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<blockquote data-quote="GreenEight" data-source="post: 1329773" data-attributes="member: 355823"><p>Hello, all</p><p></p><p>I'm almost 18 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with GD at 14w. I had it with my last pregnancy and was diet controlled (but didn't find out till far later on in pg that time as had a routine GTT rather than an early one). </p><p></p><p>I've been OK at my mealtime control (few blips here and there, but for understandable reasons), generally readings starting 5, 6 and 7.</p><p></p><p>But my fasting reading should be 5.3 or below and since I started measuring 23 days ago, it's only been under that once. I've had a few under 6, but the majority are between 6.2 and 6.7. I started taking a bedtime dose of 500mg Metformin about a week ago but it hasn't done anything to the fasting sugar levels (which I was advised might be the case, but we thought it was worth a try!). I've tried having a snack before bed, not having a snack before bed, eating my last meal earlier, eating it later, etc. I've been for walks after dinner (harder in the freezing cold/rain!). Nothing seems to have any effect - my fasting sugar is only really a little bit less than my hour post evening meal level. </p><p></p><p>Any suggestions before I go onto insulin, please? Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenEight, post: 1329773, member: 355823"] Hello, all I'm almost 18 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with GD at 14w. I had it with my last pregnancy and was diet controlled (but didn't find out till far later on in pg that time as had a routine GTT rather than an early one). I've been OK at my mealtime control (few blips here and there, but for understandable reasons), generally readings starting 5, 6 and 7. But my fasting reading should be 5.3 or below and since I started measuring 23 days ago, it's only been under that once. I've had a few under 6, but the majority are between 6.2 and 6.7. I started taking a bedtime dose of 500mg Metformin about a week ago but it hasn't done anything to the fasting sugar levels (which I was advised might be the case, but we thought it was worth a try!). I've tried having a snack before bed, not having a snack before bed, eating my last meal earlier, eating it later, etc. I've been for walks after dinner (harder in the freezing cold/rain!). Nothing seems to have any effect - my fasting sugar is only really a little bit less than my hour post evening meal level. Any suggestions before I go onto insulin, please? Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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