Type 2 diabetic, 13 weeks pregnant and petrified

[livloves87]

Hi,
I hope there are some women out there that can offer me some advice/guidance.
I was diagnosed Type 2 about this time last year and started on metformin, I was really good for a while but in Jan this year I just gave up and stopped taking them. I don't know why, I think I was just in denial of the whole things and thought if I ignored it then maybe it would go! Stupid I know!
In April I came off the pill, my partner and I decided this because we were both convinced I would take months or even years to get pregnant (i'm 32 with pcos). Turned out I fell pregnant in the first month!
I was quickly given an appointment with a specialist diabetic midwife who scared me so much I felt like giving up. I was straight away put on insulin and told I shouldn't have got pregnant and that the baby will likely have birth defects. I have my nuchal scan on Monday and I am terrified that something will be wrong.
I have no one to really talk to about this and it's really getting me down. Any help or advice would be greatly welcome!

Hey

You poor thing, what a way to make you feel bad. Yes it’s not ideal, but it’s not as if you did it on purpose. Really hope your scan went well

Hello OP, I really hope you see this.
I got pregnant when my blood sugars were all over the place and the specialist doctor terrified me so much I also felt like, what's the point? So much so I refused to really bond with my baby until I had him.
My advice is just to try as hard as you can now to keep them in range, I hope your scan went okay, I see from the date of the post it's been a couple of months. I really hope everything is going well in your pregnancy.
It's awful when professionals scare you so much.