Home capillary blood glucose readings (fasting and 1-hour post-meal)
daily
tests per year, UK, daily, from diagnosis until birth
“Advise pregnant women with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes to test their fasting and 1‑hour post‑meal blood glucose levels daily if they are: managing their diabetes with diet and exercise changes alone or taking oral therapy”
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- At least 2 readings a day for the rest of the pregnancy; women on multiple daily insulin injections also test before meals and at bedtime (1.3.2).
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.