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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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SpottyTeacakes · 26/10/2012 17:52

Oh Rue I don't know Confused keep us updated though. Umm sliding scale maybe? How high have you been?

SpottyTeacakes · 26/10/2012 17:52

sorry Puds bloody baby brain!

Mylittlepuds · 26/10/2012 17:59

Well after my bloody double dose of long acting the other night I treated it and haven't been right since. Yesterday I went to 13 for a few hours after lunch and after correcting twice it started to drift down. Went to bed with it 7ish and then over night it staggered around 10. Today I've had no carbs and it's hovered around 7/8 despite a few correction doses. I've been crazy with panic that I've somehow damaged the baby but I know at 14 weeks it's more to do with weight gain. Have been Googling again...wish I could just relax and enjoy. V jealous of non diabetic pregnant women at mo!!

SpottyTeacakes · 26/10/2012 18:04

Well obviously they're not great but they're not too bad, I'm sure they'll be able to sort it out for you Smile

Mylittlepuds · 26/10/2012 18:07

Thanks Spotty. It's just getting that bit of reassurance that helps :-)

Mylittlepuds · 26/10/2012 18:11

Random question but diabetes nurse thinks I might be getting a virus/infection hence sudden highs. I feel totally fine but have a boil on my neck (yuck!!) and i'm wondering if it is that? My body trying to fight it off?

Also I was never ill whilst pregnant last time - has anyone been ill during pregnancy, sugars obviously gone up, and all been okay?

SpottyTeacakes · 26/10/2012 18:12

Well I'll be interested to know what they suggest, I can't see that a couple of days of 7-10 readings will be harmful to baby

Dp is currently having a right strop because he bought me normal rennies instead of sugar free and I have horrendous heartburn Hmm

SpottyTeacakes · 26/10/2012 18:13

Never been ill in pregnancy that does sound likely though - both possible illness and boil! Nice to know there's a likely reason for it!

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dieciocho · 26/10/2012 18:42

Puds, they're not awful readings; try to relax.

I know that pre-pregnancy my readings were higher if I was starting to get 'flu. I understand that the infection does cause your blood sugars to rise.

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Mylittlepuds · 27/10/2012 10:59

I'm home Smile

Didn't have to stay over and got to see baby kicking about which was nice.

Levels - so far - today have been great. I think it must have been that I wasn't very well as have been aching today.

Anyway the positive is that I'm not going to be as hard on myself. The midwife said that she often sees women with BGs in their 30s and 40s and the baby has been fine. I think us lot are actually a very conscientious bunch when it comes to pregnant diabetics!

So I'm going to try and relax now and enjoy as this might be our last baby.

Hope you're all well today! Thanks so much for your messages. X

SpottyTeacakes · 27/10/2012 11:26

I would be on the floor unable to move if mine was 30/40 Shock

I'm glad to hear everything is OK though and you're home Smile

I'm doing some Christmas shopping today, online, as it was pay day yesterday and I want it all out of the way before I hit 36 weeks which gives me four and a half weeks!!

Mylittlepuds · 27/10/2012 11:51

I know! I was 27mmol once and felt very strange!

Mylittlepuds · 27/10/2012 11:51

I haven't even thought about Christmas shopping...good point.

SpottyTeacakes · 27/10/2012 12:41

I've done lots! Feeling very organised, the Christmas Bargains thread is very inspiring!

Mylittlepuds · 27/10/2012 17:05

Haagen Daas (sp?) Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream and Classic Magnum in quick succession. Oops!!!!!! Feeling very, very naughty...

Please fess up to your favourite treats!

SpottyTeacakes · 27/10/2012 17:10

Umm my worst is Maltesers I shove them in so fast and chomp them Blush they have to be out the fridge!

Mylittlepuds · 27/10/2012 18:17

Ooh Maletesers!

SpottyTeacakes · 29/10/2012 07:29

What do you all do if you're having a buffet type meal? Or you want seconds? Or your eyes are bigger than your stomach and you can't finish your food?!

Mylittlepuds · 29/10/2012 09:28

Inject, cross my fingers, hope for the best, invariably feel very annoyed with myself when i go high and spend hours afterwards waiting for the correction to work!

I was at a family celebration the other night and was so jealous of those just tucking in indiscriminately whilst I stuck to the cocktail sausages and cheese (and still, weirdly, went high)! I tell you what, when this baby is born I'm bloody throwing caution to the wind! In fact I can remember when DS was born it was almost like not having diabetes as I was not hung up about my levels. As I bf though they reminded great for 10 months with minimal effort!

BonaDea · 29/10/2012 11:54

puds glad to hear you're feeling better.... There are even special sick day rules to follow if you are ill because your insulin requirements go up when your body is fighting infection (google "DAFNE sick day rules").

at a buffet I do the same as you, tend to stick to the protein based stuff and salads if I can. If not, I go to the loo and inject at a guesstimate, knowing that I can always top up again later. It is awkward though - I can inject at a restaurant table without anyone noticing, but not so at a stand-up buffet...

Mylittlepuds · 29/10/2012 13:04

Thanks Bona - must have def been fighting something as insulin requirements back to normal! DH has been knocked down with Norovirus so I'm hoping my immune system battled it. Please God let it have as he's in a bad way.

Do any of you lot find it grating when a non diabetic asks 'how your levels are' whilst cocking their head to one side. You know they're not going to understand the answer...as well meaning as they are it really irritates me! I think 'if only you knew...'. Must be my hormones!

RueDeWakening · 29/10/2012 22:42

If you eat only protein at a meal there's some rule in one of my books that says you should treat 1/3 of the protein as carbs because its processes in that way if there's no actual carbs taken iyswim. Having said that, I've never really low carbed so haven't tried it!

Mylittlepuds · 30/10/2012 10:44

That's v interesting rude. Would account for my random high from cocktail sausages and cheese the other night.

BonaDea · 30/10/2012 11:01

I've heard the same re shooting for protein. For me the requirement for insulin is never near 30%, though, it is something much lower than that.

Even when I have low carbed, which I have done quite a lot of over the time, I never went protein only so I would always have protein and veg on the plate, meaning I would always be having some carbs and therefore some insulin anyway...

puds - if it was a buffet, I imagine the sausages may well have not been 100% meat - they could well have been bulked out with breadcrumbs or similar, and these commercially produced buffet products are often laden with sugar as well. That may also have had something to do with it...

SpottyTeacakes · 30/10/2012 19:23

Dp bought a tin of roses. Levels have been 7.0 or less all day, currently 4.8, can I have some? How many? How much insulin?

Can you tell I've got a hospital appointment tomorrow?! Grin

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