Any pregnant Type 1 diabetics?

[dieciocho]

Hi,
I'm looking for other pregnant Type 1 diabetics in London, just to have someone to keep in contact with and share advice/horror stories/support each other etc.
I don't actually know anyone at all with Type 1, despite having had it myself since 1989

Bona could we not argue CGM would alert people if going too low?

I love this thread - continuous pregnant diabetic goss!

Do any of you sometimes get massively angry when having a hypo. I called my DH all the names under the sun last night (although I think he did deserve it a bit). Basically I had a bad hypo (2.2) and felt scared and really faint. Asked DH to bring my Lucozade and he actually had a mini huff and puff about it as was having his dinner (that by the way he then took through to the next room so I wouldn't eat any in a post hypo munch fest. )I was livid!!

How do you all deal with low hypos as I have a real problem with over correcting as in when I'm low 2s I get insanely hungry, eat about five chocolate biscuits in quick succession along with milk. Was so upset last night as then weng high for hours. I find it so hard to stick to the 15 15 rule when I'm feeling that low.

Oh I get really hungry too! I try to eat grapes, I love grapes.

I know someone who gets violent and hits his wife when he has a hypo

I very rarely get angry as such, but get extremely vague and sometimes am sitting there thinking "I'm really hypo" then sort of vague out and a few minutes later think the same thing and eventually realise I have to sort it out.

I often over treat when I am low-low (under 3). I am just so desperate to feel better by that stage that there is really no stopping me sometimes!

I've just tested and realised I am 11.2 . Am disgusted with myself because had a good lunch and didn't go high, had some fruit on my desk and decided to eat it hoping I'd be ok without injecting and of course I wasn't. Now trying to fix it after the event and feeling guilty. Urgh. Why didn't I just take the shot when I thought about it, before opening my gob and shoving in that plum and pear?!

Bona I have done the same thing so many times. It's like sometimes you think food doesn't count I had a piece of pizza from my husband's plate last night and didn't inject!!!!!! I was hypo though so there's a slight excuse.

Ah 11.2 is okay but very annoying. I went to bed with mine rocketing after my over correcting episode and woke up at 14 at about 12 midnight. I could have actually cried. I then proceeded to give myself 3.5 correction units and came crashing down about an hour after. Cue another slight overcorrection. I hate when I get in that cycle. Needless to say that's when I started Googling birth defects. Oh the joys.

Well my level was 12 after forgetting my insulin so not too bad. Having a low carb dinner to help get back on track

My nurse said she's pleased with my levels and wouldn't change what I'm doing

My boy is having a zero carb dinner to get him sorted. Bless him, came home from school in high 20s, he'd carbed for lunch so something's going on, set is ok, numbers coming down nicely, fingers crossed its just a blip. He must feel really pants though.

Eugh poor him Brambles I'd be glugging litre of water!

Yep, we're encouraging him to drink. He's not been this way for ages - hoping he's not brewing an illness just ready for the hols.

Fingers crossed it comes down quickly and doesn't make him feel too poorly

Blimming heck. I've not been in the 20s for a while. Hope he's okay soon :-) I think my level was 27 when diagnosed. Felt bloody dreadful. And they sent me home with Metformin and told me not to eat too many grapes...THE IDIOTS!!!

Neither's he, poor sausage. Carb free tea coming up. Hopefully it's early enough to get him steady mid evening, so he can have some supper before bed. Probably because I dropped basals slightly as he has been having hypos at end of school. Sigh!

Always chasing your tail with diabetes

So true. 4.6 this morning. Roll on getting a fresh sensor in.

Hope you ladies are all blooming today :)

I am blooming something, but not sure that's a good thing

So, a few weird things happening to me:

1. I have this weird high in the middle of the night (probably around 9mmol-ish). Go to bed at one level, rise in the early hours then drop off again and stay steady til I wake. Would never have known without the CGM. I don't think there's anything I can do to stop that because if I up my Levemir I think I'd end up low by the time I wake up and ditto if I increased my dinner time Novo - think I'd be low before going to bed. Wonder what is happening at 2am in the morning? Think that is too early for dawn phenomenon!

2. Mornings are getting ridiculous. Woke up at a respectable 5.2. Don't eat anything, get to work at 6.4, don't eat anything, inject TWELVE UNITS so that I can have breakfast in about an hour's time without going crazy high. Sitting here now at 5.7 and that is after having 12 units of Novo. Crazy or what? Breakfast - low carb, no carb, anything - is just completely off the cards for me atm.

Chasing my tail doesn't cover the half of it!

puds - I was also put on metformin, those few weeks were awful and by the time I eventually got put on insulin I had read up so much that I KNEW I was type 1, not type 2 and that metformin would not be helping me! You would think that a GP would know that looking at skeletal 28 year old who'd reported losing 2 stone in 4 weeks was not a type 2!

Bet they told you not to eat grapes but to eat plenty of complex carbs!!

Ha ha Bona! Yes they did! One night I ate four bowls of porridge as was still clearly in starvation mode but thought it was okay as complex carbs were 'good'. I ended up in the mid 20s of course. Makes me shudder at what could have happened really. So irresponsible.

Ooh I don't know what's happening with you in the night but I do get random rises sometimes after I've hit target. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. It's very frustrating but I've put it down to what I've eaten. It tends to happen less if I've had an extra healthy meal. Is it happening every night?

Bona honestly breakfast is a killer for me but I simply must eat it as otherwise I don't feel right. I can't give it up regardless of whether my levels end up high or not. My requirements are changing daily at the moment - sometimes I need shed loads, sometimes I don't. It's strange and of course risky! This could be absolutely stating the complete obvious but have you tried having the same thing every single morning? When I get frustrated with it all doing this helps me to see exactly what I need for that particular breakfast (say two slices of toast). Every time I miss target I out my ratio up by 0.2 (0.5 if it's more out). I know granny and suck eggs and all that :-)

puds - yes, not sure what it is with porridge but I tell you if one medical professional has told me to eat plenty, I swear that a million have! Must have killed more than one diabetic over the years, I'm sure.

Feel like I have tried everything on the breakfast front. I've just given up and will just stick to starting snacking around 11am, and then just keeping eating into the afternoon

Wow Bona, I don't know how your tummy gets you to work without any breakfast inside it! Aside from the sugar levels, I'd be vomiting with hunger pangs!

I, apparently, drive my DP mad when I'm hypo because I still have things I do/don't fancy - I might refuse something that I'd normally accept to correct a hypo because I just don't fancy it that time!
"No, chocolate!!" - must be like dealing with a toddler...oh, so I'm helping him to prepare. Well done me : )

BTW, who's due first? (EDD, not special-diabetic-due-date)
Spotty you must be soon, no?

I'm 31-01-13

Sugar levels unaffected by not having brekkie - my daytime levemir seems to be behaving itself at the moment, so without pesky food I stay steady pretty much all day.... I'm not a huge breakfast person (other than weekend fry ups / brunch) so don't miss it too much. Would NOT be able to miss dinner (or lunch)

Definitely not me. EDD 03 - 04 - 14

27-12-12 EDD I'm thinking of slipping consultant a fiver to arrange induction on 12-12-12

spotty that would be very cool. think you must be our first one! eeeek!

my friend had a planned c-section 2 years ago on 8-9-10

Ouch, Bona that's a looong pregnancy ; )

I've had a nervous afternoon - felt no kicks between lunch and 16:30

I lay down and massaged my bump and now I've had about 6 kicks in close succession. That takes my grand total for today above 10, so should I relax now?
Or should I keep counting and call the hospital if the kicks don't continue over the next couple of hours?

Second-timers? Third-timers? What would you be doing?

Hmm I'm not a big worrier to be honest so would be happy with that. Have you started to notice a pattern of kicks yet? Usually not obvious until 28 weeks. Other things you can try are really cold drinks (they recommend sugary ones but no good for us!) or say a cold diet coke. Also you could lay down with your hand resting on your tummy as baby will normally give that a good boot! Remember they sleep lots