T1 diabetes - bumps, births, babies & beyond!

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bugger...hmmmm. its kind of hard to pinpoint. maybe if you eat same thing tomoro, do same amount of levemir and bit less novorapid (like 1u to 7g) and see how that works? easier to see effect of changing novorapid as will only affect that time and not mess whole lot up.

dont beat yourself up about fasting sometimes just eating quite samey boring food and making tweaks thatway helps. i feel your pain, once this babys out im going to be on the major faff of sorting it all out again, and so bloody fat i dont want to b feeding hypos all the time!

good luck and sorry its hard at the moment.

Thanks. Breakfast is 2u/10g atm. I do tend to have the same for breakfast but the time I eat it can vary by two hours which is another factor I suppose....

Spotty you'd only have to wake in the middle of the night for two nights to figure it out. No fun but I don't think there is much point in guessing at it...

Definitely no hypos at night. Ds has had an awful cold these last few weeks as has dd so we've been up a fair bit. Ruled that out a while ago.

Just got back from consultant and he's put me on the waiting list for a pump. He's seen I've done everything I can and thinks it's just lifestyle/hormonal causing it to be so erratic. I'm so pleased, I know it'll be a wait and a lot of work though

Hi all im not type 1 myself but my DD is diagnosed at age 10 now age 13, since I fell pregnant she has been asking lots of questions about if she can have a baby when she is older ect her nurse has talked her through it and what she would need to do ect (hopefully wont be for a good few years yet lol) nice to see there is support out there for when the time comes :) im curently 13+2 with DC4.

That's lovely jojo. I expect things will be even easier by the time she has her own children

Hopefully Spotty, good luck with getting a pump hope your not waiting too long, life is so much easier with a pump (they should be available to all) DD is due an upgrade in December and they now have them minus the wire exciting stuff :)

Hi all, I can't find a more up to date version of this thread so am presuming all has been quiet for a few months. Don't know if anyone remembers but I posted back last year when I was just pregnant with no4. I've been type 1 diabetic for 14 years which covered all three previous pregnancies. I got my pump with my last DC 5 years ago.

I'm now 31 weeks with this pregnancy and overall it's been ok, HbA1c has been 5.8, 6 and 5.9. I wear a CGM and have avoided too many hypos but do still get the occasional post meal spike but it rarely lasts for more than an hour. I've been really pleased with my control and other than the occasional blip don't think I could have done better.

I'm at the stage of the dreaded growth scans. All was well at 24 weeks, nicely plotted all measurements on 50th line. By 28 weeks we had jumped on all lines to 75th and by 30 weeks baby had jumped for abdomen and head to 100th. Clinic said its fine as long as she stays on that line now, but given jump from 50th to 100th I'm obviously worried that her growth is accelerating. Back at 32 weeks for next scan.

My last pregnancy was very difficult and it has taken 5 years for me to dismiss those pesky broody hormones to have another because of the complications. DD was born by section at 34 weeks weighing over 9 lb after her measurements went off the growth charts and my body started to struggle. My HbA1c was slightly higher then (high 6's) and I genuinely thought this time with my CGM and tighter control I could avoid a repeat of accelerated growth.

I'm feeling pretty fed up that despite all my hard work I'm looking at another early delivery and a big baby again. Anyone have any thoughts or experienced similar?

Bump, anyone?x

Hi bojangles I didnt want to leave you unanswered but havent been in that position sorry. That said with my 2nd pregnancy with dd I ended up with growth scans from 26 weeks and at one of the last around 35 weeks was told she was over 8lbs so would 10-11 at 38 this was part of the reason alongside previous emcs I had a planned cs in the end dd was 8lbs 6.5oz so either she grew very little for 3 weeks or the scan was 2-3lbs out. Like you for the most part my hba1c was on 5s hope all goes well at growth scan.