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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1922334" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Lantus is normally a long acting insulin, and typically lasts 24 hours. So it doesn't help with short term readings, though increasing the dose will obviously increase the background insulin in your system and thereby reduce blood sugars. I'm guessing that at some point you'll be given a short acting insulin to combine with the lantus, but I'm a T1 so can't say that with certainty as T2 pregnancies aren't the same.</p><p></p><p>Given the pregnancy, it would be good if you could talk to a diabetic specialist as soon as possible, a month is a long time in a pregnancy. As a T1, when I was pregnant I saw a DN as soon as I was aware of the pregnancy. Could you phone or email your clinic?</p><p></p><p>Good luck and congrats on the pregnancy. Presumably you're already taking the standard vitamin supplements etc for new mums? (Folic acid comes to mind.)</p><p></p><p>It's probably worth keeping a food and bloods sugar diary. When are you testing your sugars?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 1922334, member: 372717"] Lantus is normally a long acting insulin, and typically lasts 24 hours. So it doesn't help with short term readings, though increasing the dose will obviously increase the background insulin in your system and thereby reduce blood sugars. I'm guessing that at some point you'll be given a short acting insulin to combine with the lantus, but I'm a T1 so can't say that with certainty as T2 pregnancies aren't the same. Given the pregnancy, it would be good if you could talk to a diabetic specialist as soon as possible, a month is a long time in a pregnancy. As a T1, when I was pregnant I saw a DN as soon as I was aware of the pregnancy. Could you phone or email your clinic? Good luck and congrats on the pregnancy. Presumably you're already taking the standard vitamin supplements etc for new mums? (Folic acid comes to mind.) It's probably worth keeping a food and bloods sugar diary. When are you testing your sugars? [/QUOTE]
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