Anyone diabetic before pregnacy

[kcmichelle]

With a week like that no wonder your sugars are up! I'm so sorry for everything going on. I hope everything with the scan ended up being ok. And off sugars for a bit is so common. It's more uncommon to have perfect sugars all the time. But it sounds like your a compulsive tester like I am when my sugars are off. I know it's really hard but maybe try and just rest and not worry so much about your sugars for a few days.

 

[080509]

Pickle i really hope you have a better week next week, i'm so sorry you are having such a hard time, you are strong for going through all of this. I'm sure your sugars will settle soon enough, well done for having a good few weeks of them!


Had my appt at the hospital today with the diabetic people, they were nice and supportive, have given me a prescription for aspirin, in case i get high blood pressure towards the end? Has anyone any experience of this? My BP has been perfect throughout so far, and i have never had any issue with BP in my other pregnancies.

 

[pickle76]

Thanks ladies. My sugars have settled a bit now after some more tweaking and I'm feeling a bit calmer generally.

I'm taking aspirin daily too. It was recommended in diabetic pregnancy to try and help avoid pre-eclampsia and I decided to take it this time round. I've never had high BP either but if it can help prevent stuff then I thought it was worth it. Glad your appointment went well. It makes such a difference when the team are supportive xx

 

[080509]

Thanks! just wondered as i hadn't heard of it before, i stupidly didn't pick my prescription up at the hospital so will have to tell DSN tomorrow,either get another one or just buy them from the chemist or something. x

 

[pickle76]

I work in a pharmacy - they only cost £1-something for 100 so I buy mine as it's easier. How are you doing this week? x

 

[080509]

I will pick some up within a couple of days thanks, i'm doing better since tuesday, since my cold has gone i've been keeping all my numbers under 7.5 which i'm so pleased at (apart from 8.7 this afternoon) i've had a few hypos though but managed to get myself out of them without going high, so it must of been the cold which was making things haywire. Also had to move my levemir to 6pm as i've noticed i'm high from 7pm-9pm (i was taking it at 8pm) and i think it was wearing off and with me having dinner around 4pm my novorapid was wearing off before the levemir was kicking in, sorry thats abit long/confusing lol.

I hope things are going well for you as can be right now, x

 

[kcmichelle]

Uggghhh my night time sugars are going up again. Guess it's time to increase my long acting insulin once again. I feel like a see saw.lol

 

[pickle76]

I will pick some up within a couple of days thanks, i'm doing better since tuesday, since my cold has gone i've been keeping all my numbers under 7.5 which i'm so pleased at (apart from 8.7 this afternoon) i've had a few hypos though but managed to get myself out of them without going high, so it must of been the cold which was making things haywire. Also had to move my levemir to 6pm as i've noticed i'm high from 7pm-9pm (i was taking it at 8pm) and i think it was wearing off and with me having dinner around 4pm my novorapid was wearing off before the levemir was kicking in, sorry thats abit long/confusing lol.

I hope things are going well for you as can be right now, x

Ah I'm glad you're feeling better and your numbers have been good. Hope the change in time of your Levemir works too.

 

[pickle76]

Uggghhh my night time sugars are going up again. Guess it's time to increase my long acting insulin once again. I feel like a see saw.lol

Oh I hate night time issues! I've just found the same thing - my overnight sugars had been nearly perfect and the last 2 nights they've risen and I've been correcting during the night to get them down. Really annoying. Hope you can sort it out! And me too!

 

[080509]

I hope the increase helps, its a pain when you have things figured out and bam more hormones or something which makes things go up! x

 

[pickle76]

Urgh I know. I corrected an 8.7 before I went to bed last night and a couple of hours later I was at 10.2. Corrected again and another 2 hours later 10.8! Corrected AGAIN and put my basal up by 20% (I'm on a pump) and finally by breakfast I was at 6.6. Had a good morning and lunchtime then stuck at 10 again all afternoon despite correcting. So cross as I'd been so under control for so long and thought the insulin resisitance would start to level out and may be needing less by now. So have left my basal at 20% extra and will see what happens tonight.

Have you found that your time change for your Levemir has worked or too soon to tell? I hope it doesn't throw any morning readings for you. I used to find that if I altered when I took it, it would sort one issue out but throw things at another time instead. That's what's so good about the pump - you can have it give you different amounts each hour and I have better control at night than I've ever had before (except for my current struggle lol).

I know you've probably already said, but how long have you had diabetes and how far along are you now? Sorry, couldn't remember xx

 

[080509]

I had a hypo last night as i blinking corrected before bed!! Was at 10.8 so had 2 units (as 1 unit has zero effect on me) then i went hypo at 1am but luckily i was still awake, i then put myself up to 10 again so that really made it all pointless, got to sleep at 3am and woke at 7am with a 5.7, (i didn't correct at 3am when i was still high) but maybe the basal brought me back down.

Its really confusing my story lol, i developed it in my first pregnancy (2010) supposedly it went away or masked itself as a had a GTT at 6 weeks after with a normal result. Then in my second pregnancy it started very early around 6 weeks, and because i didn't fit the stereotype for GD/type 2, they did antibody tests to check it wasn't type 1, but indeed it was type 1, i started insulin right away as i had ++++ketones also, then when LO was born i had a honeymoon period where i temporarily didn't need insulin, and when he was 7 weeks old i got chickenpox and i was taken to hospital as i was in DKA my bloods were 26mmol.

Its abit uncommon how it happened with me, it was slow onset as usually type 1 is rapid onset, i'm not sure how i ended up with it as there is no family history or anything, just unlucky i think with it. Do you have any family history of type 1? x

 

[pickle76]

Oh poor you! That was a tricky night! Glad you woke up with good sugars though. Yeah that's an unusual start to diabetes. Sorry it turned out to be type 1. I know it's not the end of the world but you still wouldn't wish it on anyone would you? I don't have any family history of it either. I did have flu a few months before diagnosis and there's some theory about a virus triggering it. I also lost my Dad suddenly the year before and another theory is that a huge shock can also start it. I'll have had it 20 years this May. Urgh. Sounds like you're coping amazingly well. My HbA1c is 6.3% which is the best I've ever had so just hope I can maintain or improve on that these last few weeks.

How many weeks are you now?

 

[080509]

Thats a really good a1c! Some people struggle with theirs being in the teens, my a1c on diagnosis was 12.2%! so well done for keeping it to that, it does take alot of effect and can be tricky. I had my a1c in october which was 5.9% but my numbers were really controlled then, i hadn't had a reading in double figures since i was diagnosed but from becoming pregnant (december) my readings have been iffy so i don't think my next one will be as good, i can only try and improve the next one.
Diabetes is horrible, i honestly look back now and think how easy life was before, just eating/drinking anything and going out places was so easy! I just hope i don't pass it on to my children, thats my worst nightmare, though i guess i will have the understanding of it where as some little ones are diagnosed with it and their parents have to learn what its all about, that must be hard. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad, that must of been so difficult.
I was very ill in March 2009 (so around 12 months before i was diagnosed with diabetes) with Glandular Fever, it really did me in completely, i had a raging temperature and throat was terrible for 2 weeks, as i wasn't getting better my partner phoned a doctor who then gave me antibiotics for it, he said they don't normally prescribe anything for glandular fever but with me being so bad with it i needed something. Interestingly enough i had chickenpox in 2012 (in the midst of the confusion over which type of diabetes i had) and my immune system was practically zero and i needed an injection of something to boost my cells, so i think in my case it was something bizarre going on with my immune system which may of caused the diabetes. I do often wonder why i got this, i probably spend far too much time questioning it i must just accept it, in a way i am glad its me out of my family as my sister is a heavy drinker/loves alcohol far too much, so if she got it she would probably rebel alot against it, my brother is having family difficulties so he wouldn't be able to deal with it, and my parents are very busy people who don't care about their health so in terms of who will be better off managing it, its probably just as well it was me lol, as bad as that sounds as i would do anything for it to just go away. I heard about there being a cure for type 1 in dogs so maybe there is hope one day.
I forgot to say i'm 11 weeks along, so still fairly on and haven't yet hit the insulin resistance stage, looking forward to that lol.

Sorry i have rambled on so much! x

 

[080509]

Has anyone been told carb counting in pregnancy is pointless? They told me to have 4units with each meal, to me that seems bizarre, a salad with zero carbs wouldn't need the same as a sandwich etc. Its only since i've started ratio'ing my numbers have been alot better, with less severe hypos also! I'm going on a DAFNE type course this week for 3 days so i can't help but wonder why they told me not to carb count? Lol, seems abit odd i've been asked to do the course

 

[kcmichelle]

Maybe units/doses are different from mine in Canada but I'm on approx 16-24 units per meal. Pre pregnancy 8-16. Before bed I'm up to 40 now. 30 pre pregnancy. I also find carb counting pretty useless but I basically stick to foods I feel comfortable with. It's whenever I eat something different I give too much or not enough. Today was a weird day for me. 10 minutes before getting to the shopping mall I'm 6.2. Get to the mall and tell hubby I'm seeing spots(my sign I'm going very low) I check and I'm 2.4. Such a huge slip in 10 minutes! Every test today has been 4.2 or lower. I'm wondering if the baby can sometimes drain you of sugar. It just seems so bizarre to go so low when I've hardly had any insulin today. Which is rare in itself.

 

[pickle76]

Thats a really good a1c! Some people struggle with theirs being in the teens, my a1c on diagnosis was 12.2%! so well done for keeping it to that, it does take alot of effect and can be tricky. I had my a1c in october which was 5.9% but my numbers were really controlled then, i hadn't had a reading in double figures since i was diagnosed but from becoming pregnant (december) my readings have been iffy so i don't think my next one will be as good, i can only try and improve the next one.
Diabetes is horrible, i honestly look back now and think how easy life was before, just eating/drinking anything and going out places was so easy! I just hope i don't pass it on to my children, thats my worst nightmare, though i guess i will have the understanding of it where as some little ones are diagnosed with it and their parents have to learn what its all about, that must be hard. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad, that must of been so difficult.
I was very ill in March 2009 (so around 12 months before i was diagnosed with diabetes) with Glandular Fever, it really did me in completely, i had a raging temperature and throat was terrible for 2 weeks, as i wasn't getting better my partner phoned a doctor who then gave me antibiotics for it, he said they don't normally prescribe anything for glandular fever but with me being so bad with it i needed something. Interestingly enough i had chickenpox in 2012 (in the midst of the confusion over which type of diabetes i had) and my immune system was practically zero and i needed an injection of something to boost my cells, so i think in my case it was something bizarre going on with my immune system which may of caused the diabetes. I do often wonder why i got this, i probably spend far too much time questioning it i must just accept it, in a way i am glad its me out of my family as my sister is a heavy drinker/loves alcohol far too much, so if she got it she would probably rebel alot against it, my brother is having family difficulties so he wouldn't be able to deal with it, and my parents are very busy people who don't care about their health so in terms of who will be better off managing it, its probably just as well it was me lol, as bad as that sounds as i would do anything for it to just go away. I heard about there being a cure for type 1 in dogs so maybe there is hope one day.
I forgot to say i'm 11 weeks along, so still fairly on and haven't yet hit the insulin resistance stage, looking forward to that lol.

Sorry i have rambled on so much! x

Ah you haven't rambled - was nice to hear about you. Just sorry you've had a tough ride with everything though. Diabetes really is crap!

 

[pickle76]

Has anyone been told carb counting in pregnancy is pointless? They told me to have 4units with each meal, to me that seems bizarre, a salad with zero carbs wouldn't need the same as a sandwich etc. Its only since i've started ratio'ing my numbers have been alot better, with less severe hypos also! I'm going on a DAFNE type course this week for 3 days so i can't help but wonder why they told me not to carb count? Lol, seems abit odd i've been asked to do the course

NOOOO! Really?! That seems crazy to me. If I didn't carb count I'd have ridiculous readings. The only way I think you could get away with it is if you had exactly the same breakfast, lunch and tea every single day. Especially as your pregnancy progresses and insulin resisitance hits. Because I need so much insulin to cover X number of carbs, if my carb counting is a little off then I pay for it! I'm glad you're doing DAFNE. I did it about 7 years ago and it's honestly the best thing I could've done.

 

[pickle76]

Maybe units/doses are different from mine in Canada but I'm on approx 16-24 units per meal. Pre pregnancy 8-16. Before bed I'm up to 40 now. 30 pre pregnancy. I also find carb counting pretty useless but I basically stick to foods I feel comfortable with. It's whenever I eat something different I give too much or not enough. Today was a weird day for me. 10 minutes before getting to the shopping mall I'm 6.2. Get to the mall and tell hubby I'm seeing spots(my sign I'm going very low) I check and I'm 2.4. Such a huge slip in 10 minutes! Every test today has been 4.2 or lower. I'm wondering if the baby can sometimes drain you of sugar. It just seems so bizarre to go so low when I've hardly had any insulin today. Which is rare in itself.

Oh no! Days like that really tire you out. Are you still running low or have things evened out a bit more again? How far along are you?

 

[080509]

Day one went well! i can't understand why they tell me not to carb count in pregnancy either. The man doing the course said don't worry about counting carbs for now, just stick to set units and you can use the knowledge after birth. Of course i didn't agree, i'm currently on 1unit per 10g and that keeps my 1hour reading between 5 and 7 most times, i think i'm still making a little but of my own insulin, i seem to be having a long honeymoon but i won't complain over that! Today i did 2 hourly tests so had to have 1unit per 15g carb to keep me normal. x