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Diabetic pregnancy
My wife is 4 weeks pregnant.. She is diabetic.. Taking metformin SR 500 twice a day... Her fasting sugar is coming 110-120 and pp 150-170. Hba1c last month was 5.9..we still have to go for hba1c test after confirmed pregnancy Till What level of blood sugar can we continue with metformin.
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She needs to control her sugars better in pregnancy. Switching to insulin will be better
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In pregnancy we try to maintain fasting sugar less than 95 n post meal less than 140 Beyond that the dose of medicine needs to be adjusted
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