratulations, glad everything is sorted. Hope you enjoy your new home🙂

 

[RSVP]

Just wanted to add our congratulations

Been twice and it is all that and more.

Hope that everything goes smoothly for you.


Sarah & Rob

 

[GlucoseGary]

Congratulations, Becky.
Is it possible they've confused BG levels (where 3.5-7 sounds like a decent range) with HbA1c?

PS Just read Northerner's post and am probably saying the same thing. Don't mind me 🙂

 

[beckyp]

Congratulations, Becky.
Is it possible they've confused BG levels (where 3.5-7 sounds like a decent range) with HbA1c?

PS Just read Northerner's post and am probably saying the same thing. Don't mind me 🙂

Just had a quick check of the results sheet and it says:

Haemoglobin A1C (standardised) range 3.5-6.0 - mine was 8.3
IFCCmmol/mol range 0 - 53 - mine was 67
Glucose range 3.5-7.5 Rand - mine was 8.11

**Interpretation**
Non diabetics 3.9 - 5.7%

My sugars on the day were ridiculously good - if I do say so myself! 😉 I was fasting for the blood tests, breastfeeding and strolling around Southend waiting for my appointment! My levels didn't go above 5 all day which I guess is why I was so angry about being called uncontrolled!

 

[Copepod]

We travelled NZ in 2009 and went to Kaikoura - it was by far my fave place. We went on the whale watching tour (and were lucky enough to see 3 sightings of sperm whale) and lots of duskies swimming alongside our boat and on our drive away we had to stop because there were loads of seals at the bottom of the cliff! We couldn't leave without eating some crayfish too!

My second fave place was Curio Bay where we saw 2 sealions in our campside - scared the heebyjeebies out of me but was worth it - New Zealand is truly amazing and I'm really looking forward to calling it home - even if it's just a couple of years!

That's good! While operators are careful to keep to the rules, the marine mammals don't read the regulations, and, for example, mother Dusky Dolphins seemed a bit put out when we had to motor away from their babies who they'd apparently brought to see the boat, because rules say keep away from nursery groups! Also, several people in Kaikoura Peninsula car park were taken aback by growls from under their campervans, when fur seals had decided to sleep while the humans were away.

My boss at the seal & dolphin swimming & viewing company in Kaikoura came into the office one day with a newpaper package and said I could have it for my tea, but only if I could correctly sex it - fortunately, I knew about telson shape and so had a crayfish meal that night.

 

[Abi]

Just to wanted to add my best wishes for a successful future

Regarding the previous HbA1c "uncontrolled" is such a perjoratiive term- I'm glad they cleared you to emigrate- and hope you get those nightme readings down- and that "all important number"
Just a word of caution- New Zealand health care provision is quite good but you have to pay a very small subsidy for prescriptions- and funded pumps are extremely rare- usually for people with extreme hypos or during pregnancy- most New Zealanders who pump are self funding- so bear this in mind if you feel that you need a pump