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<blockquote data-quote="sleepyheadzzz" data-source="post: 865867" data-attributes="member: 163119"><p>My A1C was (I think) 7.6 when I found out I was pregnant, which was a bit higher than I had planned. I'm now 14 weeks and my last A1C (done April 20th) was 7%. You'll probably find it will gradually start to drop the further along you get and the more you check. That's really discouraging how your doctor treated you - at one of my first visits after I found out I was pregnant my doctor said to me "You know for non-diabetics the normal pregnancy numbers are 3.5-4.5?" I fax her my numbers bi-weekly and the next time I faxed them I added a note about how anxious and stressed I was and she was a lot softer when we had our next meeting.</p><p></p><p>I have issues with my after breakfast sugars spiking, so I do my insulin about 30-45 minutes before eating (but I have to be careful I'm not going low before I eat sometimes). At all other meals it's fine if I bolus right as I eat, but maybe you need to explore doing yours a bit earlier. I intended to cut down on carbs early on but my nausea was so bad I survived on chips, crackers, toast, and bagels for about 8 weeks. </p><p></p><p>I needed increased insulin until about week 7 or 8, and my numbers really swung all over the place - I had few patterns and my pump rates changed about every 2-3 days. It was really frustrating but did start to normalize after a bit.</p><p></p><p>I use the following graph to track my sugars/meals/etc. I can send along a PDF file via email with a copy of it if you're interested. I find I pay attention better when I chart it out by hand as opposed to using a computer program.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/celticdaisy/blood%20glucose_zps1ahalkny.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sleepyheadzzz, post: 865867, member: 163119"] My A1C was (I think) 7.6 when I found out I was pregnant, which was a bit higher than I had planned. I'm now 14 weeks and my last A1C (done April 20th) was 7%. You'll probably find it will gradually start to drop the further along you get and the more you check. That's really discouraging how your doctor treated you - at one of my first visits after I found out I was pregnant my doctor said to me "You know for non-diabetics the normal pregnancy numbers are 3.5-4.5?" I fax her my numbers bi-weekly and the next time I faxed them I added a note about how anxious and stressed I was and she was a lot softer when we had our next meeting. I have issues with my after breakfast sugars spiking, so I do my insulin about 30-45 minutes before eating (but I have to be careful I'm not going low before I eat sometimes). At all other meals it's fine if I bolus right as I eat, but maybe you need to explore doing yours a bit earlier. I intended to cut down on carbs early on but my nausea was so bad I survived on chips, crackers, toast, and bagels for about 8 weeks. I needed increased insulin until about week 7 or 8, and my numbers really swung all over the place - I had few patterns and my pump rates changed about every 2-3 days. It was really frustrating but did start to normalize after a bit. I use the following graph to track my sugars/meals/etc. I can send along a PDF file via email with a copy of it if you're interested. I find I pay attention better when I chart it out by hand as opposed to using a computer program. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/celticdaisy/blood%20glucose_zps1ahalkny.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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