Type 1 diabetes

[pink23]

Both my pregnancies were early , 36 +5 with son and 36+6 daughter. Not too early but spent nearly 2 weeks on scbu. I'm trying my hardest to get my sugars right. I had a lot of fluid with last pregnancy and daughter was a bigger baby.
It's so hard to get the perfect balance. There's so much I want to do differently this time and get right xd

 

[Nikkilewis14]

My first pregnancy was a breeze...this one not so much... A1c still at 6.2 as of saturday, so i guess thats ok...

 

[pinkbump2011]

My lil one come at 36 weeks an was 7lb I also had a lot of fluid with her. It's hard to balance everything an get it perfect an obviously we can only do our best!!

I think that the doctors expect to much from us at times x

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Agreed ^

 

[Elizabean]

hi to the recent joiners Nikkilewis and Pink23.

Nikki I remember you from the March thread that I was lurking on before my MC earlier this year. Glad to see you are doing well. You should be very happy with your latest results!

I went to my endocrinologist this morning, all is good. He is really happy with my progress. My obgyn wants me to see my endo every 6 weeks. Endo says 6 months, so we compromised on 3 months! Seriously with all of my appointments I'm not going to have time to go to work as my due date gets closer!

Pinkbump I hope you and your daughter are feeling better

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Hello! Sorry about your mc glad you are already 14 weeks though!

Oh and dont get me started on appointments... I have a regular ob/gyn i met with once a month until this friday when i start to see him 2xs a week! Yes, a week! At 28 weeks we start non stress tests 2xs a week, blah! On top of that i see a ob specialist every month because of my diabetes for monthly growth ultrasounds....and then......my endo makes his diabetic patients be seen once a month and get a1c's once a month, or he drops u as a patient... Soooo i have sometimes 2-3 appointmens a week sometimes, insane!! And i have to drag my daughter with me and shes still in a stroller so its pretty stressful.

 

[teenpregnant]

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't been around in a while but nice to see the thread is still going! My morning sickness is getting worse as I go on (same as my son!) so not feeling great and lost 7lbs since 10 weeks! On the plus side though I passed my driving test finally last Monday OT I know I'm just still excited!

Diabetes has been ok for the last few weeks though apart from one terrible low last week so I'm happy for now! Hope you all are ok! X

 

[pinkbump2011]

Thank you Elizabean we are getting there my dd is on antibiotics so she is a lot better.

Congratulations teenpregnant!! Once you have a car you won't know how you managed on public transport!

I'm starting to need more insulin now so it's slowly rising. The joys of diabetes an pregnancy.

Have any of you ladies started to pick out any names for your bumps yet? X

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Bump #2 is named morgan . Shes a spit fire in the belly, totally opposite from her sister.

 

[MissEJ]

Hoping someone might have answers...
I've not been pregnant before, but currently and happily 8 weeks
And 1 day now, but I have quite a few lows....
I had a REALLY bad hypo on Wednesday, I ate something, my OH went to work and I literally have no idea what happened and 'came round' 4 hours later lying on the couch!!!
I'm now terrified of being left alone! I have always had great hypo awareness/symptoms for the 20 years I've lived with type 1, what is happening? Is this normal (for diabetics when pregnant)? Have I damaged the baby?

 

[Nikkilewis14]

I have only had severe lows in my life during both firsttrimesters in both pregnancies...one landed me in the e.r. No fun! However, they do get better, and then you start to deal w the increasing insulin ...ugh...

 

[Nikkilewis14]

And no the baby is perfectly fine..they take what they need from u first.

 

[pinkbump2011]

I have only ever been like that twice an that was when I was a teenager. I'm a serial tester whilst pregnant lol!!

They do say in pregnancy your awareness may change. The lowest I have found myself is 1.6 but I know I hypo whilst sleeping unless I wake up which I didn't in first pregnancy but have been in this one.

Maybe take a few extra test when your on your own so you can see if it's dropping quickly x

 

[pinkbump2011]

Bump #2 is named morgan . Shes a spit fire in the belly, totally opposite from her sister.

Aww cute!! We are struggling can't find names we love a few we like but nothing that we want to call baby. This lil one has started to get active the past few day which has been noticeable before hand it was just a few pops here an there but last night I went to bed and had my hand on my tummy nr where my c section scar is (this baby is really low, so is my bump) and I felt it from outside so that was fab

There isn't going to be a big gap between your
2 is there that's nice if not abit hard for you!! Xx

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Yea its a bit hard right now bc my belly is bigger and im having a hard time catching my breath lol...

My ob appointment yesterday he told me im measuring big :/... I go monday for my scan though so we will see... It is tough too trying to take better care of my sugars this time...

Ohhhh the big movements willstart soon ...

 

[pink23]

Hypos- I just check regularly to see what level I'm at , normally about 8 times a day. I'm getting near enough one low a day but I know when it's happening. Apart from a big meal I'm managing my sugars ok in the day l
It's the the need more insulin that will be a pain. I think my last pregnancy I was on about 100 UNITs a day with my pump.

 

[MissEJ]

I check 10-15 times per day and through the night, plus I have a CGM, unless I start testing every half hour I don't think there is much more I can do. Before I was pregnant I tested 8-10 times a day anyway to keep good control.
I felt the hypo coming on but the food didn't touch it at all, I still went under.
Hopefully it's the last one, might go to my mums if my hubby's working late though.

 

[pink23]

Hope you feel better xx it's not nice xx

 

[pinkbump2011]

Yea its a bit hard right now bc my belly is bigger and im having a hard time catching my breath lol...

My ob appointment yesterday he told me im measuring big :/... I go monday for my scan though so we will see... It is tough too trying to take better care of my sugars this time...

Ohhhh the big movements willstart soon ...

I know what you mean after my first I think my a1c went up to about
9 in the first few months.
Eating 3 meals a day and injecting as normal was hard obviously once baby started sleeping through it got abit better but you put them
Before yourself. I think your doing really well at 6.2!! Don't be hard on yourself x

 

[pinkbump2011]

I check 10-15 times per day and through the night, plus I have a CGM, unless I start testing every half hour I don't think there is much more I can do. Before I was pregnant I tested 8-10 times a day anyway to keep good control.
I felt the hypo coming on but the food didn't touch it at all, I still went under.
Hopefully it's the last one, might go to my mums if my hubby's working late though.

Oh not good I think I used to go through about 10
Bottles of lucozade a week in first few weeks! Possibly have abit more to treat your hypo until you feel ok again x