thread: Do I have to take insulin?

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  1. #5
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    Jul 2008
    Melbourne
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    Exercising after your meal will also help with your bsl after meals. If they're not willing to negotuate, im guessing that your levels after dinner have been high 3 x readings in a row?

    The good news is that 4 units is a very low dose. Im on my phone so i cant see how many weeks you are? Is there something in particular that worries you about taking the insulin? Ive had to take it with both my pg & with my dd i went into spontaneous labour & only had gas (so it didnt impact on the labour i wanted).

    The scans etc are notoriously inaccurate later in pg - i had a scan & they gave me similar results but the obs (public hosp) didnt place too much importance on it.

    Of course you dont HAVE to take the insulin - but i wouldnt encourage you to disregard medical advice.

    And avoid brown rice as well - basmati & doongara are the lowest gi. But more than that - with gd, diff ppl react differently to different foods. So with my ds even eating the lowest gi rice my levels would go up. Portion control is also a big thing - did the dietician go through them?

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    Last edited by sloane; July 11th, 2012 at 11:45 AM.