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Jaylee said:
Yes I am.. Based in an unseasonably hot Loutro ATM... What with the heat. (Insulin sensitivity.) & the resterauntie guessy da carb & arival time on a da table..? I'm hitting the right balance of ordering low carb protein, (plenty of veriaty.) then picking up any "slack" with a few meagre Gs of potato or "side bread"..? Doing OK So far.... :cool:

.... But then, I'm not "with child". ;):D Congratulations by the way!
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Ah lucky lol enjoy!

And thank you :)
 
azure said:
@ohitsnicola Obviously I can't advise you about your doses, but when I had highs like that in late pregnancy I corrected them (and tested lots after).

Your ratio may need upping for that meal, but don't make any decisions from one result. I used to wait till I had 3 highs after a meal to change the ratio (but I still corrected in the meantime) If you know a particular meal is giving you highs, you can have the same meal the next day and see if the same happens.

For 'dodgy' meals where I thought I might go high, I tested at 1 and 1/2 hours so I could catch the high early.

After about 30 weeks or so (don't remember exactly) my insulin needs increased a lot eg my evening meal ratio went from 1 to 10g pre-pregnancy to 1 to 4g.

So do correct if you're confident doing so. Also, you may find that certain carbs are more difficult to eat in the last few weeks eg I found I could no longer have juice at breakfast. It may be your big glass of milk was the issue.
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Ah I hope it isn't the milk.....I LOVE milk lol! My bloods was pretty good last night stayed in the 4's oh and the one 3.8 which felt dreadful as where I haven't hypo'd in so so long it felt worse! Feeling a lot better today....so hopefully my doses are working!
 
azure said:
@Sarahkylie88 No, my pump is set up for me to decide what I do. I don't use Insulin On Board or any other things like that. If I want to do a correction, I just bolus the amount I want :)

Edited to add that obviously I know what I'm doing and have a lot of pump experience - I don't just randomly do things : D
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See I'm slightly confident in giving corrections but never know what's going to happen for instance a few weeks ago I had a lucozade as I was really ill I calculated it all and an hour and a half later I was a 16.0 and it wouldn't let me correct and then about an hour later I was a 4.0 so lucky I didn't correct really! X
 
ohitsnicola said:
See I'm slightly confident in giving corrections but never know what's going to happen for instance a few weeks ago I had a lucozade as I was really ill I calculated it all and an hour and a half later I was a 16.0 and it wouldn't let me correct and then about an hour later I was a 4.0 so lucky I didn't correct really! X
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I think something like Lucozade (when you're not using it as a hypo treatment) shoots you right up because the insulin can't really catch it, but then the insulin kicks in finally and pushes your blood sugar down. if it was something like that, I'd wait because I'd guess the high was because of the fast acting glucose.

For normal meals, I would correct a 16 if I got that at an hour and a half. Also, I think about how I usually react to that meal, whether I'm ill, etc, etc.

I did quite a few corrections in the last weeks of pregnancy. The insulin resistance is in full flow then.

Keep well X
 
azure said:
I think something like Lucozade (when you're not using it as a hypo treatment) shoots you right up because the insulin can't really catch it, but then the insulin kicks in finally and pushes your blood sugar down. if it was something like that, I'd wait because I'd guess the high was because of the fast acting glucose.

For normal meals, I would correct a 16 if I got that at an hour and a half. Also, I think about how I usually react to that meal, whether I'm ill, etc, etc.

I did quite a few corrections in the last weeks of pregnancy. The insulin resistance is in full flow then.

Keep well X
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Yeah I never usually have lucozade unless it's for a hypo but I was just so ill and needed some kind of energy and my consultant said it was fine...just the outcome wasn't ideal ha!

Yeah defo agree with the insulin resistance and I've been taken off of metformin as well now as it was making me so I'll! Xx
 
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