Anyone diabetic before pregnacy

[hawalkden]

Well only just got round to seeing the diabetic team again just before getting pregnant and hba1c was 5.7 and i was still on the pump now it's about 9-10 last time it was done due to stupid canula not working so back to the injections.

 

[iskka]

My blood sugars are a little all over the place at the moment, generally on the high side, but a few weird low readings too and I had a massive hypo last night where I actually passed out and hit my head off a table, which was slightly freaky since that hasn't happened since 1st tri. I'm 30 weeks on Monday, getting nearer eek!

 

[Dee_H]

I'm not pregnant yet either but we are ttc. I am having a hell of a time with my pump. I have only had it a year but am struggling with tweaking my numbers. The team where I live is useless..they don't deal with a lot of pump users. I went last Wednesday to the team at the IWK hospital where I had Rian. They were awesome and spent a lot of time with me explaining things to me that the team here did not do. They changed my basal rates, times and lowered my target. I sure hope this works!!! Giving the pump 3 more months and if I don't have consistent numbers within my target....See ya later pump and welcome back injections!!

 

[hawalkden]

Sorry it seems to be a mini drama but I'm type one and 16 weeks pregnant. This morning i woke up feeling blah webt to be sick and it's carried on from there.!
Been in & out of bed. Forcing to be sick testing sugars. Atm its at 11.3 it's highest all day. Not had anything at all to eat just water an a small licozade which i brought back up.

Any tips on what to do i'm worrying about ketones going high! Like usual. Last time i had a stomach bug like this ended up with DKA & pnumonia ob both lungs. So even a small bug worries me so much and it's driving me crazy. Oh has helped a lot thank god its jubeliee weekend or he'd be back at work and Id have to loom after our 7 months old son whos teething really bad.

Sorry sounded like I'm a drama queen but worrying avout high ketones etc.

Also soory rubbish text. On my iphone .

T.I.A. Xx

 

[snj]

Hey...
I am at a very early stage of pregnancy, my hbA1C came out to be 8.6, pretty high. I was on medication till i realised i was preggy now the doc has switched me to insulin. M hoping that wl work out well for me. I had a miscarriage last year due to high blood sugar. So, m hoping really hard dat my pregnancy wl b good this time. This wl b my frst baby. Oh i'm type 2 diabetes for past 10 yrs, like from my teens. M also kind of on obese side . anybody else who is goin thru or has been thru same kind of pregnancies, please share some tips, experiences etc. m lil freaked out. The kind of risks out der fr our babies :-/ . may god help us.

 

[Rosie2806]

Hi I was wondering if anyone still reads this thread? I notice the last post was in June I think. I have spent 2 days reading all this thread lol inbetween doing things, I found it very useful and at times scary - sat crying my eyes out at one point when I read about all the unexpected hypos possibly coming my way!

Just to introduce myself, I am 37 Type 1 diabetic and only just found out I am pregnant, tested early as I had raised sugars and now I have officially missed my period - Yay!! I wouldn't be talking about things so early (and kind of risk tempting fate) if this site hadn't of been such a great help to me, like I said scary at first, but a real insight into what I may have coming up so I just wanted to see who was still out there, either in the same situation as me - very early and not knowing what to expect, or anyone who is just diabetic and pregnant or pregnant and trying or anyone really,

 

[Rosie2806]

Oh I am sorry snj I forgot that yours was the last post from July 3rd

 

[Ezza BUB1]

I'm still here, but we don't post much to be honest, ,I joined this back wen I was bout 12-13weeks was experiencing loads of high readings but also loads of Hypos .....I'm now 29 weeks and blooming ..... Experienced a couple of Hypos recently so they r keeping an eye on me....as at this point in pregnancy my levels of insulin should be quite high...they have double over the last few weeks but just get a hypo every now and then ..... I'm also experiencing very hi blood pressure ...but all in all I'm loving being pregnant and really enjoying my journey

Hope ur well and drama free throughout babe xoxo

 

[snj]

Btw i have created a grp on fb called "diabetic pregnancies and diabetic moms" please join me there!

 

[Ezza BUB1]

hey hun can you post a link coz when i search for 'diabetic pregnancies and diabetic moms' nothing comes up

cheers xo

 

[pink23]

Link would be fab xx

 

[snj]

hey hun can you post a link coz when i search for 'diabetic pregnancies and diabetic moms' nothing comes up

cheers xo

Here ths link... https://www.facebook.com/groups/Dpreg.mom/

 

[HellBunny]

Hi ladies, can i join you? i'm not pregnant (had two babies) but tuesday i was diagnosed type 1 bit overwhelmed but i had 2 pregnancies with what they thought was GD, i was only on novorapid with them but i'm also on lantus now. I know i technically don't belong here since i'm not pregnant but i've had 2 pregnancies with diabetes (of some form lol) but they did the antibody tests and whatnot i was rushed to hospital tuesday evening with DKA and my sugars were 26.4mmol

 

[HellBunny]

Can i just ask did anyone suffer any side effects with lantus? I'm so ill and i'm convinced this is whats causing it.

 

[Ezza BUB1]

Hi Hun first welcome, and I'm sure u belong ....doesn't matter that ur not duffel but u do have diabetes....for that I'm so sorry but it won't rule ur life unless u let it..... It's daunting at first and u will probs want to rebel but don't as u need the insulin to stay alive and normal and lead a perfectly normal life. I too am on langurs and it was the best thing I have done ...I use to be on another insulin and I was diagnosed as a brital diabetic but langurs has done wonders..... I would talk to ur drs nd check it out you may have some issues with it but best to speak to the pros just to be safe

All the best ith coming to terms with it and I'm sure u will be fine coxoxoxox

 

[Dee_H]

Good to see the thread active again! I just finished AF yesterday so hoping this is our month! I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 6 months pregnant with my daughter. First the docs were saying GD but looking at my A1C, family history and my BG was 26.1 when I was admitted to hospital. They changed diagnosis to Type 1. I was put on injections 4x a day after 2 days of trying diet control. Near the end of my pregnancy I was on 5 needles a day and gained 70 lbs!!!I weighed more than my husbad! My labor was very difficult and after 4 days of labor and 4 hours of pushing my baby turned and got stuck halfway down. I ended up having an emergency c-section. Luckily my baby was in pretty good health. She weighed 7lbs, 11 oz..was a bit jaundice and had low BG for 2 hrs after she was born. I had a "grace period" of 3 months after Rian was born. I thought great the docs were wrong but my sugars kept climbing and I had to go back on injections. I have been on the pump for a little over a year and FINALLy am having success. I have to go back to the IWK in a month for follow up. Hoping to have some good news soon!

 

[pink23]

Goodluck dee hope this is your month xx

 

[080509]

This thread is old now, but since i have type 1 and i'm pregnant i'm looking for experiences and i found this thread in a search!

I have my scan tomorrow, no idea how far along i am so will e good to know. Bloods are running okay, my mornings are below 6mmol and 1 hour after meals i'm below 7.8 most of the time. Had a 10.7 before bed last night though.

 

[whit.]

Hi ladies. :wave:

I just found out today when I met with a high risk doctor that I am actually being diagnosed as a Type 2 Diabetic instead of GD.

Just curious, she's sending me for an echo-cardiogram on Friday to check babies heart (even though it looked good on my growth scan today), she said it is just precautionary. Did anyone else have this done? Makes me a bit nervous.

I'm taking glyburide this week to see if it helps but she thinks I'm going to have to be put on insulin on Friday. I had GD with my first pregnancy but with the meds I was on I kept it pretty well under control. I'm testing my urine for 24 hours just to see how my kidney function is since I'm a candidate for preeclampsia. Baby is big. They're pretty concerned with how big she is and they made all of my appointments this week so I can get a treatment started ASAP. I'm 26 weeks and she is almost 3lbs, in the 96th percentile.

Just not sure what to expect, really.

 

[kcmichelle]

Hi everyone! I'm in my third pregnancy and have had type 1 diabetes since I was a young girl. So if anyone has questions...I've been through lots especially the last pregnancy and this one since I'm over 40 and have kidney disease due to the diabetes. But luckily my first two pregnancies went really well and so far so good with this one. Tons of appointments and tests though. Have to keep my blood sugars near perfect. But because I have been able to neither of my sons were big babies.