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.

God u poor thing i just looked n felt like id had a very big night out lol ds kept falling asleep due to it and pretty much all i remeber is them shaking my belly and or me to wake us both up

Ok so just left clinic, im apparently running myself 'too tight' and therfore am chasing my tail with high and lows so ive to reduce my daytime levemir and start having a small super as well as taking my 2nd dose of levemir at 8pm grrr why do i feel as tho this isnt going to work back in 2 weeks for clinic and growth scan but to call dsn thus/fri to give readings

That's interesting Hoping - maybe they're saying to cut yourself a bit of slack and hope things even out more? I'm often in the chasing high and low game and it's not nice. It's very frustrating and can be very upsetting as you feel like you never 'win'. Yesterday I was at 10 2 hours after breakfast and rather than getting myself worked up, correcting and crashing I just thought I'd let it be and then by lunch it was perfect. If I had have corrected it would have been low, I would have had to treat a hypo, then gone too high etc etc. Maybe there is a such a thing as trying too hard but being relaxed about something that can affect your baby is far easier said than done. Can't wait until I'm not pregnant diabetes wise. And then I really won't feel guilty as long as I'm generally fit and well!

Hi. Has anyone lost their hypo awareness in the early stages? I've been waking up around the 3.0 mark the past two mornings feeling completely fine. Before pg I would be a shaking sweating wreck!

Ginger I'm the same. Takes a good 2.5 or lower now before I clock a hypo.

Ginger me too only below 3 affects me now in fact i can still function normally till nearer 2!!

puds not testing and correcting after 2 hours already a shambles! 10.2 at 1pm had breakkie at 8am but guess rushing between clinic and work may be to blame

Oh I'm bloody sick of it me Hoping! Breakfast always worse remember. If I get it 1u out I'm high until lunch too. X

I always lose hypo symptoms in PG - I'm only getting the shaking/sweating and incoherent stage below 2 now. Which I find takes a double dose of carbs to bring me round, so I get to eat lots more sweets I suppose :o

Mmmm sweets

rue i was at 1.7 before i felt really bad the other day whoops and puds im fed up too.

Ok so i need a rant, my original plan for tonight had been going to a friends house dp wen he finished work and ds however one friends ds hasnt been well so i decided that since my ds already has a chesty cough and when i become ill my blood sugars go mental that id be better off taking it easy at home now im getting flack for it as they had food in. Obv neither of my friends are diabetic so never thought to ask or i would have said i cant just sit n munch away at pizza etc so pissed off right now, that is all sorry had to get that out.

Don't blame you hopingforno2, people just don't get it do they! I hope your son feels better soon and that you have a good NY. x

Happy new year ladies and welcome to our newest member, ginger!

I'm going interwebby shopping mad today. Poor Mr Bona's debit card is getting a pasting!!

Happy New Year everyone, here's hoping for healthy mummies and babies in 2013

I've spent well over £100 in the sales Bona, which is more than I spent on my Christmas shopping .
I've been buying presents for all the birthdays in spring 2013 and tops for breastfeeding - normal shirts, cardigans etc.
I don't need special tops, right? Just special bras?

diec I've got really cheap primark vest tops (spaghetti strap ones) which I wear under everything. I pull up whichever top(s) in wearing and pull the vest down. Much easier and cheaper plus I've never found a nursing top I like!

Oh and as for bras I would get a cheap ish one pre birth then wait a few weeks to get a decent one once your boobs have settled down. The sleep ones are really good for when your milks coming in and not expensive either

Something like this

Sorry for all the posts

Happy New Year Everyone hope you all have a nice day.xx

Happy New Year everyone! Yes here's to healthy babies :-)

Ooh I actually like that bra Spotty - nice and plain! Agree with vest under top tip. In fact I do it now - a long one over my bump and then a normal top.

Hoping I have that problem with friends. They will but a buffet on/have pizza in but obviously when I don't indulge they just think I'm being OTT. After all they 'know diabetics' that 'eat loads'. Erm type two diabetics the majority of who can (when not pregnant obv) pretty much eat what the like and pop a tablet - not worry about working out insulin, hypos, how much alcohol you can safely drink etc etc etc etc. I've actually drifted apart from a few friends now as I'm just not the same carefree person - I just can't be without risking my life even though the general public think that's over exaggerating. It's not.

Thanks newbie and puds nope they dont get it at all prob because i try not to make it a big deal and was a bit more lax wen not pregnant but im very careful now with anything that i can be anyway including not illness i know i wont be able to avoid ill people all together but why would i do it on purpose esp wen my ds is still trying to shake a chesty cough!

How is everyones day going? I had a huge steak pie dinner overestimated insulin so had some lovely cake n cream

Mmmmmmmmm :-) Cake and cream!

I've had an okay couple of days. Not excellent but okay and I'm happy with that!

It's a bit off topic but I have a lump under my arm that I'm drivng myself crazy about. Have now seen THREE GPs and they weren't concerned but I can't help feeling worried it's cancer. I'm getting an ultrasound but won't rest until i have the results. I've always been a worrier about health but ever since being diagnosed with diabetes I always think the worst. Is anyone else like this? I think "I've got diabetes so there must be other things wrong.". Having DS has also made me worry more about morbid things!

Was great at the time though im at 8.9 now but have just had a bowl of cereal(all i could manage after new years dinner lol) and my insulin so hopefully will go back to a nicer level.

Yeah i think pregnancy has made me more paranoid, i had a lump very small under my arm about 6 months or so after ds was born but docs said it was fine and it went away after a while always better safe than sorry right enough.

Thanks Spotty - ok, so the sleeping bras aren't pretty, but that's a great price!

Actually puds, my diabetes has made me less inclined to think there are others things wrong with my health. Kind of "fate-wouldn't-give-me-more-than-one-crappy-medical-condition"!!! {hmm]

Ha ha! Like your thinking Diec! That's what my friends and family say to me - "you've had your bad luck!".

No not pretty! But nice and supportive for when your boobs are like cannon balls! Then a few weeks later I recommend the hot milk ones they do some nice ones