My sugar is low again, anyone know about this??/

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The doc gave me the meter to start kekeping a chart and when i woke up it was

78, I had coffee then got the kids off to school and fixed me and Madison

some eggs, ect. Well I ate a total of 2 small raisin toast with butter, 3 little

maple flavored sausauge links and maybe 2 bites of eggs, didn't really want

them today and another coffee to wash it all down. they wanted me to test in an

hour after I ate and did and I am only 64. GEEZZZZZ, what is with these low

numbers I am having. Before surgery when I ahd to test with the boys I would be

at least over 100 when I retested. is this why I feel ssooo chitty most of the

time and tired, from the low sugars. What will this mean for the baby? I know

had low blood sugars when I was gestational diabetic with his

pregnancy will this one have the opposite. Any info is appreciated, I don;t know

alot about this subject.

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

Age- 41

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 8 years),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby

It's a BOY!!!!!

Emerson Roger

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Robin,

I have been on bedrest due to low blood sugars since my 11th week.

I was in the same boat you are although mine would drop to the high

30s to low 40s.. My ob has me testing 4 times a day and they havent

changed much. He had me eating protein protein protein although

after going to a dietician I found out that although Protein is very

important to keep your blood sugars in a higher range you actually

need a well balanced diet to get them higher and the protein to keep

them high!! I wasnt eating hardly any carbs and just mainly making

sure I got in the protein protein protein. Well since my visit to

the dietician I have actually seen my blod sugars go up and stay

around the 90s instead of shooting up then plumiting again!! I

reasearched low blood sugars online or hypoglocemia during pregnancy

and everything I seem to find doesnt really help much!! I am just

at the point now where I just know when its time to stop doing what

I am doing and thats that. I am not able to do anything without

feeling like total and complete crap!! Even a walk through the

grocery store leaves my blood sugars way below 50 and I have to have

something with sugar then follow with protein to spike my blood

sugar and then keep it high!! It is the most horrible feeling when

your blood sugar crashes!!

From what my OB has told me there is nothing to worry about in

regaurds to the baby. She is getting all the nutrients that she

needs and is basically leaving me what is left. She is growing like

a weed and is very healthy!! They are more worried about me since

very low blood sugars can cause fainting spells..and if they go low

enough can put me in a coma!! Basically I am just suppose to take

it easy and make sure my blood sugars stay up!!

I am really sorry you are having to go through this!! It is not

fun!! The one thing I recommend is to keep some peanutbutter

crackers with you.. They are the only thing that helps when my sugar

crashes!! I may have a sip or two of sprite then eat a cracker or

two and I feel much better.

I hope that helped a little bit!!

EDD 8/17/04