Hello
@sczaja
Hi
@sczaja Firstly, congratulations on your pregnancy
The UK guidelines for diagnosing Gestational Diabetes (GD) have been tightened up in the last couple of years as it was feared that cases were being missed. I haven't had a GD test as I have Type 1 but I do know that a friend had her blood tested every hour during her test. So it's possible things have changed here since you had your children.
You said you're testing 4 times a day. What kind of results are you getting?
(I've merged your other post with this thread so it doesn't get overlooked
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hi azure.
thank you for your quick reply.
on the day of my GTT, at the start of the test, my blood sugar was fine. After the 1st hour, I was at 10.2 (threshold is 10), and on the 2nd hour, my blood sugar was fine (i don't know the exact value but the endocrinologist was happy with it).
my bmi before i got pregnant was at 25.8 - i was 58kg. i am 20wks pregnant and only at 61kg.
i test 4x a day: before breakfast, after breakfast, after lunch, and after dinner. i am using the accu chek performa metre. from last week, it looked like this ("na" means i was unable to test because i was out and about, forgot my metre, or fell asleep with my children):
31 jan - 4.6 / 5.1 / 6.9 / 6.2
1 feb - 4.9 / 5.7 / 6.5 / 6.3
2 feb - 4.3 / 5.8 / 5.8 / 6.5
3 feb - 4.8 / 6.4 / 6.8 / 6.9
4 feb - 4.8 / 7.03 / na / 6.8
5 feb - 4.9 / 5.4 / 6.4 / na
6 feb - 5.2 / 6.5 / na / 5.8
7 feb - 5.0 / 5.6 / 5.6 / 6.2
8 feb - 4.8 / 6.1 / 6.9 / 6.0
9 feb - 5.9 / na / 6.6 / na
10 feb - 5.9 / na / 8.3 / 6.3 (exceptional circumstance as it was my children's birthday and had some of their cake and ice cream)
11 feb - 5.4 / 5.7 / 6.4 / na
12 feb - 5.3 / 6.4 / 7.0 / na
13 feb - 5.2 / 5.9 / 6.3 / 7.5
14 feb - 5.0 / na / 6.1 / na (was at the hospital with the dietitian, etc)
15 feb - 4.7
i have checked the australian website and they've only got 2 drugs on there for gestational diabetes. i have done my research and both drugs aren't recommended for pregnant women. in fact, they admitted that metformin was frowned upon in the usa and europe.
what do you think? would appreciate any advise.
kind regards