anyone else had anything similar? I've been diagnosed suddenly with severe diabetes, and not gestational but lifelong diabetes that they think must have come on suddenly in this past year (have had tests before that as it runs in my family), they think I am type 1 (auto-immune disease based) (and I am hypothyroid as well so already being closely monitored in pregnancy!) now will have to go to hospital every week for tests and scans apparently - am very worried that the baby will have problem/birth defects and all the rest of it that is possible from a diabetic 'host', feel guilty (i had no signs/symptoms, so as DH says, how could I know? still...) and we're scared. I have to inject every day as well now which is a shock. thought I had been eating really well, turns out the fresh orange juice I'd been glugging was one of the worst things I could do! My hubby has been brilliant, I just thought I'd come on here and see if anyone else had anything reassuring to add/their own or friend/family experience of this sort of thing? Just as I was really enjoying being preggers, telling people and willing a bump to grow, now am scared there will be something wrong with the little 'un - we will also probably have to be induced/c-section early as well as they worry about the size and stillbirths with diabetics. Eekk! Hope its not all doom and gloom and turns out fine... thanks for any support y'all, hope everyone is doing well out there
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Any advice? been diagnosed with diabetes,17 weeks, worried...
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brightonbleach · 21/05/2009 19:45
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