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QUESTION: (DiabeticMommy, Type 2)When I got pregnant, I was not very talented at controlling my blood glucose and glucose monitoring was not a habit. When I got pregnant I took to monitoring well, and was successful with it. I hoped to continue with tight control. However, for some reason maintaining tight control after pregnancy was extremely difficult. So, I was left with the loose goals for diabetics who are not pregnant. This is not working very well for me. I would rather test often trying for the goals of nonpregnant diabetics. However, I do not know what those goals would be for fasting and after meals. I think I would do much better if I had these numbers and could test often again. I think that was the greatest help in getting into tight control and now I feel I don't have the correct information to keep doing it (with more realistic goals for myself).

ANSWER: Yeah! I got part of the answer from HappyMamaTo3. She provided the following link: http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/tight-control.jsp to the ADA's page which says 90 - 130 mg/dl before meals, and less than 180 two hours after starting a meal, and an HbA1c of less than 7 percent. Now we just need a fasting goal! Anyone know?

QUESTION: (Diabetic Mommy, Type 2) Where can we find clinical recommendations for standards of care for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes?

ANSWER: Pending

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