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Rob Siraj

Marie Zammit


Endocrine Consultants

Mr Ballav

Dr Ashraf

Dr Brain

Dr Kadiyala


Specialist Diabetic Midwives

Lianna Rohan (Team Leader)

Dianne Morgan

Amy Jones

Corinne Murphy


Maternity Support Worker

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-Introduce you to the GDm-Health app

-How to download the app

-How to connect your meter to the app

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Day 1

Take your blood sugar 1 hour after eating finishing your breakfast.
Your reading should be 7.7mmol or below
Once you go to bed, only drink water throughout the night.

Day 2

Fasting reading. Test your blood sugar just after you wake up. If you drink anything other than water or eat you’ll get a false high reading.

Your reading should be 5.2mmol or below


Lunch and evening meal – everyday

Test one hour after finishing both meals. Your ranges should be 7.7mmol or below.

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One fasting reading

One one‑hour post‑meal reading


If either reading is raised, the Diabetes Team will contact you by phone or email.


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For this reason, HbA1c testing at 3 months postpartum, then yearly, is recommended - this is via your GP.

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Alternatively:

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8am to 9am.

01296 255790


Wycombe Hospital

Wednesdays, 8am to 9am and 2pm to 4pm.

01494 425575

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You can use colostrum if your baby needs extra feeds.


You can hand express and store colostrum from 36 weeks into pregnancy so that you have a supply of this milk ready to give to your baby.

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