# Basal Rates and Hormones

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133>\
**Category:** Hormones\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133 "2018-05-31T12:51:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133/187 "2018-08-11T11:52:55Z")

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My ovulation resistance examples for this month:

> [@Basal Discussion Deep Dive for Everyone](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-discussion-deep-dive-for-everyone/4536/55):
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> Insulin resistance due to hormones (most likely) is at it again: near ovulation (day 14). Top graph is last night’s overnight timeframe. Bottom graph is the last 24 hours (yesterday and overnight). I had to use +20% to get through breakfast yesterday, but got through the rest of the day with +0% and pretty decent balancing with peaks and dips care of boluses the rest of the day. I would have liked the average BG to be lower, but in dealing with hormone induced insulin resistance this is a prett…

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