Hi!!
I don’t have pre diabetes but my A1C is 5.6 and I’d like to lower it. I had gestational diabetes last year so I just am trying to be extra cautious. For GD, I would test 1 hour after first bite to see if I spiked and go from there (diet change, insulin, etc).
For regular monitoring without pregnancy, when am I supposed to test? Is it at 2 hours after first bite? What are the thresholds I should be under to be normal / not in pre diabetic range?
Secondly, I have had a couple of fasting numbers that were 105, 107… the redt so far in the past 2 weeks have been in the 80s-90s. Are the two high fasting numbers a flag for pre diabetes? Or can normal folks without diabetes get those numbers occasionally too? I apologize for all the questions - would really appreciate any insight.
Thanks in advance.