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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gentle-mummy" data-source="post: 306005" data-attributes="member: 47498">I have started recording my blood sugar levels on Saturday.Saturday - 2 hours after meals, target below 7.56.6   5.6   8.7 (I had some chocolate, so obviously causes a spike)Sunday - before meals, target below 6.06.2   5.2   7.8 (I had some cream cake at lunch so possibly caused a spike?)Monday - 2 hours after meals, target below 7.56.3   4.9   7.1Tuesday - before meals, target below 6.05.8   4.9   ??Spoke to Diabetic Nurse today and she has said that my morning level over 6 is worrying and because all three levels on each are different, both reasons will mean metformin.She also said that it is a progressive thing and they will inevitably get worse over the next few weeks.Surely what I eat at each meal will have different readings and is 0.2 over the target really that worrying?Would also like to know what side effects/risks there are for taking Metformin for me and baby.</blockquote>

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