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Any pregnant Type 1 diabetics?

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dieciocho · 06/09/2012 07:44

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

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dieciocho · 18/10/2012 18:36

Ok Spotty, thanks.
No, no real pattern yet - I'm 25 weeks tomorrow, just not accustomed to having huge 4-hour gaps between kicks!
But I'll try a cold Diet Coke - it's been ages since I last had some...yum.

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Mylittlepuds · 18/10/2012 19:53

As soon as I felt a kick I'd relax - but I was the same during first pregnancy. I remember once laying down flat in public loos in a panic! I can't wait till this one starts :-)

SpottyTeacakes · 18/10/2012 19:57

You know when you stroke a dog's tummy and their leg goes all funny, almost vibrates? This baby did that last night, and dp felt it too! So funny, and a bit weird!

Any more movement dieciocho? I think they say you don't need to 'count kicks' until 28 weeks..... dp putting his face on my stomach an talking usually works too

BonaDea · 19/10/2012 10:31

Hope everything is ok dieciocho. I'm desperate for kicks to start, but I guess it is just one more thing to worry about when baby is having a nap!!

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dieciocho · 19/10/2012 16:48

I started feeling kicks at 19 weeks and at my last ante-natal appointment (24 wks) the MW suggested that I count them every day.

After the Diet Coke last night, I sat down on the sofa and read - all nice and relaxed - and the kicks started again.
Today's been relatively normal too, thankfully.

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SpottyTeacakes · 19/10/2012 17:48

Ah that's good to hear! I'm a bit Hmm that your mw suggested that as other people on my antenatal thread have been told not to do it at all just learn what's normal for you. Lots of different opinions anyway and I'm sure everyone agrees if you're worried to get checked out Grin

My bump has popped again, going swimming on Sunday for the first time in ages, should I eat something first? What should I eat? Also bearing in mind it's booking when you get out I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be aware of a hypo thinking it could be best to have something quite sugary before hand? Hmmm......

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dieciocho · 19/10/2012 18:34

When I used to swim as a child and teenager, my mum always packed ginger biscuits in my swimming bag to eat before and after as they don't go soggy!

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SpottyTeacakes · 19/10/2012 18:39

Mmmm ginger nuts - yum!

SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 08:30

5.4 AFTER BREAKFAST! Grin

Mylittlepuds · 20/10/2012 09:51

Spotty is that an hour and a half after? It's just I'd start panicking if I was at that as would be worried about going into hypo. Would you generally be okay aft that kind of reading or will you need a snack?

SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 09:55

It was about an hour and a half after. I did have a digestive but it will probably make it go high I wouldn't worry about a hypo after that reading really. Maybe if I was going out but I'm just laying on the sofa Grin

Mylittlepuds · 20/10/2012 11:13

It's a bloody balancing act I tell you! I've spent the morning doing housework and I can always guarantee a good hypo after that which is why I tend to avoid it at all costs.

BonaDea · 20/10/2012 12:58

Morning ladies! Have just been incredibly organised and booked my Christmas food delivery slot, turkey and all the trimmings. Making me drool at the thought. Off to a 1st birthday party this afternoon - god help me. Wonder what sugary delights there will be to eat...?

SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 13:59

Depends if it's their PFB or not! Might be all carrot stick, hummus and rice cakes Wink

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dieciocho · 20/10/2012 15:41

Oh my god, we've just bought a pushchair.
We'd been hunting for a slim-line, light, second-hand one that wasn't stained with baby sick, but Mothercare has a system where you can choose your pushchair, pay a 10% deposit and then just pay the rest off in installments up until your due date. So if we pay £15 a week for the rest of the pregnancy, we'll be done by my EDD. Also, if Mothercare drops the price, you can adjust your payments so that you only end up pay the lower price. - it's your responsibility to watch for any reductions though.
We couldn't have afforded to buy a new one outright, no way! All the second-hand ones we'd seen were too crusty/too wide/too heavy-I'm only 164cms.

Sorry, I know that's not a diabetes-related post, but...

I had a 1.8 this morning over at my friend's house - her 2-year-old son offered me one of his Rich Tea biscuits - how cute, but not quite powerful enough!
He then watched enviously as I shoved sweets into my mouth.

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SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 15:44

Ooo 1.8! Did you feel it?

That's great about the pushchair mine is being delivered Monday I'm super excited Grin we borrowed one for dd so I got new this time

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dieciocho · 20/10/2012 17:52

Yeah, I did Spotty, but didn't thick I was quite that low.
I couldn't concentrate on what we were talking about - it wasn't in my 1st language - I just couldn't think about how to make sensible sentences.

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dieciocho · 20/10/2012 17:52

Sorry, not "thick", but "think"!

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Mylittlepuds · 20/10/2012 18:30

Right well 1.8 beats all mine. A new low record! Can anyone beat it? Mine's 1.9.

SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 18:33

Hmmm I'm trying to think now..... when I was younger I used to fit when my sugar level went low so I'm guessing that was pretty low! Don't think I've consciously been below 1.8 though

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dieciocho · 20/10/2012 21:12

To be honest, I get daytime readings of below 2 once every few weeks or so.
I'm always still upright and able to do a test, then feed myself.

Is this just me? I suppose that I had imagined that all type 1s had similar lows from time to time.

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Bramblesinafield · 20/10/2012 21:20

It's heartening in a odd way to hear you can be an adult and still ok ish at 1. Something. I was told it was instant faint! Ds hit 1.2 this week ... Ouch! He's currently 30. I haven't seen such extremes in ages, sigh.

Mylittlepuds · 20/10/2012 21:42

Diec I get a 2.2 - 2.4 every week or so and I've had 1.9 lots of times, just not lower. I've never collapsed/fainted. In a way though it would probably do me good in an odd way as I'm petrified of it happening - its a real anxiety, particularly as I have a toddler. I suppose it would show me that the 'worst' isn't so bad really.

So...give me the gory details. What is the worst case scenario? Can you come around with no intervention or does someone really need to be about to give you Glucagon. Has anyone had to have a Glucagon injection? Do I need to be so petrified all the time or is it a disproportionate worry? When they talk about death is that more if you're behind a wheel? Is it rare?

SpottyTeacakes · 20/10/2012 21:45

Since growing out of fitting I've never got so bad I need help

Mylittlepuds · 20/10/2012 21:51

Does fitting happen when you're really low Spotty? Is it that children are less able to spot the sometimes subtle signs of hypo? Or ignore them?