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<blockquote data-quote="kt78" data-source="post: 383634" data-attributes="member: 50726"><p>Hey Nixie Pixie and Danlie.</p><p></p><p>Congrats on your scan - how lovely!</p><p></p><p>I think the reason Nixies BG is going up is because she is earlier in her pregancy than you Danlie:</p><p></p><p><em><em>"Insulin requirements rise steadily throughout pregnancy and will usually double by the last month. The rising need for insulin is ca used by several factors... However there are two periods during pregnancy when a reduction in insulin may be needed. The first period occurs between weeks 7-12 of gestation. In one clinic's experience, after an initial rise in insulin doses of 18% between weeks 3 and 7, a significant drop in insulin requirement averaging 9% was seen in weeks 7 through 12. The second exception to the general rise in insulin need as pregnancy progresses occurs in the last 4 weeks. At this time the foetus starts to draw more glucose from the mother's blood for its own use..."</em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Oh, and just to add my opinion on the pump - it's great! It's easier than using glargine / lantus etc as you can just kind of turn the volume up and down as needed - if that make sense!</em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>Glad you are both well and supporting each other - Great to see :clap:</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kt78, post: 383634, member: 50726"] Hey Nixie Pixie and Danlie. Congrats on your scan - how lovely! I think the reason Nixies BG is going up is because she is earlier in her pregancy than you Danlie: [i][i]"Insulin requirements rise steadily throughout pregnancy and will usually double by the last month. The rising need for insulin is ca used by several factors... However there are two periods during pregnancy when a reduction in insulin may be needed. The first period occurs between weeks 7-12 of gestation. In one clinic's experience, after an initial rise in insulin doses of 18% between weeks 3 and 7, a significant drop in insulin requirement averaging 9% was seen in weeks 7 through 12. The second exception to the general rise in insulin need as pregnancy progresses occurs in the last 4 weeks. At this time the foetus starts to draw more glucose from the mother's blood for its own use..."[/i] Oh, and just to add my opinion on the pump - it's great! It's easier than using glargine / lantus etc as you can just kind of turn the volume up and down as needed - if that make sense! Glad you are both well and supporting each other - Great to see :clap:[/i] [/QUOTE]
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