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I’m T2, last HBA1C was 35 and found out last week I’m pregnant. Now 19 weeks + 1 day & midwife has recommended I take aspirin, Vit D and Folic Acid. Anyone else had this advice/recommend?

I want to say thank you to every single person who has helped, advised, supported & encouraged me since I joined the forum. In 8 weeks, my HbA1c has reduced from 78 to 58. Feel like all of the hard work I’ve done to go LCHF is working. It could, of course, be the metformin but I’m going to...

Have switched from True You to contour next one & my readings seem to be significantly higher than I was getting used to with the True You. Is this to be expected? I only switched cos the contour automatically syncs to an app. As always, your help and wise counsel much appreciated.

On my regular shuttle to the Big Smoke. Pre Diabetes I used to look forward to my Pret Porridge with seeds & honey. Now, I have this :-/ FMT2L

Morning folks, your top tips for cough and cold remedies please? Everything I’ve got already is *unsurprisingly* laden with the dreaded sugar and I am definitely coming down with the lurgy

Is/has anyone done the Oviva programme? I’ve been referred by my DN and been signed up today. Grateful of any views on its effectiveness as a diabetes management programme & ofc I’ll feed back to the community after my first dietician appointment in a few weeks time

Saw my DN yesterday. Can see my BG is coming down but even though I’ve almost completely cut out carbs since diagnosis 2 weeks ago, am hovering around 10% to 15% carbs and around 1500 calories/day, I haven’t lost any weight. Am going back in 2 weeks and she’s suggested we might need to discuss...

BG pre dinner = 8 BG 2 hours post first mouthful = 7.5 Clearly one swallow does not make a summer but I’ll take that. Especially as it’s the first time I put a number in my app and it turned green.

Following all the fab advice and feedback I got yesterday, the big carb clearout has commenced. Starting with the fridge. Any and all feedback warmly welcomed and gratefully received! NB a lot of the sweeter stuff like jams etc have been in there forever. Just not been able to bring myself to...

Four days ago I was diagnosed T2 and have been given a blood glucose meter and prescribed Metformin. I started to take this yesterday, starting off with 1 tablet with breakfast, building up to 3/day (which I expect to do over the next three weeks). I was diagnosed with PCOS and underactive...