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Pre-menstrual pump settings help

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Smurphy

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Hi, I've been on the Medtronic minimed pump since January and it's going pretty well. Ups and downs trying to get it right, but mainly ok. I can't seem to get my pre menstrual settings right at all though. My nurse said to increase it to 110% for 5 days before. I've since increased this to 10 days before - is that normal???
Also, I go really high at night and end up with readings of around 12/13 in the morning. Last night, with much fear, I increased it to 125% but still woke up at 10.4. Do I increase it to 150% at night pre period? I'm scared to do that, but I'm planning pregnancy so need to get my hba1c down and this is keeping it up every month!
Any ideas/suggestions very welcome.


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Smurphy said:
Hi, I've been on the Medtronic minimed pump since January and it's going pretty well. Ups and downs trying to get it right, but mainly ok. I can't seem to get my pre menstrual settings right at all though. My nurse said to increase it to 110% for 5 days before. I've since increased this to 10 days before - is that normal???
Also, I go really high at night and end up with readings of around 12/13 in the morning. Last night, with much fear, I increased it to 125% but still woke up at 10.4. Do I increase it to 150% at night pre period? I'm scared to do that, but I'm planning pregnancy so need to get my hba1c down and this is keeping it up every month!
Any ideas/suggestions very welcome.


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The simple solution is to set up another basal pattern and basal test instead of second guessing :)
No one can tell you how much you need, you need to test and find out exactly where the highs start and work from there. :)
 
Smurphy said:
Hi, I've been on the Medtronic minimed pump since January and it's going pretty well. Ups and downs trying to get it right, but mainly ok. I can't seem to get my pre menstrual settings right at all though. My nurse said to increase it to 110% for 5 days before. I've since increased this to 10 days before - is that normal???
Also, I go really high at night and end up with readings of around 12/13 in the morning. Last night, with much fear, I increased it to 125% but still woke up at 10.4. Do I increase it to 150% at night pre period? I'm scared to do that, but I'm planning pregnancy so need to get my hba1c down and this is keeping it up every month!
Any ideas/suggestions very welcome.


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Hi
I'm on a Medtronic Minimed too. I've found that I need to increase my basal rates to 130% to 150% around day 14 for a couple of days. The rate depends on exercise as I often cycle to work. It was pure trial and error. I started with 110% and increased the rate by 10% increments until my BG came down. Everyone is different, and because you say your BG rises up to 10 days before, perhaps use the Patterns on your pump for this. Lots of testing and recording for a few months to see the trend for you. Perhaps you could ask to use a CGM from your Diabetes Clinic. You'll sort it out.
 
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