Anyone diabetic before pregnacy

[shellshocked]

Bleurgh.... Had a mini argument with OH's doctor friend yesterday. I said getting to 5.3 was unrealisitc to me right now and he went on about it being best and how I was too high..... went to bed all hypo and miserable gobbled down a doubledecker bar I'd been saving for a treat. Cried myself to sleep....I seriously have been working so hard in a month and a bit I've gone from 7.7 to 6.8 which I'm chuffed to bits about and am sure it will be even lower next check. I just need to be around supportive people right now. Just needed to vent!!

 

[Tanikit]

Yes, I breastfed my first one for a long time so intend on just carrying on with Kirima too as it actually keeps my sugars down reasonably well and I take far less insulin. I had hypos at around 5-6 months breasfeeding both of them so maybe it has to do with growth spurts or possibly hormonal changes.

Shellshocked I have never had mine less than 6.9 even when pregnant and they said I musnt get it lower as the number of hypos I had to get it there was dangerous. Hang in there - you are doing fine - they always want better but if it was perfect then we wouldn't be diabetic.

 

[Lil miss]

hello, i didnt know there was a thread like this, im 24,type 1 diabetic since i was 5, i thought by now things would get easy but nooooo ive never had great bg's. now im pregnant things are getting a little in control but the diabetic team just seem to worry me all the time! ladies who are over 20 weeks, how was your 20 week scan? did it feel like the diabetic team didnt want to know you untill you was 20 weeks?

 

[pink23]

Hi everyone, i had one of my worst hypos last night. 1.4 , luckily i managed to get up and get some sugar. Oh works nights so he wasnt around . I dread to think if i hadnt of got up, the worst things is i went to bed and sugar was 11 so i havent a clue why it dropped xx

 

[Springtime]

I was not diabetic before pregnancy but was already diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance. At 16 weeks, my sugar levels started going very high and have been on insulin since then. I need to up my insulin units every few days and for 10 days had found it impossible to keep my numbers down. I know you girls who are type 1 have a hard time and hats off to you ladies for managing your pregnancy and diabetes !! I complain and cry about my impossible numbers! I am told to test 2 hours after meals and to keep them below 7 . But in the past 10 days many times they have gone to 7.5. 8.4 and even 9! My doctors scare my about these numbers. And I am on insulin, 7 units before breakfast and 9 units before lunch and dinner. I wonder if there is such a thing as overdosing on insulin!!

 

[hawalkden]

I wish my bloods were running between 7-9!!! !!!
15-17 all day, stupid insulin pump is messing me around!!!
I've have in the last 5 hours 35 units of insulin !!!
No ketones though x

 

[Tanikit]

Hi lil miss - my first pregnancy they kept a close eye on me during the first trimester, but the second pregnancy I hardly saw anyone til second trimester and even after that I just followed the same schedule as for normal pregnancies as the gynae treats everyone as high risk even if they have a normal pregnancy.

Springtime you guys have very tight limits that we would be very hard pressed to achieve so high values of 9 are fairly normal for us and even higher, but then we also run low whereas I have almost never heard of a GD going low. And yes you can overdose on insulin and going hypoglycaemic is no fun - but it is not a specific amount as the doses vary between people so much. I'd imagine if you forgot whether you'd taken your insulin and took it again then you would go low - a double dose is usually too much.

 

[Springtime]

Tanikit

You are right, I don't go very low. The lowest Ive been so far is 3.9 before dinner.
And yes we do have very tight limits. Its easy for someone who is borderline GD, but for someone like me who flunked the Glucose tolerance test pretty badly (according to pregnancy GD standards), I am finding it hard to achieve non-diabetic like numbers, which is what they want to see.
Anyhow, you girls are a real inspiration to me. If its possible for Type 1 girls to have healthy pregnancies and babies (as I know some women who have done that), then it must be possible for someone who is on the higher end of GD like me too.

 

[Lil miss]

my h1abc is 7.3, before i got pregnant it was 8.9 so i have been controling my diabetes much better. do you think this is ok? i cant seem to get it any lower! at the hospital they worry me alot, im actually sick of going nearly every week as they make me very paranoid and i keep thinking that my baby is going to have something wrong with it! can anyone give me any advice???

 

[pink23]

lil miss you will get it down, unfortunetly the hypos will get frequent because of trying to get it under control and your hba1c will come down. i think my level was 8.?? % with caleb and it come down to about 6. he's perfect .
You will do it xx

 

[Lil miss]

lil miss you will get it down, unfortunetly the hypos will get frequent because of trying to get it under control and your hba1c will come down. i think my level was 8.?? % with caleb and it come down to about 6. he's perfect .
You will do it xx

thanks, is it dangerous to be at this level??

 

[Tanikit]

For type 1 diabetics they like the pregnancy hba1cs to be between 6 and 7 - less than 6 often means an extreme number of hypos to get it there and while some doctors will push for a level in the 5s it will depend on the person whether this is a realistic goal or not.

Mine last pregnancy were 7.0 first trimester and 7.2 second trimester - my baby is perfectly healthy. My first pregnancy I did slightly better with 6.9 first trimester and 7.2 second trimester and again my child was healthy. Getting it lower would have been better but even at these levels I had a lot of hypos that I was comatose a few times and hospitalised more than once for hypoglycaemia so they never pushed me to get it lower (I am classified as a brittle diabetic as my levels vary widely even on similar diets) - I suspect the higher hba1c was as a result of overtreating all the lows.

If I were you lil miss I would try to get it a bit lower if you can as you say you never go low so can up your insulin without too many bad effects. If your baby is healthy now then the only things the higher hba1c can cause now are a bigger baby (with possibly lower sugars at birth) and possibly an earlier malfunction of the placenta which they should be watching for anyway. After first trimester the baby's organs are all formed. Sounds like you have brought it down well already - try for a little bit more but it does get harder later in pregnancy.

 

[hawalkden]

Oh man...
Last night had a horrid nightmare that LO was born but was seriously ill. Blood sugars were very low and once better and we'd got LO home it had all the symptoms of a Type One Diabetic..
Took them to A&E and they diagnosed diabetes there and then..

OH had to wake me up because I was crying and screaming in my sleep; for the rest of the night I was awake just holding my bump..

I know I'm not the best diabetic and my last hba1c was 8.2% bloody good for me; but never going to be perfect. No Type One is every in my eyes going to be 'perfect'...

How can I get the negative thoughts out my head? I know the percent of LO getting Diabetes is low but I'm really scared now :\

 

[pink23]

heather I'm sure baby is doing just fine, i know its hard to not worry but you need to try not to. the more you worry the more you get stressed which isn't going to do you any good.
Like you said no diabetic will ever be the perfect they want us to be. xx
Lil miss - I never thought i would get my levels under control but once i knew i was looking after someone else to this made me even more motivated to get it right. xx

 

[Lil miss]

thanks for your advice girls, i am really trying, my bloods been abit anoying today, i woke up with it in the 8's, then before lunch it was 3.2 then before tea it was 16.2, i think im just having a bad day! my bg was perfect yesterday so dont know whats been going on today, its days like this where i worry, im going to see what it is like tomorow and if its the same, im going to have to make some changes!

 

[shellshocked]

Lil Miss- don't panic I've had some rubbish BG levels and my hba1c is steadily coming down. Last night I had two hypos ended up drinking loads of lucozade and woke up with 14.2.grrrrrr

To be honest I was relieved to have a break where I won't have a morning hypo! I'm finding it a bit stressful and am constantly having to eat. I mean who wants a 20g CHO snack before bed- it gives me terrible wind!!

Hugs and good bloodglucose wishes to you all.

 

[Jaybear5]

Lincoln girl how did the scan etc go today? x

 

[hawalkden]

well had my ECHO scan today and . Besides the heart etc being okay and peanut is fine; and it cooporating with the scan a little. The lady who did the scan let us see them in 3D & gave us free pics too Woooooop. Had a positive day I think just a long one and great waiting around to have the cheeky 3D & pics

 

[hawalkden]

Oh hba1c was 8.4% up 0.2% ! haha

 

[Lil miss]

so glad scan went great! how was the scan in general? was it scary? how long did it take etc...