Hypo all night

Hi i'm not a great one for advice on hypos, so hope your feeling alot better today, can you call your DSN to get some advice ? also see if you can get Glucogel on prescription, I get mine this way and it's a quick way of getting it in your system, chocolate can slow sugar absorption, so normally I would take one Glucogel and a packet of crisps/1 x biscuit or a slice of toast and that works for me. Also I woke at 3.30am having a nightmare that I was having a hypo !!! Got a bit panicky so checked BS and was at 4.9..phew. Good luck

Hi Dragonflye

Not sure what is going on for you with all the hypos you are having... but as you are using a pump... how about turning it off for an hour so that the surplus basal already circulating gets used up... Sugar in some tea or coffee is good and eating a pkt of crisps, biscuit a bit of chocolate etc will mop up the basal..... Just keep testing bg levels and play by ear... You can always give yourself a correction if yr bg starts going too upwards. Just stay safe

Hi.

With all that quick acting your blood sugar levels should have returned to normal so it does sound like you may have too much insulin in your system. I have no experience of using a pump so cannot comment but with having a newborn and a 2 year old you must be pretty busy and it will prob take some adjusting to get insulin right after pregnancy but it does sound like you need much less insulin overnight. I know after both my pregnancies i dropped down from the massive pregnancy doses to pre pregnancy insulin doses but still had to drop it further, and i know after my second pregnancy (i had 2 year old twins and a newborn) i would regularly go hypo in the night. If you are breastfeeding this will use more energy, and even getting up regualary during the night to feed and care for baby you will be using more energy. Speak to your team about reducing your insulin. And as hypo treament goes I have just done DAFNE and the recommended treatment is
if your meal is within next hour- 1.5-2 CP (15-20 g) quick acting carb - ie sugary drink, glucose tabs, sweets.
If your meal is 1-2 hrs - 1.5-2 CP quick acting carb and additional 1CP (10g ) slower acting carb.
If you meal is over 2 hours 1.5-2 CP quick acting carbs plus 2CP (20g) slower acting carb.
Take care and i hope you get it sorted,
Helen x

Hi Dragonflye,
Hope today is a better day for you, Know how scary it is having hypo's when on your own with little one I stopped taking any insulin recently because of this fear and now am getting back on track on a new insulin, determined to take control again.
Your body is still healing from delivery, at my 6 weeks post GTT my results was 10.2, only just diabetic and was told it was type 2, 2 weeks later i was getting readings in the 20's fasting. It may take time but you will stabilize again
Good Luck
Jess
p.s Hows the weight going with Amelia?

When you pregnant your bodies immune system lowers, otherwise it would see the baby being carried as a 'foreign body that needs rejecting... Sometimes this actually allows the pancreas to recover a bit, which can reduce insulin needs after birth, and don't forget you've likely reduced insulin residence as well by weight loss...

It does seem that you are using too much basal insulin... It may be that you have to reduce your whole day, and perhaps up your insulin/Carb ratio..

If you making adjustments to your setting of you basal overnight, you need to start adjusting 2-4 hours before you want the change to take effect..