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<blockquote data-quote="Carole_Type1" data-source="post: 934593" data-attributes="member: 205165"><p>Hi Sarah, </p><p></p><p>Thanks for your quick response and congratulations on your pregnancy too. </p><p></p><p>Yes I've done basal rate testing for each time block, but I probably need to repeat more often because it seems my insulin needs are changing quite rapidly in pregnancy.</p><p></p><p>I do a test at 2am each night and my readings at this time average 8, then my pre-breakfast readings are the lowest of the day (5.1 on average). It seems to be from late morning to evening that things bounce around and I get the hypos followed by hypers. I've noticed my hypo signs are starting to fade - I used to be aware when I got to 4 but over the past week I'm getting down to 3.2 before really feeling it. </p><p></p><p>I think you are right that a low GI diet may help as my highs are generally caused by post meal spikes and at the moment I'm eating a portion of carbs with every meal. I'll also try to bolus earlier before meals to see if that makes a difference. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for all of your help & advice - this has helped to calm me down and given me lots of pratical ideas for trying to improve things rather than just panicking!</p><p></p><p>Hope all continues to go well with you & your twins,</p><p>Carole</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carole_Type1, post: 934593, member: 205165"] Hi Sarah, Thanks for your quick response and congratulations on your pregnancy too. Yes I've done basal rate testing for each time block, but I probably need to repeat more often because it seems my insulin needs are changing quite rapidly in pregnancy. I do a test at 2am each night and my readings at this time average 8, then my pre-breakfast readings are the lowest of the day (5.1 on average). It seems to be from late morning to evening that things bounce around and I get the hypos followed by hypers. I've noticed my hypo signs are starting to fade - I used to be aware when I got to 4 but over the past week I'm getting down to 3.2 before really feeling it. I think you are right that a low GI diet may help as my highs are generally caused by post meal spikes and at the moment I'm eating a portion of carbs with every meal. I'll also try to bolus earlier before meals to see if that makes a difference. Thanks for all of your help & advice - this has helped to calm me down and given me lots of pratical ideas for trying to improve things rather than just panicking! Hope all continues to go well with you & your twins, Carole [/QUOTE]
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