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New & Confused - GD

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alriana

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Good Morning,

I have recently been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes (at 28weeks) and yesterday got all my home testing stuff and my target levels; the intention is to manage by diet as I'm keen to avoid insulin which will have a serious impact on any birth plans.

This is only my second day of testing at home and 'm confused with my pre bedtime/pre breakfast reading..

Last night the readings were 7.4 @ 22.53pm; then 6.3 @ 23.41pm. i was a bit hungry so I had 1 digestive biscuit and a banana thinking it wasn't too clever to go to bed feeling hungry.

This morning I tested pre breakfast (9.15am) and got an initial reading of 7.5 - how can this still be that high compared to my pre bedtime readings? It's not like I went mad and ate the whole packet of biscuits..

Can anyone shed any light?

thanks,
Therese
 
Hi,

That's quite normal and the first thing that new testers are surprised by - i.e. the morning reading being usually higher than the night before reading.

I'm certain that someone else will give you a more detailed explanation.

Best wishes - John
 
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