It is advised that you wear your sensor for 24 hours before activating it. Customer services won't talk about replacing a faulty one unless you have been wearing for that long since it is expected to be inaccurate during that time. There might be some truth in starting it during a stable period but I suspect that is simply because the Libre and the finger prick test do not give similar results especially when the blood sugar level is changing. There is at least a ten minute lag on the Libre. This makes them hard to compare.