When to test your blood glucose????

[Panditas2]

Hi I have been recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes and I have been testing my blood glucose 1 hour from the moment I start to eat my meal. I am concern I got it wrong and I should test 1 hour from the time I finish my meal

Which one is it? So confused here

I have contacted my diabetes nurse but she hasn't gotten back to me. Just wondering if anyone is doing what I'm doing ??

Thanks

[Tiredqueen]

I do believe it’s an hour after you’ve eaten so it would be when you’ve finished your meal so your body has processed all your food

[Seb9]

Test one hour from when you finish your meal and go for a walk if you can add it'll help lower your blood sugars too

[Natalie130]

I also have gestational diabetes, I’ve been told to test 1 hour from when I start eating my meal. Hope that helps

[Frankie411]

I'm type 1 (with a newborn) and my sister has gestational diabetes currently. We were both told one hour before food and 4 hours after (that's the average for sugars to settle once you've eaten). Obviously, sometimes you eat sooner than 4 hours, I just tested immediately before food then. Remember to keep a note! Fx

[Seb9]

This is the instructions from the diabetes UK website, not you should very quickly have an appointment with your diabetes team who can give your own plan to follow

diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-th...

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