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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 2280951" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>Hi [USER=518087]@Chloelox[/USER], welcome. Congratulations on the birth of your baby!</p><p>I wonder if your surgery’s mistakenly applied the guidelines for the number of strips allowed for those who are using the freestyle libre when they issued your prescription? If I were you I’d contact your GP as soon as possible and tell them your difficulty keeping track of your blood sugars with so few strips.</p><p>If you share your home with someone who’s competent to administer a hypoglycaemia-treating injection, then you could also ask your GP to prescribe a couple of glycogen kits. This is a substance that stimulates the liver to release glucose into your bloodstream if you can’t treat the hypo yourself. It’s for emergencies, and even if you never need it, and I hope you don’t, having the kit there might help you to relax. I always have a stock of jelly babies (1 jelly baby = 5g carbohydrate) by the bed in case I get low, and sometimes just need half a one. I also take some with me, usually in a sealable bag, when I go out.</p><p>Your blood sugar control sounds very good. Personally, a blood sugar of 7-8 in the morning wouldn’t be anything to be alarmed about; it sounds to me as though you’re doing well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 2280951, member: 68789"] Hi [USER=518087]@Chloelox[/USER], welcome. Congratulations on the birth of your baby! I wonder if your surgery’s mistakenly applied the guidelines for the number of strips allowed for those who are using the freestyle libre when they issued your prescription? If I were you I’d contact your GP as soon as possible and tell them your difficulty keeping track of your blood sugars with so few strips. If you share your home with someone who’s competent to administer a hypoglycaemia-treating injection, then you could also ask your GP to prescribe a couple of glycogen kits. This is a substance that stimulates the liver to release glucose into your bloodstream if you can’t treat the hypo yourself. It’s for emergencies, and even if you never need it, and I hope you don’t, having the kit there might help you to relax. I always have a stock of jelly babies (1 jelly baby = 5g carbohydrate) by the bed in case I get low, and sometimes just need half a one. I also take some with me, usually in a sealable bag, when I go out. Your blood sugar control sounds very good. Personally, a blood sugar of 7-8 in the morning wouldn’t be anything to be alarmed about; it sounds to me as though you’re doing well. [/QUOTE]
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