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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    Well, GP obviously unconcerned but agreed to hba1c. Will see what comes back in a few weeks!
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    Thanks. Not immediately, but 20 min later I got him to re wash his hands and that’s when he was at 9ish. So, I do believe the 13 was accurate, just a very quick spike and immediately back down. Overall it was a huge load of carb and especially with the bulk being sweets, maybe it was normal...
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    that’s great to read, thanks. I have two siblings with type 2, unfortunately the genetics are strong for us so my side definitely need to be careful, I will hopefully be able to instill this in my kids but for now….. it’s Halloween :)
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    @ElenaP This is true, but we share a little boy and with another on the way, I obviously would prefer us to both look after our health the best we can. He’s never had any sort of health issues so hasn’t ever had reason to look into.
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    @In Response Yeah, mine is fairly new and given to me by the hospital after my own diagnosis. My readings are all fairly consistent with what I’d expect (which has never, ever (!) been anywhere near 13, but obviously haven’t scarfed a full bag of sweets to test it…)
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    @KennyA I hope so! He’s quite touchy whenever I mention getting an hba1c to double check. In my first pregnancy with GD I did a lot of reading and even now struggle to find examples of non diabetics glucose experiments reaching levels of 13! But, none of these people are eating such huge...
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    @CatsFive Absolutely. It’s just knowing that a random glucose over 11 is a “diagnosis” according to everything I’ve seen.
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    13.4 in a non diabetic?

    I have gestational diabetes for the second time and this evening jokingly tested my boyfriends bloods after he’d had a non alcohol beer and a whole pack of sweets containing the below - Carbohydrate 86.5g Sugars 57.0g His glucose after the beer was 9.9 but after the sweets I was...
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    High fat affecting fasting?

    Thanks for the reply. I questioned it in my first pregnancy as I was diagnosed due to a reading of 8.2 after a huge carby burger, Mac n cheese take away However this time I was able to have a GTT. My first one at 16 weeks was fine, fasting 4.1 and post drink 4.4. But, my second one at 26...
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    High fat affecting fasting?

    I’m in my second pregnancy with gestational diabetes, and I’ve never had a fasting above 4.7. I’ve also never eaten almost an entire 200g tub of clotted cream before bed, straight after spaghetti bolognese (5.8 at one hour and 5.4 at 2 hour.) Google tells me this is approx 100g of fat and 60g...
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    What is considered low and high HBA1C

    interesting. Post gestational diabetes I lived off salads to keep my hba1c at 30. After introducing back legumes, and some more carbs, it went to 33. After falling off the bandwagon completely in the last year and eating a carb heavy diet and mass amounts of choc and ice cream, it was 34. I...
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    Glucose tolerance test whilst acutely unwell

    thanks for the reply. I thought the same. Fasting last test was 4.1 and this time 4.4. Not a huge difference I suppose, but still an increase. Threshold for gestational diabetes is over 7.8 at 2 hours. I’m going to assume it’s unlikely I’m suddenly prediabetic, since my last GTT only 8 weeks...
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    Glucose tolerance test whilst acutely unwell

    I’m 26 weeks pregnant and passed a 75g 2 hour OGTT with flying colours in June. Fasting 4.1 and 2 hour post 4.4. I had a second one yesterday, fasting 4.4 and 2 hour post 8.2. Now, my concern is this. I have some sort of virus. I’ve had a cough for the last few days (picked up from my son)...
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    What to actually eat?

    Thank you for the replies. That’s definitely reassuring, it makes things sound a lot easier. I’ve found myself staring at the back of foods in the supermarket unable to find anything I can snack on, it’s just unrealistic.
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    What to actually eat?

    Hi All I’ve recently had bloods done and whilst I am in the normal range, I am making changes to my diet to lower both cholesterol and hba1c. Both are normal but I would like them lower due to a family history of issues with both. The issue I’m having is that it’s impossible to eat for both...
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    Recent hba1c due to GD

    One sibling did indeed have high blood pressure and cholesterol but the other does not. Interestingly they both manage their diabetes completely differently, one having gone full keto and the other still treating himself occasionally and eating carbs, albeit far less. Both on medication, and...
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    Recent hba1c due to GD

    Thanks all. I should say it was the hospital that “diagnosed” it, I didn’t self diagnose. I had 3 readings over 7.8 at 1 hour (all after very carby take away) but still all under 9. They said 3 and over was a diagnosis. I am still sceptical about all of that to be honest but I treated the...
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    Recent hba1c due to GD

    Hi All I had suspected “mild” gestational diabetes during my late pregnancy in 2020. It was never confirmed via OGTT but rather my own home tests as I got a 8.3 1 hour after a heavy carb takeaway (100g carb.) My third trimester hba1c was 33 I digress. I’ve since had to have annual hba1c’s...
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    Menstruation and Hba1c

    Does anyone know if having an hba1c whilst menstruating affects the result? I know anemia can produce a falsely high hba1c.
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    Protein shakes

    Thanks all! I’ll read through these now :)