Anyone diabetic before pregnacy

My da can relate to my down days but OH gets very very frustrated with it all and some days he stress' at me for having a down day. People tell me that it's manageable and should be lucky I'm here blah! Yes it's not the worse condition to have but living with it is far from easy.
Even more so in the middle of 1st tri to mid 2nd tri for me my bloods just didn't want to behave at all!
I could honestly hit most of my diabetic team they'll never understand without having the condition.
Another pet hate is when people tell me what I can and can't eat and tell me all the stupid myths which they think are true and link me to type 2s and say it's my own fault for eating or doing something!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry:

The thing with what I can eat and what I can't drive me crazy. Once my BIL said that I take insulin because I am LAZY to have a proper diet. Because his uncle is diabetic and control it only with diet. My DH husband tried to explain the difference of type 1 and 2, but no. I then said basically if I starve myself I still need insulin. And if I don't take insulin I dye. I was SO angry I left the table.
 
Hi ladies. Just to update Mylee Rose was born on Thursday 13th October weighing a very healthy 9lbs 10oz...Both mummy and baby are doing great with no sugar problems or scbu time needed :)
Here she is! We arrived home this afternoon.
https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/claire83/DSC_0214.jpg

She is gorgeous.
 
Been away a few days as I had to work out of town - took the children with me and had a sitter. I also dropped my insulin dose further at night as I was alone and couldn't afford a hypo with the baby still needing feeding at night.

Jaybear firstly congrats - she is gorgeous. How are things going now you are not pregnant anymore?

Hawalkden the only time I had DKA was when I was first diagnosed and the doctor spent the entire night by my bed as it was rather bad but I was only 12 at the time so don't remember much but all the blood draws they took. Sorry you had to go through that - diabetes is awful for the fact that it needs constant monitoring - I don't manage to monitor it as much as I should, but pregnancy makes it a totally different story - its like getting a new disease the way it behaves when pregnant.

Most people do know type 2 diabetes better - they think you must have been fat and eaten too much sugar to get it - I just tell them I was a tiny 12 year old and was severely underweight when they finally diagnosed it.

My baby is already 8 months old tomorrow - time has flown. Still no thoughts of another yet and one day if I want one I have to get DH to come round and I can't see that happening - if it does its a miracle. In some ways I have forgotten how hard the pregnancy was.

Pink CONGRATS! So glad you got a BFP - good luck with the pregnancy. Have you got any plans on what to do with your toddler when the hypos kick in?
 
thanks tanikit. At the moment im feeling my hypos so I am practically just keeping lucozade by me. I always reduce my pump on night so I only get minimal insulin to stop night hypos as oh works night. Ive got better controll on pump so hoping for not a lot of bad hypos xx
 
Hi guys,
Just found this thread and happy to see you guys here! I'm type 1 x 19 yrs and this is my first pregnancy. Was careful before getting pregnant to take folic acid etc, and my endo is happy with my A1c numbers (so far in the pregnancy all under 6) but I still worry like crazy. Like people have mentioned here I have had more lows than normal, but I have also read that lows are not dangerous for the baby unless severe and prolonged so that's reassuring. I have had a few highs as well, but not many which I am thankful for.

I am terrified there will be some sort of malformation....I know there's a 3% baseline risk even if you're not diabetic so I would never know if it was spontaneous or caused by my disease/control but I feel like I would feel so guilty.....

Anyways, is there anyone else here who is still early on and will be around here for a while??
 
ive only just found out first so i will be here for a while and everyone pops in anyway xx congats on your pregnancy xx
 
Jaybear - Congratulations :) She's gorgeous :).

Pink23 - :happydance: only just seen your 'pregnancy tracker'. Excited for you now :).

First - Welcome :wave: & Congratulations :). I've only got 6 weeks left :o but I'll be still coming back onto this thread. Always great support for all diabetics. They can be WTT, TTC, Pregnant, not pregnant or have children :). Always a good thread for me to come and 'moan' as most ladies know I come for my regular Thursday moan after the morning at midwife and diabetic team ;).
 
Hi all, haven't been here in ages, how is everyone? Me ok, enjoying being a mummy! Mummy and baby have a cold tho (Im sure he gave it to me!).

Anyway, firstly congrats Jaybear she's so cute! Glad both of u r fine! And Pink.. YAY congrats! Hope it all goes well. Here's the start of fortnightly trips to the hosp! Something I don't miss although I did enjoy listening to the heartbeat!

Anything much I missed?
 
Hawalkden just hang in there! Totally understand the frustration. Not long left!

@First congrats hun! U sound like uve done everything right. Hopefully all will b well. Like u I worried all the time. U'll worry till the end. It's only natural! I worried so much b4 the scans! Prayed all night!

Question to mummys who aren't currently pregnant... r u giving the flu jab this winter?
 
Hi all just found this thread, I have been type II diabetic for 6 years, I find it has been very hard to maintain my sugars while pregnant. Especially this tri, my insulin amounts have been going up and up.
 
I've got type 2 diabetes, I'm one of the rare cases of someone who has had since childhood, because of family history of the disease, it's always nice to be a "rare case" because doctors like to do tests on you!

I've already had one healthy pregnancy, my son was born on 2009, but it wasn't without its ups and downs of course. My second pregnancy is running much the same, although thankfully my blood sugar hasn't been as "spiky" as it was during the first, as I've got a better grasp of it this time.

The biggest issue for me and my husband, is because of the family history on my side, is doing our best to try and prevent any of our children developing the disease.

Despite the best efforts of my parents, who raised me and my siblings on a very healthy diet and ensured we led active lifestyles, I still developed the disease. However, given that I've got seven siblings who didn't develop diabetes, I'd say my parents did a good job. I was just the unlucky one.
 
I don't like the fact that I "look like" someone with Type 2 diabetes which further adds to stereotypes. My family is full of diabetics, mother's and father's side. We also have a lot of overweight people. However, the two do not always go hand in hand. Many of my thinner relatives have diabetes and even my older sister who is heavier than me, does not have it.

I have always been around a lot of Type 1 diabetics as well, going all the way back to school days where we had several children at our school with it.
I have several neighbors in my neighborhood with it as well.

I have also been to plenty of diabetes education classes, etc., and all diabetics are not overweight. It is sad to blame people for diabetes. Many people that eat horribly, tons of sweets, etc., do not ever become diabetic.:growlmad:
 
Hawalkden just hang in there! Totally understand the frustration. Not long left!

@First congrats hun! U sound like uve done everything right. Hopefully all will b well. Like u I worried all the time. U'll worry till the end. It's only natural! I worried so much b4 the scans! Prayed all night!

Question to mummys who aren't currently pregnant... r u giving the flu jab this winter?

Absolutely....I get the flu shot every year.
 
Hawalkden just hang in there! Totally understand the frustration. Not long left!

@First congrats hun! U sound like uve done everything right. Hopefully all will b well. Like u I worried all the time. U'll worry till the end. It's only natural! I worried so much b4 the scans! Prayed all night!

Question to mummys who aren't currently pregnant... r u giving the flu jab this winter?

Absolutely....I get the flu shot every year.

I already had.
 
I don't like the fact that I "look like" someone with Type 2 diabetes which further adds to stereotypes. My family is full of diabetics, mother's and father's side. We also have a lot of overweight people. However, the two do not always go hand in hand. Many of my thinner relatives have diabetes and even my older sister who is heavier than me, does not have it.

I have always been around a lot of Type 1 diabetics as well, going all the way back to school days where we had several children at our school with it.
I have several neighbors in my neighborhood with it as well.

I have also been to plenty of diabetes education classes, etc., and all diabetics are not overweight. It is sad to blame people for diabetes. Many people that eat horribly, tons of sweets, etc., do not ever become diabetic.:growlmad:

I completely agree with you.

I've had a handful of people assume that I must have been an overweight child, because they can't accept it's possible for type 2 diabetes to be hereditary/genetic. My friend's boyfriend calls type 2 "fat diabetes". :growlmad: It's because he resents the fact that here in the England, people with diabetes get free medication, and don't have to pay for any prescriptions (even for medication that isn't related to their diabetes).
 
I don't like the fact that I "look like" someone with Type 2 diabetes which further adds to stereotypes. My family is full of diabetics, mother's and father's side. We also have a lot of overweight people. However, the two do not always go hand in hand. Many of my thinner relatives have diabetes and even my older sister who is heavier than me, does not have it.

I have always been around a lot of Type 1 diabetics as well, going all the way back to school days where we had several children at our school with it.
I have several neighbors in my neighborhood with it as well.

I have also been to plenty of diabetes education classes, etc., and all diabetics are not overweight. It is sad to blame people for diabetes. Many people that eat horribly, tons of sweets, etc., do not ever become diabetic.:growlmad:

Totally agree as well both sides of my parents family is heavy with diabetics and I am one of six children, I am the only diabetic. My mom is also diabetic. I am actually one of the thinnest in my immediate family I have stayed around the same size for most of my life and I don't eat crazily. One of my RE actually said my PCOS (includes insulin resistance) could have been what tipped the scales for me to become diabetic. People always assume never knowing the individual situations.
 

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