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I need some advice.
For those of you that are currently pregnant, or have been pregnant.. has your insulin requirements changed at all during the pregnancy?
A few days ago I was taken by ambulance to the ER because my blood sugar was "below 25" and I was unresponsive. I was house sitting for my parents and since I had the same thing happen a few days before they left, (I went to the ER because my blood sugar was 13, although I brought it up before I went to the ER) my parents had their neighbor checking in with me throughout the entire week. I went to take a nap at 1:30pm, my blood sugar was 125 and I thought I would sleep for an hour or so... however 8 hours later, I was in an ambulance and didn't know what was going on. I'm currently 6 months pregnant, and so my baby was my first concern.. and thankfully his heart rate was perfect.
I'm on an insulin pump, and my Basal settings for the past 3 months have been
12:00am - 3.0
3:00am - 2.975
12:00pm - 3.5
3:00pm - 2.8
7:00pm - 3.2
Right now I'm taking
12:00am - 1.00
3:00am - .925
12:00pm - 2.15
3:00pm - 1.75
7:00pm - .925
Since being in the hospital twice in the past 2 weeks.. I changed my basal rates, and I'm currently taking less insulin than I took before I was pregnant... I've read everywhere how your insulin requirements increase the further along you get in the pregnancy, but never heard of having to take less insulin.
Last night I went out to eat and ate 3 fajitas, and stopped and got an slurpee later on, and only took 4 units of insulin for the entire thing.. something I would normally take 10 or more units for, and my blood sugar was 78 two hours later
I'm confused!
TIA
For those of you that are currently pregnant, or have been pregnant.. has your insulin requirements changed at all during the pregnancy?
A few days ago I was taken by ambulance to the ER because my blood sugar was "below 25" and I was unresponsive. I was house sitting for my parents and since I had the same thing happen a few days before they left, (I went to the ER because my blood sugar was 13, although I brought it up before I went to the ER) my parents had their neighbor checking in with me throughout the entire week. I went to take a nap at 1:30pm, my blood sugar was 125 and I thought I would sleep for an hour or so... however 8 hours later, I was in an ambulance and didn't know what was going on. I'm currently 6 months pregnant, and so my baby was my first concern.. and thankfully his heart rate was perfect.
I'm on an insulin pump, and my Basal settings for the past 3 months have been
12:00am - 3.0
3:00am - 2.975
12:00pm - 3.5
3:00pm - 2.8
7:00pm - 3.2
Right now I'm taking
12:00am - 1.00
3:00am - .925
12:00pm - 2.15
3:00pm - 1.75
7:00pm - .925
Since being in the hospital twice in the past 2 weeks.. I changed my basal rates, and I'm currently taking less insulin than I took before I was pregnant... I've read everywhere how your insulin requirements increase the further along you get in the pregnancy, but never heard of having to take less insulin.
Last night I went out to eat and ate 3 fajitas, and stopped and got an slurpee later on, and only took 4 units of insulin for the entire thing.. something I would normally take 10 or more units for, and my blood sugar was 78 two hours later
I'm confused!
TIA