# 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:** [June 25, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133/26 "2018-06-25T03:00:23Z")

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> [@The "right" way to talk about diabetes?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-right-way-to-talk-about-diabetes/4268/61):
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> [image] Progesterone is the big enemy of insulin. The dip of progesterone during menstruation is why many women need a basal reduction at that time. It then ramps up prior to ovulation, decreases a bit, and then climbs and decreases again for the second half of the cycle. I said in a different post elsewhere on FUD that I always have issues on Day 23. Look at the chart. I’m apparently fairly textbook there. Something I can’t remember/don’t know…is I don’t remember how Estrogen impacts insulin…

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