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

My consultant always wants me to take folic acid the whole way through, along with a baby aspirin. Can't remember why...

Also re correcting, how long does your rapid last for? Mine's active for about 3.5 hrs so you need to calculate insulin on board to see whether you need to re-correct - I think there's a calculator somewhere will see if I can find it.

Just remembered, it's an iPhone app, search for iob calc and you should find it

The Aviva Accu Check monitor is fab for working out how much insulin to take. You can programme your ratios for different times of the day and it takes the guess work out. It reminds you when to test after a meal and will also let yo know how much active insulin you have on board. It's fab. You can get it free from your diabetes nurse.

My mum has that one puds it sounds really good. I got given a new one when I first got pregnant though it can do ketones through your blood too

I'm on baby aspirin too, to reduce the risk of developing pre-pre-eclampsia.

I'm on baby aspirin as well, didn't help last time though.....

Did you have pre-eclampsia Spotty?
What happened? How did you know?

Sorry, my 09:02 post shouldn't say "pre-pre..."

Eeek - am about to phone up and order my Navigator CGM. Am weirdly reluctant about ordering it - maybe it's all the money or the fact that it will be such a big change to how I do things?

But all the preggie ladies I've spoken to say it's fab. If ordered this morning, I should have it tomorrow...

Woo hoo! Exciting BonaDea! I really hope you enjoy it and it makes a difference.

I want reports back! X

dieciocho yes I did it happened quite quickly. I'd had swollen hands/feet/face for about a week also had obstetric cholestasis (sp?) so was itchy. Not sure what my bp was on the Wednesday but they wanted me in the next day to discuss induction.

That night I was being sick every half hour with horrendous migraine including seeing spots. When I went in I had +++ protein so they induced straight away. Dd was born ten hours later at 36+1. During labour my bp went up to 185/153. The previous couple of weeks I'd had quite a few hypos which worried them too. I had had diamorphine but I'm quite sure the placenta was black and shrivelled when it came out!

Blimey Spotty, so it'd be pretty hard to miss, then?

You poor thing.

Thanks, puds, I'll report back! It should arrive tomorrow... Can't wait to just have the transmittor sitting on my desk to glance at whenever I feel like it (I just hope that what I see isn't too surprising!!).

spotty - that sounds horrible. I haven't read up too much about pre-eclampsia but is a woman more prone to it if she's had it before? Times like this when it is quite nice actually to have such frequent appointments and close monitoring!

I'm of your monitor!

I think you have a 25% more chance of getting it again but my consultant said hopefully it won't happen so suddenly this time!

I'm also glad for all the appointments can you imagine only having two scans the entire pregnancy !! I'd be a nervous wreck!

Well, fx it won't hit this time!!

I have my 20 weeks scan on 8 November and the detailed cardiac scan on the 9th, so I am just wishing that time away. I am so worried that something will be shown up and the elation of the 12 week scan has faded very quickly!

Well they spend aged on the heart, just to warn you, it always worries me but nothing has ever shown up I have a 28 week scan and consultant appointment tomorrow

Oh God - barrel of laughs a diabetic pregnancy isn't it?! If it's any reassurance our 20 week scan with my DS was lovely as it was so detailed. It was almost like one of those fancy 4D ones because of the high tech equipment they use - so there is a benefit . I know it's such a sorry though. I'm already worried and not had my 12 week yet.

Hi all,

I am due my 24 week scan tomorrow. I got my 20 wk scan and was told everything was normal but wasn't told to expect a detailed heart scan, as far as I know my scans from now on are just growth scans, is that correct?

X

Even though our 20-week scan was only 2.5 weeks ago, it's a bit of a blur. I just wanted to hear the word "normal". And I did, repeatedly.
My mum sat there going "Oh, isn't technology amazing?!" - not like the 1980s, I suppose!

Hello again newbie, yep, I'm the same - 20-week done, next one will be 28, then 32, then finally 36 to decided when to induce me.
I had no mention of detailed cardiac scans either.

I had 20 week, 24 week, and have 28, 32, 34 & 36 already booked. The do growth and uterine arteries

Hi - at my hospital it seems to be standard for diabetic pregnancies to have an extra 20 week scan which is purely checking baby's heart. That is conducted by an obstetric cardiologist specialist and my understanding is they do it because of the increased risk of neural tube / heart defects...

Might just be that different hospitals do it in different ways...

All ok at my 28 week scan bp 106/66 baby estimated 2lb13! +++glucose and ++ketones

Hi spotty - glad to hear that baby is fine and your bp is good.

Ouch - you must be feeling pretty rotten if you had +++ glucose and ketones. Did they want to keep you in or test you again or anything?

In other news, my navigator arrived today!! Have put the batteries in everything and set up the transmitter and receiver. Just wondering when the best time is to insert the sensor... Given I will have to calibrate 1, 2, 10 hours after I put it in, it is probably a bit late if I do it now as I'll have to stay up til midnight which is practically an impossibility for me these days.

I figure it should work if I put it in at 8.30pm, then test at 9.30, 10.30 and then again 10 hours later which will be 6.30am. Is that how everyone else does it? Would rather not have the faff of doing it at work tomorrow during the day and can't wait til the weekend each time I guess.