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<blockquote data-quote="David147" data-source="post: 841410" data-attributes="member: 164935"><p>Low blood sugar is dangerous, but I don't consider 63 mg/dL all that low. While 70-99 mg/dL is considered "normal," in reality many non-diabetics go into the 60s all the time without any hypoglycemic symptoms. </p><p></p><p>Because you're pregnant and perhaps tend to run low blood sugar-wise, just make sure to 1) eat every few hours and stick to foods lower in carbohydrates and 2) keep candy or juice on hand in case you start to feel yourself slipping into hypoglycemia. </p><p></p><p>It's *possible* that you are diabetic and that you have reactive hypoglycemia (blood sugar spikes after meals, pancreas overcompensates for spike by releasing too much insulin, resulting in hypoglycemia). You should ask for an HbA1c test and maybe even a Glucose Tolerance Test to see if you are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David147, post: 841410, member: 164935"] Low blood sugar is dangerous, but I don't consider 63 mg/dL all that low. While 70-99 mg/dL is considered "normal," in reality many non-diabetics go into the 60s all the time without any hypoglycemic symptoms. Because you're pregnant and perhaps tend to run low blood sugar-wise, just make sure to 1) eat every few hours and stick to foods lower in carbohydrates and 2) keep candy or juice on hand in case you start to feel yourself slipping into hypoglycemia. It's *possible* that you are diabetic and that you have reactive hypoglycemia (blood sugar spikes after meals, pancreas overcompensates for spike by releasing too much insulin, resulting in hypoglycemia). You should ask for an HbA1c test and maybe even a Glucose Tolerance Test to see if you are. [/QUOTE]
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