T1 diabetes - bumps, births, babies & beyond!

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Ah congratulations

Aww congratulations ginger

Congratulations ginger!
Good work on his bgs too, my baby's were pretty low.

My 1st postnatal hba1c is 6.2% I said hmm its gone up a little dsn looked at me like said its great and I should not be correcting at 4 -5am for dp?! Do u all just nod along and then do it anyway?

It hasnt been great today but had bad news today

Ginger - congratulations!!! Bf'ing WILL take some time to get going because of the cs. My milk took 5 days.

Just persevere with colostrum and if nec give some formula to top up but don't give up on bf'ing (unless you want to of course).

Hoping - great hba1c. I can't understand why she wouldn't want you to correct. Any rationale given? I tend to ask for their reasons and try to at least explain my point of view. Sadly, in the end, I often just smile and nod (and then do what I want).

bona not really just that she thinks taking insulin at this time will cause me to go low it doesnt immediately but may be contributing to post lunch low though id rather eat a couple jelly babies around 11am than be sitting high for a few hours! She also told me off for taking insulin before bed but didnt have a better suggestion for the steady 9pm till midnight rise any suggestions?

Hoping that's mad! Novo rapid lasts for 3 hours max in most people so how could taking it at 5am make you low at lunchtime? Have also has folk tell me not to take insulin before bed but I do it routinely - again medics are completely obsessed with hypos when it is highs which do the real damage!!

As for your lunchtime lows all I can think is to use less insulin for lunch or have a snack just before the usual snack time. Or have you fiddled with the long acting? Reduced levemir or changed the time you give it?

bona I know crazy right! I tend as its so very close to lunch to have a cpl jelly babies just its more the steady dinner to bed rise thats annoying me.

ok ladies looking for advice I used to be active and did 2 moderate to high impact fitness classes a week but had to give up almost as soon as I became pregnant as I had bleeding. I really want to return slowly but worried about the impact on my bg have spoken to dsn who said to reduce my with meal insulin by at least 20% and start class at about 8 what do u do when exercising? Also if rue is still about while dsn said it should be ok at low impact(which it will be for at least a couple months) still a bit of a concern?

Whoops I meant worry in relation to my eyes.

I alway do normal insulin but eat something before hand and after.

I've run out of insulin. I'm so forgetful these days. I was meant to be going out tomorrow but instead I've got to go begging to the chemist. I'm so annoyed at myself.

Bl00dy hell spotty! Panic.

hoping I wouldn't do any exercise on less than 10mmol.

Does anyone else have pre-dinner phenomenon? I rise massively between about 4pm and dinner time.

It was ok diec the pharmacist was very sexy helpful

Hi diec well exercise is going to take a while to work out as I went in at 7.6 dropped to 6.9 halfway had some more jellybabbies throughout ended at 7.4 but then by 2.5 hours later was 18.3!! small correction had me hypo 4 hours later sigh. Will be a whilebeforre I try my normal I think as I can barely walk my legs are soo sore

Well good on you for giving it a go hoping! The most strenuous exercise I've done is run 20 metres after my cousin's car because she'd forgotten her camera!

Hoping. It should be your long acting you adjust I think not mealtime? Of am I making that up?

I'd go to your class, check bg before and after and take lucozade with you. Then test test test.

I did a lot of spinning last year before my wedding. At first it played havoc but your body gets used to it and in the end I was just reducing night time levemir by a couple of units. Good on you

Spotty - I have come close to that a couple of times recently and have run out of strips twice.

Hi all,

My diabetes is a nightmare at the moment. My husband has had to call for an ambulance twice in the last 4 months and the last one, I was unconscious. Am so scared especially given I have the LO. I test every day and usually have such good control but recently it seems I can be fine one minute then plunge below 1 within minutes? They seem to happen so quickly so unless I catch them really quickly, it doesn't seem to matter how much glucose sweets I take or fresh orange, I can't get my sugars back up? Then on the other side, having been as low as 1.7 and managing to catch it, my sugars go up to 14. Am terrified to have them lower than about 7 or 8 before bed just in case but up until recently, I was very comfortable and controlled sitting between 4 and 6, what is happening??

I have recently had carpal tunnel release surgery (on Tuesday), and am pretty stressed with work, do you think that may be affecting my control? I don't want to say to my GP as they would probably advise DVLA and take my licence off me, although I always test before driving given what has been happening but not sure the DVLA will see it like that?

Am so fed up as now panicking about swinging between extreme lows and highs.

Have my appt with diabetic team at the hospital next month after complaining when they tried to cancel my appt for the 3rd time as I've never seen them or spoken to them since having my LO in January which I do think is pretty bad, I thought they may have at least called me to follow up post baby but no, probably shouldn't be surprised given how rubbish they were during my pregnancy.

Grrrr, rant over! Hope everyone else is doing better than me!

X

newbie that sounds very scary! I think surgery and stress will have an effect on bg certainly does for me. Do you have the glucose inj in the house? I was given 1 while pregnant its for severe hypos so oh could inject me with it if the need arose apparently it is what paramedics would do obv still need hospital but glucose would be in quicker.
I also tend to go high after a hypo and had still do a habit of then correcting that which I get told off for as it can drive you hypo again.mayabe too much long acting? Is your hypo awarness down? Mine is lower than it was but still kicks in around 3 and way before less than 2 do you have any diabetic complications? I only ask as was told a way to get awarness back was to run at 8-9 for a month. I havent due to my eyes tho.
Im not sure that it matters whether your tell your gp or not as youve been treated in hospital it will be on your records will it not? Dont they send reports to your gp? Might depend on where you are? Am I right in thinking your also from scotland?
Can sympathise re appts I had to nag and have one for next month too, but after my 1st ds until becoming pregnant with dd I only seen nurse at gps

Goodness newbie sounds scary. I think you're an ideal candidate for a pump. Yes you will, unfortunately, lose your licence if the dvla find out about this. Anymore than one (maybe two?) serious hypos a year and it's revoked. Sorry you're having such a hard time getting an appointment

bona you didnt imagine it I was told start by taking 20% off my rapid before going and long term possibly reduce long acting

Hiya,

Not got any complications and never ended up in hospital as they managed to rouse me with the injection and then fed me sugar so thankfully wasn't admitted. I've reduced my Lantus to see how that goes but still feel I'm running higher than I'm comfortable with but partly that's due to me being scared to go hypo. Yes, I'm in Scotland. NHS24 don't seem to send reports to the GP (thank goodness!).

Maybe I'm just under the weather and its all having an effect. Think my warning signs are okay, usually can tell I'm hypo but other times they come from nowhere so I'm just testing lots to keep an eye on them.

Thanks for your replies :) x

Hi, I've missed so much! Newbie poor you, but you said you're stressed, so maybe it's connected. I have had crazier sugars when stressed with family problems and also during my finals at university.

I'm still struggling with dawn phenomenon and feel like death 9 mornings out of 10

I hope everyone else is well.

Hi newbie - I think you might need to check the driving rules because you might already be in breech of the terms of your license. I know it would be awful to lose it but hurting yourself, your LO or someone else and / or being charged for dangerous driving etc would be worse. Poor you.

Diec - good to hear from you. I've been so lazy diabetically speaking. For once mornings are ok but the rest of the day...

I am trying too bona, but things just get in the way! I often get to dinner time and realise I've only tested 4 times throughout the day. During pregnancy and pre-return-to-work I was testing 10 times a day.

I'm very much looking forward to next appt. to find out if I'll be allowed a pump - only 1 month to go!!! My obstetrician has also sent a supporting letter outlining the hypos I had during pregnancy and various other things.
Fingers crossed.

Hello all, not been on in a while, sorry to hear you've been having a hard time Newbie.

Well I am having my section on Monday. Can't wait - fed up of being pregnant now, and I'm 38 weeks tomorrow. They can't get this baby out soon enough!

I had a bad retinal bleed a couple of weeks ago, was absolutely gutted but it's cleared a lot now just praying it does not bleed again before Monday. Then I guess it'll be more laser, I was hoping not to need any more but I guess the retinopathy had other ideas. Hoping once the baby is out then the retinopathy will stop progressing, as my eyes were really stable up until a few weeks ago so I'm sure it's the pesky pregnancy hormones.

That'll be it for me and pregnancy - two diabetic pregnancies in one lifetime is enough! Seriously considering getting sterilised at some point as I don't think I could physically take another pregnancy no matter how much I wanted the baby, and I wouldn't want to be in the position of having an abortion.

Has anyone else suffered with complications in their pregnancy and has it put you off having any more kids?

I've found you again! Thread dropped off my list, am back and just off to catch up on the posts :o

Summary: all fine, bloods a bit high though. M is 4 months old, still massive (was 16lbs last week), very smiley baby. Sleeps pretty well at night, which is a relief. Not rolling over, teething or weaning yet!