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<blockquote data-quote="the_anticarb" data-source="post: 175442" data-attributes="member: 16982"><p>Hi Jessie</p><p></p><p>If you fall pregnant you will need to keep it under 7.8 after meals, I find the only way to do this is to inject a lot and then have a mop up snack before my next meal to mop up the excess insulin - about 15-20g carbs works for me (sometimes - bg's very unpredictable during pregnancy especially towards the end with hormones flying about).</p><p></p><p>If I want a bigger snack than this I take 20g off the carb total and inject for that.</p><p>I wouldn't recommend low carbing during pregnancy, I started off doing this but was advised it could affect the growth of the baby and you'll find it hard to keep yourself from getting too hungry. Also when I had morning sickness I completely went off all foods except plain starchy things like bread and rice. </p><p></p><p>So you'll probably have to become a dab hand at dosing up your bolus, ok in first half of pregnancy but not so easy when ratios start spiralling upwards in the final months.</p><p></p><p>It's a bit hit and miss to be honest, often you can't do right for doing wrong.</p><p></p><p>Think we are all different in terms of which foods spike and which don't, often things that I woudln't have expected to spike me do, such as porridge and wholemeal bread, so I just tend to go on the total carb content now and inject novorapid to cover it, then test an hour later and correct any highs/lows. I'm coming to the end of my pregnancy now and whilst it's not been a barrell of laughs it is do-able.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the_anticarb, post: 175442, member: 16982"] Hi Jessie If you fall pregnant you will need to keep it under 7.8 after meals, I find the only way to do this is to inject a lot and then have a mop up snack before my next meal to mop up the excess insulin - about 15-20g carbs works for me (sometimes - bg's very unpredictable during pregnancy especially towards the end with hormones flying about). If I want a bigger snack than this I take 20g off the carb total and inject for that. I wouldn't recommend low carbing during pregnancy, I started off doing this but was advised it could affect the growth of the baby and you'll find it hard to keep yourself from getting too hungry. Also when I had morning sickness I completely went off all foods except plain starchy things like bread and rice. So you'll probably have to become a dab hand at dosing up your bolus, ok in first half of pregnancy but not so easy when ratios start spiralling upwards in the final months. It's a bit hit and miss to be honest, often you can't do right for doing wrong. Think we are all different in terms of which foods spike and which don't, often things that I woudln't have expected to spike me do, such as porridge and wholemeal bread, so I just tend to go on the total carb content now and inject novorapid to cover it, then test an hour later and correct any highs/lows. I'm coming to the end of my pregnancy now and whilst it's not been a barrell of laughs it is do-able. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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