Hello all,
I have a question about metformin and blood sugar levels which I need to speak to my nurse/doctor about but as it's the weekend I doubt I'll get to speak to anyone until Monday.
So I have gestational diabetes diagnosed 4 weeks ago. At first they wanted me to try and control my levels with diet alone which I tried for 10 days. They want levels no higher than 7 one hour after eating but as my levels would go over this 50% of the time they asked me to start the metformin tablets they had prescribed and also continue with the diet.
The metformin came with clear instruction I've checked and double checked to take one tablet in the morning then 1 tablet with dinner and do this for 7 days then increase to two tablets twice a day.
I'm on the second day of taking two tablets twice a day and I'm getting very low readings.
For example this evening I've had two slices of brown bread with some fish and lots of watermelon. An hour later my blood sugar level was 4 and I'm getting regular low levels below 5.
I'm worried this is now too low but I don't know what is too low or if it's dangerous.
Should I cut back the metformin? I'll obviously speak to my doctor when I can, any advice appreciated!