has anyone gone full term naturally when on insulin?

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im insulin dependant now and they cannot control it we are still trying different thing,i know the statistics show (i shoudnt have googled it)more still births when diabetic and on insulin if left to late.
has anyone had this also best foods to avoid hypo,or when blood sugar drops below 4 quick uppers please without injecting.i guess i know they are worrying at the hospital which makes me worry.any suggestions helpful please

I found that bread and pasta didnt agree with me - when the hospital said that carbs were ok.

I only had one epsiode when my levels dropped low, and I had some chocolates and then a scone half an hour later.

I had a planned c-section at 38 weeks - my levels were starting to creep up, but it was more to do with the size of the baby. As long as he hospital are taking good care of you, I owuldnt worry too much - they are probably dealing with at least one diabetic prenant woman a week.

ok thanks for that how high were your blood sugar levels gettin?

into the high 10 and 12's. They seemed to be starting to spiral out of control. When DS was born he spent 26 hours ins special care - which was awful - even though I knew it would happen, as his temp was too low and he wouldnt feed - his sugar levels were also low, but within 24 hours he was back to full form, and is a normal boistrous 14 month old toddler! that is not to alarm you, but can be a consequence, and you need to prepare yourself for that eventuality. I had one doctor saying it would be ok, but my midwife was insistant that I had to prepare myself to be parted from him for a short while - I held him for 5 mins beore he was whisked away, and then saw him again at 11pm!

This was my second pg with diabetes and now I have diabetes myself - just found out this week!

Good luck with the rest of your pg - how long have you got left ot go??

baby due in july im 25 weeks now i have been diet controlled but blood sugar levels ok in morning but after breakfast they go to 9 ish and at dinner time we are looking at same as yours highs of 10 ,s and 12
they started me on insulin injections last week 4 units insulin in the morning and 4 units before dinner
but after dinner and im still watching everythin i eat bloods go to 10 and 12
so they are going to up my insulin higher
just worried how this is going affect baby
these blood sugar levels have been like this since 18 weeks
were you under a diabetic consultant for the whole pregnancy to?

yes, I was under the diabetic consultant from about 14 weeks - levels were high at 12 week blood tests.

To be honest with you, 4 units of insulin is hardly anything - I think I lasted two weeks on that - went up in twos - I have a recollection that I ended up with 20 units after some meals, and 18 after others - it became a bit of a game with me (bit sad, but...) to see how long I could manage levels before I had to up the units. It does get you down after a while, but I had a chat with a friend whose husband has had Type 1 diabetes since a young age, and has been injecting for over 25 years! Kind of put it onto perspective for me - I had at the most 25 weeks of injections - so there was an end to it.

I did some internet research while pg and found american sites were the most informative, as it is more comon over there - I was led to believe that the insulin has no effect on the baby, and that uncontrolled sugar levels can lead to big babies, who can have problems with breathing, etc, but those are only statistics. I can only speak for myself, who has had two babies, with Gestational diabetes with both - DD was 10 14 born, and is now 6 and as skinny as a rake, and Ds who was 8 8 at 38 weeks (so would have been ove 10 full term).

Incidently you dont have to have a c-section to give birth - even though I had c-section with DD, I was offered the option of induction, and therefore vaginal birth, with a 50 /50 chance of having a section. I was neither encouraged or discouraged by the Consultant, but I opted for a section as DD was a large baby, so DS was likely to be big. Has birth been discussed with you at all yet? Do you find your consultant helpful?

I will try and find my blood sugars book - I think it is in the box with my monitor - I kept it as a reminder, and if I can give you any indication of what levels I was on and levels of insulin, then I can, if you would find it helpful.

Finally dont worry - it is easy to forget that you are actually growing a baby in there - what with all this injecting, etc, but dont lose sight of that.

thanks for that
well they have started me on 4 units but as you can see its going to go up apparantly my consultant is going to talk to me tomorrow about this about the before dinner one being increaed first
my last baby i had to be induced at 37 weeks cos he was huge to them he was 9lb 4oz 3 weeks early
3rd baby was 9lb at 36 weeks also
no birth has not been discussed with me yet but theres no way i am going to be induced again it only happened once and it was a terrible experience
also my baby has a few problems anyway he has signs he has craniosynostosis
weve had this before its a genetic disease we were so hoping this one didnt have it but all signs are showing he has i have scan next week to have another look
thak you so much for helping me out with this info youve neen great
do i find my consultant helpful well i sort of did but they have changed my consultant(i was under consultant anyway)to another one as baby has problems with fused skull bones,now with the diabetes,so i have a new one i have yet to meet apparantly hes going to scan me himself
so we will see i have a while yet i guess but beginning to get a bit nervous now