Pregnant type 1 diabetics, step over here...

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I seem to have filled up the old thread and thought I better start a new one! Still got ages to go, don't leave me now...

Am currently sat waiting for my 16 week antenatal appt, been here an hour so far and just had BP done and that's it.

Thanks pixie i'll try that if its not down in next half hour.

puds im finding what i need for corrections now is more than it used to be and more at night than in the morning why i have no idea the min my rapid is completley gone so after 4 hours im rising so will be bringing it up at clinic ive put my levermir up but only by 1u perhaps it should be 2 may even see if i can get dsn tommorow

What a night, it eventually went down to 6.7 at 1.30am, was 4.2 at 4.30am and didnt go low till nearly 7am!! Ate i biscuit and 2 mint poppets and got a 4.2 at 8am just hope today/tonight goes better as working tommorow

How's it gone today Hoping? Well I hope

A question for the second timers - I'm now 23 weeks. From 20 weeks my requirements doubled seemingly over night. Now though in the last two days my requirement has plummeted again and I'm having lots of hypos whereas a few weeks ago I was struggling to keep things under 10.

I'm a bit concerned about a failing placenta as I know things are supposed to gradually now increase - as they were. Should I get checked out or can you have fluctuations even at this point? With my son my requirements just steadily went up and up...

Hey puds

I was in same boat for a couple of weeks but now my needs are way up again ive just turned 24 weeks i havent been checked since 21 weeks of course so just hope things r fine in there.

Im having a slightly better day, on the low side well so far anyway no doubt from now on in will be different tho

I want to eat 50 bowls of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Instead I am eating cheese...again. That is all.

lol lol aw puds i needed a giggle been at work all day.

Anyone on split doses of levemir? I intend to ask on monday but is it 12 hours this lasts? If so im thinking i should be taking it earlier at night

Ok so im totally fed up now, i was a nice 6.1 at 8pm an hour after dinner still the same at 9pm by 10pm 7.9 took a 1u correction thinkig thatd be me all set nope by 10pm 8.8 another 2u by 11.30pm 9,2 i wound up taking another 1u i know i shouldnt have but i was really annoyed and going above 9 now feels the same as above 12 used to, just feel yucky. I didnt crash till 5am this morning 2.1 took i small choc chip cookie and 1 milky way celebration sweet as it was on rise after 20 mins went back to sleep and woke up at 2.8 rant over

I wonder what's going on with your night time levels Hoping. I find that if I'm not REALLY strict with myself mine are the same. I have dinner at about 5pm and if it's a healthy dinner and I don't eat anything else I'm usually okay. However if I have anything after that point with any carbs in it starts to become a struggle. It's really hard as if you're in front of the TV it's just vey tempting to pick at something - hence the plate of melted cheese I had last night!

What are you having for dinner? If I have fish, veg and say 20g of carbs I'm great - but we don't always fancy that do we?!

I have way more carbs than that lol which i admit wont help but ive been eating like that pre and after pregnancy and my bg hasnt acted like this its soo weird i cant help dinner being later when im working unfortunatley. How do u manage that puds id be starving with a really low carb meal then nothing i have at least double urs and still hungry going to bed these days. Im steady right up till after 9pm then starts to rise by at least 1mmol an hour, thats why i was wondering about my split dose levemir my morning dose is 8am but my night has been 10pm and im thinking mayabe i should be taking it at 8pm so they are 12 hours apart??

Hello again everyone and nice to "meet" you new people!
I hope you all had enjoyable Christmases; it sounds like you all did pretty well considering .
I had a total cheese-fest for the whole blasted week , so I'm now convinced that my baby will weigh about 20lbs when it comes out in just 3 weeks time!!!

My sugars on 25th were beautiful, but went mental on Boxing Day to compensate.
I've naughtily been...encouraging low sugars in order to allow myself a piece of Christmas cake/panettone/mince pie....ooops.

Hi all,

I somehow managed to forget to take my lantus last night, sugars during the night were between 7 and 5 but woke up at 11. Today they have been much higher than usual so have taken half my lantus dose and still taking my novorid to try and keep them in check. Should I go back to my usual lantus dose tonight do you think?

Can't believe I forgot to take it and am now stressing as sugars have been wavering between 8 and 11 all day?

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Newbie honestly that's fine - I hit 15.8 today: not my proudest moment though. Was in floods of tears. What time did you take your half Latnus dose?

Diec - just three weeks! Wow! What have your growth scans been like? I welcome a good low to stuff my face nowadays too - if we can't do it then when can we!

Hoping - I need much more carbs than that too! My appetite has been terrible and I'm really struggling at the moment as need to keep eating but totally confused about ratios if I've already had my meals. It tends to be much lower requirement for 'snacks' so I just have to guess and I'm not being very successful! I'm not sure about splitting doses but I know the other ladies might

Terrible as in hungry all the time.

Also I'm really curious about something...I'm on a continuous monitor and so I'm always hyper aware of where my sugars are at. For example today I know I hit a 15.8 about 40 min after some cereal. 2 hours after I'm back to normalish.

So I'd really like to know if you ladies ever test before 90 min after eating and know if they too are hitting these ridiculous numbers? I don't all the time. My 'peak' tends to be 12ish. I've always been the same - it's as if the sugar floods into my system before the insulin starts to take effect. The thing is if I were to take more insulin to try and avoid that peak I'd hypo as I'm (generally) in line by 90mins-2hours.

Hi

Took it about an hour ago, normally take it at 10pm. Am 37 weeks so am probably over anxious anyway as am stressing about delivery now as find out on Thurs whether they'll induce me or c section .....yikes!

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I think I'd take 3/4 - just to be on the safe side? And then set the bloody alarm for 3am? I take mine 10pm too and 3am is when its action peaks. Want to join the anxious club? I'm in a horrible thing at the moment I thinking 'did I already take that?'

Wow 37 weeks! I was induced at 37 weeks with DS!

.....I agree with you too, I welcome the lows so I can give in to my cravings and eat chocolate and crisps! Also have been told that breast feeding lowers your sugars dramatically so if we do that,we can all maybe indulge in some naughty foods too :) ....x

Thanks mylittlepuds....I test through the night anyway, I'm a total anxious control freak, ha ha! Will see what my sugars are before 10pm and decide then but was thinking same as you. God, the joys of being preggars!

How did you find your induction, was it okay?

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Puds I try to avoid testing less than 50-ish minutes after food/a meal because I understand that sugars are not stable at that point, so it wouldn't be informative - ie. the insulin hasn't fully kicked in and nor has the food (unless it's chocolate of course!)

newbie, I'd want to get back onto my normal doses asap, but of course that might well mean more testing...

puds im the same some nights im going to bed with my tummy rumbling but too scared to eat as im already high. Ive been testing the odd time after 90 mins but not all the time my consultant isnt even big on 2 hours more being on target at next meal so just hope they take my concern re night time on board.
newbie im getting same way i actually cant sleep if im too high before bed and always up at least once a night testing but its making me really tired! I was induced with ds too but shall not tell u my story as it didnt go as planned where im sure most do

Oh also, newbie, I'm planning a "naughty feast" for when I come home!
I'm dead keen on taking advantage of those lower sugars. Kind of like a late-second-normal Christmas.
DP has been told to make me trifle, pie, chips, mince pies...that's assuming that breastfeeding works out alright for me.

Sorry Puds, missed your Q:
My growth scans have been fine - first on 55th%, then on 60%, so I know logically that I don't really have cause to worry. The final one is next Wed.

Diec DSs stomach measurement was off the scale by second growth scan last time so find that v reassuring that all is well! It didn't hamper things in anyway but it just shows that you must have fantastic control :-)

Newbie - re. Induction I think it's diff for everyone. My experience wasn't nice but that was solely down to a pain relief I chose called pethadine which really left me out of it. If it wasn't for that it would have been much better. This time i'm insisting on an epidural ASAP!

puds that was part of my problem too after the pethidine i was out of it! Not a good experience at all, i may be an elective section this time tho not if im allowed induction id give it another go

God it's awful stuff isn't it Hoping! Weirdly though for some women it's absolutely fine! It's scrawled all over my records now that allergic to opiates my experience was that bad.