Anyone diabetic before pregnacy

[pink23]

goodluck nemo xx

 

[gozo06]

good luck nemo, thinking of you

hi everyone, went for my diabetic check yesterday and hb was 6.7 so quite happy, on the flip slide managed to rub dirt into my eye on sat night, went to doc on monday and there was an ulcer on my eye, had to go to hosp to get it checked, they put me on anti biotics but ones that are not recommended in pregnancy but the best ones for fixing my eye, worried as these drugs have not really been tested, there might be an increase risk of miscarry but doc spoke to gyne and they were happy for me to take them, alternative was the ulcer could get worse and eventually lead to loss of sight, love how the docs are so cheery with it all, fx all works out

 

[Lincoln Girl]

we are team im so happy!!!

Scan all went well and all is fine with baby. oh an i think my reduced movements is because my placenta is at the front. Hubby is a tad disappointed as he wanted a boy but he is happy really. Mayze is thrilled to be having a sister

HBA1C is now 7.8 so thats good. its getting better

here she is- Mia grace

 

[Lincoln Girl]

Hope all is well with Nemo and she has her baby in her arms

 

[pink23]

I was just thinking about nemo to. thinking of you, cant wait for news.
Yey for a girl lincoln girl.
Im nervous for tomorow i have my first preconception clinic tomorrow , wish me luck xx

 

[capel]

Congratulations on the little girl. I am having one as well. My second girl.

Pink23 good luck tomorrow.

I just had my first growth scan and baby is on the 50th centile. She is looking perfect and consultants are very happy.

 

[Tanikit]

Nemo hope everything went well and you are enjoying your baby.

Congrats on the girls Lincoln and capel. We diabetics seem to produce a lot of girls here - I also have two girls. Partly I was relieved to have two girls as they say girl babies are tougher than boys and mine had to go through a fair amount immediately after the birth.

 

[nemo1]

Hi all, thanks 4 wishes son and mummy doing well! Supposed to b out today but baby got jaundice. He is also tiny.. 5.5lb and not eating much. He was born vaginally on Thurs at 18.55. I'll tell u birth story wen I am home.

Hope we can come home soon!

 

[pink23]

congratulations nemo xxx

 

[kdea547]

Hey ladies, I hope you don't mind me butting in for a minute...I have insulin dependent gestational diabetes and am having trouble meeting my targets. My doctor won't increase my insulin fast enough to keep up and has not given me much freedom to self-adjust. My 2 hour post prandial target is under 120 but I am typically somewhere between 120 and 140, sometimes a little higher. My real question here is if you think these numbers are going to cause me to have a huge baby?? My last u/s was at 18 weeks and she measured fine, but I won't have another u/s until 32 weeks and in the meantime, I am freaking out a little! My last HbA1c was a 5.7, about 2 months ago. Thanks in advance for any advice ladies!

 

[pink23]

with a hba1c of that level i wouldnt say so but im not an expert lol. I know before trying they want it 6.1% so I would say yours is great. How come you cant up your doses xx

Well im tring to remember to check my blood the hr after eating and so far so good. I just cant sort out the mornig sugars grrr xx

 

[Tanikit]

Nemo congrats on your little baby - he was pretty small even for a 37 weeker! Look forward to hearing your story and hope you are home very soon.

Your hba1c is very good (well ok we would think so being type 1s) but they say hba1c is not the only thing that makes big babies - you can have almost perfect hba1cs and still have a big baby. I think you need to talk to your doctor about adjusting your insulin more - the trouble with GD is that you still have some of your own insulin so while we can make bigger adjustments and not do as much harm often even one unit adjustment in a GD can make a much bigger difference and you do NOT want to go low (most of this thread is about the frustrations we have with the hypos) Try not to worry too much but do chat about getting the insulin up a bit - some diabetic babies are even born small despite highish levels, so you just never know.

Lastly the size of diabetic babies seldom varies much from normal til the third trimester as this is when babies put on fat and grow a lot. If they are larger earlier than this then it would be more likely that they are just large genetically and not due to the diabetes. Controlling sugars in the final trimester is hard but important for the growth.

 

[Lincoln Girl]

Hi all, thanks 4 wishes son and mummy doing well! Supposed to b out today but baby got jaundice. He is also tiny.. 5.5lb and not eating much. He was born vaginally on Thurs at 18.55. I'll tell u birth story wen I am home.

Hope we can come home soon!

congratulations Nemo!!! He is a little one for a diabetic mummy. Cant wait to hear all about it and see a pic of your little man xx

Hey ladies, I hope you don't mind me butting in for a minute...I have insulin dependent gestational diabetes and am having trouble meeting my targets. My doctor won't increase my insulin fast enough to keep up and has not given me much freedom to self-adjust. My 2 hour post prandial target is under 120 but I am typically somewhere between 120 and 140, sometimes a little higher. My real question here is if you think these numbers are going to cause me to have a huge baby?? My last u/s was at 18 weeks and she measured fine, but I won't have another u/s until 32 weeks and in the meantime, I am freaking out a little! My last HbA1c was a 5.7, about 2 months ago. Thanks in advance for any advice ladies!

sorry hun i dont understand those levels but your hba1c is very good x

 

[capel]

Congratulations Nemo!!!!

And regarding big babies, some women have them without the diabetes. So a good hba1c is not a garantee of a small baby, but just decreases the risk of a big baby. And My levels are ALWAYS too high after food. Apart from risking a severe hypo 3h after I let them be like this. Sometimes the hypos are more risky than the highs. I mean, the are not dangerous for the baby but they are for you. You don't want an accident because of one. But I make sure that 3h after and any other time my levels are perfect. So in 24h I don't have good levels for about 4. This is the best I can do...

 

[Lincoln Girl]

Congratulations Nemo!!!!

And regarding big babies, some women have them without the diabetes. So a good hba1c is not a garantee of a small baby, but just decreases the risk of a big baby. And My levels are ALWAYS too high after food. Apart from risking a severe hypo 3h after I let them be like this. Sometimes the hypos are more risky than the highs. I mean, the are not dangerous for the baby but they are for you. You don't want an accident because of one. But I make sure that 3h after and any other time my levels are perfect. So in 24h I don't have good levels for about 4. This is the best I can do...

your doing your best hun, at least you arent risking the hypos like you said x

 

[Tanikit]

Capel I was like that too with higher levels especially in the mornings after breakfast. Perfection is almost impossible and hypos are awful (I had a lot of those too) and dangerous.

 

[pink23]

Im not even pregnat and trying my hardest to keep levels stable but errr I hate hypos. Having to check blood 7 times is going ok just want hba1c to change fx'd xx

 

[Jaybear5]

Nemo congratulations on your teeny baby Awww!!

How is everyone?! I'm making the most of my 4 week break from clinic hehe! Had our gender scan on Saturday and we are having a girl so happy and over the moon!!!
Got my 20 week scan on the 9th June to look forward to aswell.

When do you get your first growth scan?! It's 6 years since I had my son so can't really remember lol...He was 8lb 2oz born at 38+4 so I'll be interested to see what my baby girl will be! X

 

[capel]

I had the first growth scan last week at 28 weeks. I have two more booked at 32 and 36 weeks.

 

[pink23]

Im not sure about the growth scan sorry.Aww congrats on a girl jaybear.
Well tea time blood 2.7 grrr. oh well hba1c should come down though xx