T1 diabetes - bumps, births, babies & beyond!

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Ooh I dunno Maggie - my HbA1c for DD was 5.5, and she turned up at 39+3 weighing 9lbs8 :o control wasn't quite as good for DS2, but still around 6, he was 37+5 and 10lbs8

We'll ignore DS1, he is a surviving triplet born at 31+3, and weighed 3lbs8!

All were planned PGs and control good beforehand.

Argh woken up at 20 again!! This is the worst cold I've had in ages do they effect everyone like this? I've injected 10u as my correction is1:1 at the moment but I don't want to start yo-yo ing which is what happened yesterday.

Ladies. I've come for a shake.

My control is all over the place and I feel like I'm not on top of things like I usually am. I'm eating carbs like they are going out of fashion - not just sweet stuff but pasta, crisps, all sorts I'm hypo-ing and hyper-ing like mad. I wake up in the morning scared to test and with not the first idea of what will be on the meter. I've gone literally years without a reading in the high teens and now I've had several of 20+. I'm so ashamed because I understand my ratios and what to do but I'm just not doing it.

I'm due to go for bloods but I can face it as I'm worried about my hba1c. I know what I have to do, but seem to have fallen spectacularly off the wagon.

My poor DS is probably getting horrible, poor quality milk as a result.

Someone please slap me. And sorry for the me me me post. I hope you are all well.

Ps congratulations maggie and I love the name.

Bona I'm the same as you but as ds is on nursing strike I know my insulin requirements have dramatically increased but I can't be bothered to try and sort it

bona and spotty if it makes you feel better ive never been good at cutting out carbs though I do obv try n take the correct insulin for what I eat. That being said im still yoyoing have been changing ratios with dinner being a big problem in that if I do 2:10 im low before bed if I do 1.5:10 I rise steadily from 9pm-12 and now again find the only way I can get a good morning reading is to test around 3-4am when I can be anything from 8.5-12 and take a correction answers on a postcard plz lol

I'm not a low carber but I have been eating lots of chocolate and skittles

spotty cant say I like skittles, chocolate on the other hand most weeks I try to not have anything sweet mon-fri then allow myself some at weekends otherwise id cave n binge. Often find my bg is more stable at weekends not sure how that works

I wouldn't say I low carb either but I do try to be a bit sensible. Although I can work out how much insulin to take even with carby things I do find that the higher the carb level of a meal the more chance there is of getting it slightly out and ending up high or low. And when I say I've been bad, I've been really bad - like the other night I have a big bag of kettle chips and a packet of biscuits for dinner. I mean ffs!!

Ooh Spotty, you've gone Spooky! :o

Well hba1c was 5.8 with some hypos tho not as many still I have to 'relax' shouldnt be correcting at 3am id far rather have hypos than be running high.

Just found out hba1c is 5.5, well chuffed! That's me 10mths post baby so pleased I've managed to keep control :)

Wow, impressive! I need to go for a blood test, not got hosp appt till next year (was the first available one ) but they've asked me to get bloods done in the meantime. I don't want to, I suspect it's gone a bit mental...

I have found out that I am 13 weeks pregnant with identical twins! I guess that must be why I am more insulin resistant than in my last pregnancy. The other day I had a really bad migraine, which normally only happens when I am very high, but when I did a blood test I was 1.5mmol!

newbie what did they say to you just out of interest ive had 2 hba1c post baby 1st was 6 last 5.8 but consultant wants me to 'relax a bit' I appreciate that hypos r not something I want but neither is being high

Rue ive honestly thought that my hba1c woupd be really crap but some how its been good.
wont be for long got a crappy head cold so am either in the teens or low

thealyss very exciting!! How are your bg going?is it even harder with 2 babies?

I lost you all. I DKA'd following a horrendous sickness bug. I've just got out of hospital, my levels weren't that high when I was ill (11-15) but I ended up in the intensive treatment unit I got discharged yesterday but still feel awful. My potassium levels are really low and my heart rate is averaging 110bpm

Oh no spotty that sounds awful!! How are you now?

I was away for weekend for my 30th so 2 days of eating and drinking levels were up n down but mostly up

I'm ok but I still feel awful. Not sure how I'm going to get my potassium levels back up or heart rate down. Also finding it hard to get bm's below 12, they seem stuck there.

Oh Spotty, that sounds dreadful! Re potassium, aren't bananas and dried apricots meant to help? Though tbh I'd go and get a supplement for a while I think!

I've finished all my slow k, they only gave enough to last this morning and I've got something which helps you to retain it

I think I'm going to have to complain to the hospital as they messed up my sliding scale (1.8-31 over night) my consultant wasn't happy. They hadn't been continuing with my bolus so just giving the act rapid through the drip it probably added another day or two onto my recovery

Hi all. Can I join thread? I'm 11weeks with baby no 4. Type 1 diabetic on an insulin pump and cgm.......not been too bad so far, quite a few lows but no bad hypos yet and thankfully my sensor has been picking up my dropping sugars well. Off for NT scan next week and then I can be 'officially pregnant'.

I haven't read the whole thread so so will have to catch up with who is pregnant and how far on.

Spotty, that sounds horrid. I had similar with my dc2 after a tummy bug but don't remember issues with potassium levels. How many weeks are you? Hope you are feeling better soon.

Sorry spotty, having just read through bit of thread looks like you've already had your baby, doh! X

Hi, bo

I'm on a pump too, paradigm veo but don't have the cgm. There's one or two others who are looking at it, but nobody else has one yet - you can help sing their praises lol.

I think most of us are postnatal now, my ds (dc3) is 6 months old, I've been type 1 for 30 years so have done 3 pregnancies with it now - is this pg 4 with type 1 for you? If so, respeck

Hi hoping,

My doctor wasn't happy, said it was too low and it needed to raise it. I'm mad as I test all the time to make sure I stay in a good range but he said, technically with 5.5 I'm not diabetic?! I just nodded and left as it's easier than trying to explain I just look after myself.

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Hu Rue, yes no 4 as type 1. Completey bonkers really but that biological clock was ticking very loudly . Wasn't easy sailing with my older ones but I'm fairly confident I know what to expect this time round! I've had many pregnancy complications from pre eclampsia, haemorrhage, blood transfusions, dka, prem baby and emergency sections thanks to the diabetes but still I'm crazy enough to go back there again.....note to self THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME !

I have the animas vibe pump and the cgm is built in so only one bit of kit to wear plus a sensor/ transmitter. I've self funded sensors for the last year and I really like them. It is expensive but I feel they are invaluable in getting on with life without worrying about being hypo. My last HbA1c was 6.2 % and I genuinely avoid going hypo I think mainly thanks to the sensor. The last few weeks have been more tricky as I've been having the first trimester lows and sometimes the sensor with its 20 min lag doesn't detect it dropping. I am happy to answer any questions on the cgm!