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Blood sugar readings- please please help

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I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. My fasting was 4.1 but 2 hours post glucose drink was 8.4. I'm now 7 weeks post partum and haven't had my follow up GTT yet but have been testing a bit at home. I had some cottage pie with 2 Yorkshire puddings and 1 hour later my reading was 9.9!! Within 5-10 minutes it had gone down to 7.8 and by 90 minutes post meal is 7.3. Does this mean I must have proper diabetes or prediabetes? I feel so down. I must have had this for years and not know. I'm 24, really slim with a bmi on the lower side. I have however eaten a really high sugar diet for years. Please can someone offer any explanation?
 
If you eat cottage pie with two Yorkshire puddings you are almost certainly going to get raised blood sugar but it seems to come down quite quickly. There is no diagnosis based on pre and post meal readings and none of yours is higher than the 8.5 advisory.

I don't think you have much of a problem but the only way to be sure if you are worried is to ask your GP for tests at the surgery.
 
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