How to use glucometer?

Question

Hi, I was told to do prick finger 7times a day once a week.So I am alittle confused about the 7 pricking timing. Does it meant I do it before breakfast once after I eat breakfast 2hours once. Then repeat for lunch n dinner and one time just before Bedtime?And between after breakfast pricking timing and before lunch timing is there any timing need take note? As I forgot to ask . Would appreciate anyone whoever recover from gdm advise on ur diet plan and timing of pricking please!! 🙏 This is my third pregnancy but 1st time getting gdm and I am so stressed up and worried about not about to recover from it.#advicepls #pleasehelp

Anonymous · Answer

I only pricked 6 times daily. Before breakfast, 1 or 2 hours after i start eating breakfast (not finish wif breakfast), same goes for lunch n dinner.I used to drink low fat milk n eat blueberries.. or eat apple etc. now i take steel cut overnight oats. I did not recover from gdm and gynae had suspected i m diabetic in my first preg. So my 2nd pregnancy i was liaising wif my endocrine n getting her advice once i knew i was pregnant. However my readings r okay so far and she told me to take a break frm my readings if i am eating almost the same tings every day. She doesnt want me to keep pricking so many times until i deliver coz i am only at wk 15 now.