Monitoring my blood glucose level at home

Ok, as I mentioned before I need to meet the specialist about my gestational diabetes right? Yeah you know after three hours glucose tolerance test bla..bla..It meant to be my blood is positive with glucose. So, yesterday off we went to the hospital to meet Dr. Remy Claire. The appointment was scheduled at 4.00pm. We arrived bang on time after lining up to take a ticket etc. We headed to the Diabetologie department to find the doctor's room and after finding the room we just waited there for 15 minutes until one of the nurse came to the room and told us that the doctor was at the fourth floor. At the Gynecology department. So, off we went to the fourth floor. We were 15 minutes late from the appointment time.

We kept waiting until 4.30pm and suddenly, the doctor came out from the room and invited us to get in the room. She is a very nice and soft spoken person. She treated us like VIP. The consultation took about 30 minutes. Not to mention, she investigated and questioned my meals intake to trace the causes of the gestational diabetes. After settling with the consultation, she asked me to follow her to the downstairs. One nurse was waiting for me to teach me how to use the test kit for blood test at home. The doctor said, basically, I need to prick my fingers four times a day until I give birth. That is the only way to monitor my blood glucose level during pregnancy.

Actually, testing my blood glucose at certain times of the day will help determines if my eating patterns are keeping my blood glucose levels in control, I need to maintain a daily food intakes and record my home glucose levels.

Coward as I used to be when it involves blood made me off colour. I told the doctor that I am really scared. She patted my back and said, 'nothing to be afraid of. I will be with you, and it is not painful at all.' So off we went. The funny thing was, the doctor kept holding my hand until we arrived at the destination room. One of the nurse was there waiting for me to show me how the test is done. The steps are like below.

The kits




Testing the blood glucose involves ..

1. Pricking my finger with a small, sharp needle. Like this. You can see there are numbers on the needle. The numbers range are from 1 to 9. The larger the number is, the more 'sting's feeling'you can feel.In other words, lagi besar nombor lagi sakit la.Sikit je.hehehee.



2.After pricking my finger, I need to put a drop of blood sample on a test strip. Then the meter will show the result in five seconds.






3.Lastly, I need to record the results in a piece of paper and then disposing the needle and strips properly.



The best range for the result of the glucose level in my blood are, less than 95mg/dl after waking up in the morning and less than 120mg/dl after taking lunch, diner and supper. So four times a day without failing. Anybody has a list menu for diabetic?If yes, please let me know ok. Tq.

After receiving the infos how to use the kits, they asked me to carry on the test straightaway by my own. I was so scared. So nicely, I asked the doctor to do the test on me for the first time and I will do it later by my own. So, gently she held my finger and in counting of three..Shot..There we were. My finger bled and I need to follow the steps one to three above for the rest of the test.

By the way, I need to bring my blood glucose readings to my gynae in the next appointment so she can evaluates how well my glucose levels are.

Easy isn't? Yes it is easy. Painful? sting je....awal2 gerun la tapi sekarang dah ok..biasa je. Okla..nasib la kan..asal baby sihat..tu yang penting..hmmm..itulah pengalamanku..cheewah.