Cranberry987
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Hi
I wondered if you could give me some help with hypos that I am having 3-4 hrs after eating. I have shingles at the moment and am pregnant and one or the other has caused me to need roughly double the insulin over the last week to stay in target 1hr post meals. I snack every 2 hrs or so but still hypo 3-4 hrs after eating my main meal.
Obviously the insulin is too high but if I take less then I go over 7.8. Im not eating terribly high carb meals, I had a chicken and salad tortilla wrap with no sauce and took 25 units of fast acting insulin and was 7.5 at 1hr, then 3.2 at 3 hrs.
I eat wholemeal, high protein, slow release everything and just cant work out what I can improve. Ive already had to cut carbs out of breakfast totally as I was having the same thing there (needed loads of insulin to cope with eating two weetabix and hypo'd 2-3 hrs later).
Only thing I can think of is to cut carbs totally therefore reducing the insulin needed, but thats not good for me in pregnancy.
Any advice? Can never get in touch with my DSN...
I wondered if you could give me some help with hypos that I am having 3-4 hrs after eating. I have shingles at the moment and am pregnant and one or the other has caused me to need roughly double the insulin over the last week to stay in target 1hr post meals. I snack every 2 hrs or so but still hypo 3-4 hrs after eating my main meal.
Obviously the insulin is too high but if I take less then I go over 7.8. Im not eating terribly high carb meals, I had a chicken and salad tortilla wrap with no sauce and took 25 units of fast acting insulin and was 7.5 at 1hr, then 3.2 at 3 hrs.
I eat wholemeal, high protein, slow release everything and just cant work out what I can improve. Ive already had to cut carbs out of breakfast totally as I was having the same thing there (needed loads of insulin to cope with eating two weetabix and hypo'd 2-3 hrs later).
Only thing I can think of is to cut carbs totally therefore reducing the insulin needed, but thats not good for me in pregnancy.
Any advice? Can never get in touch with my DSN...