https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 00:21:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-mamas-how-often-do-you-calibrate-your-meter#post-429387 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:20:38 +0000 autumnlove 429387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: I didn't...weird! I didn't eat anything after my night reading so I knew those high readings were off. Good thing I have cartons of test strips... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-mamas-how-often-do-you-calibrate-your-meter#post-429381 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:18:56 +0000 banana 429381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Wait. woah! That's way off! Oh...did you wash your hands before and after taking those readings? Whenever I get weird readings, I always scrub my hands with hot soapy water and sometimes I get much lower readings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-mamas-how-often-do-you-calibrate-your-meter#post-429376 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:17:41 +0000 autumnlove 429376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: I took it ten mins later and it was 84! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-mamas-how-often-do-you-calibrate-your-meter#post-429321 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:54:17 +0000 banana 429321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doc told me that those meters have an accuracy degree of +/- 10 points. Plus your body is constantly changing so you'll always get readings like that. Every time I would take my readings, it always varied like that! I just took an average of 3. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-mamas-how-often-do-you-calibrate-your-meter#post-428981 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:20:02 +0000 autumnlove 428981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took my reading last night two hours after dinner and it was 104. </p> <p>My fasting reading this morning was 206...I knew that wasn't right so I did it 2 more times before giving up. Next readings were 184 and 210. I guess I need to calibrate my meter! </p>