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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2148301" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>I'm just going to try to put a bit of perspective in. Medical science has done wonderful things for T1 pregnancies. In the mid 50s, when my mother was diagnosed after a DKA, there were no glucometers, and pretty well the only test available was a chemistry experiment urine test which told you how much sugar you'd passed into your urine. My mother had her first T1 pregnancy way way too soon after her diagnosis, and the result, unsurprisingly (we're talking about an initial hba1c in DKA territory), was a stillbirth at full term (after an emergency caesarean when the baby stopped moving). Scans would have told her the pregnancy wasn't viable but of course they weren't available then. But she went on to have two successful pregnancies over the next 7 years (my brother and I).</p><p></p><p>By the time I was having kids (in the 90s) glucometers but not cgms were available, so I don't know how bad any spikes were, but I had two normalish pregnancies (other than some epic hypos, ugh), and my kids, now in their twenties, are fine. (I could have done without the worry of an extra heart scan that became available for my second child, where they hummed and ha-ed and said there might be an issue but they wouldn't tell me till she was born, and when she was born they did a scan and said she was fine <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.)</p><p></p><p>There's always risk in any pregnancy, I really find it hard to believe that one or two weeks of high readings will do anything significant to that risk. My understanding, for most (diabetic or not) pregnancies, is that the first 12 weeks are the most critical time, if the baby's not meant to be (eg chromosomal abnormality) you usually lose it then. That's why many people don't announce their pregnancies for those first 12 weeks. But the fact that you've passed the 8 week viability test is fantastic news.</p><p></p><p>Congratulations on your pregnancy. The stats for T1 pregnancies are very good now, because of the excellent antenatal care. If cgms had been around when I was having kids I would probably have gone for a third (and missed out on some memorable hypos<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). If your team thought that there was an issue with the baby they would tell you.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2148301, member: 372717"] I'm just going to try to put a bit of perspective in. Medical science has done wonderful things for T1 pregnancies. In the mid 50s, when my mother was diagnosed after a DKA, there were no glucometers, and pretty well the only test available was a chemistry experiment urine test which told you how much sugar you'd passed into your urine. My mother had her first T1 pregnancy way way too soon after her diagnosis, and the result, unsurprisingly (we're talking about an initial hba1c in DKA territory), was a stillbirth at full term (after an emergency caesarean when the baby stopped moving). Scans would have told her the pregnancy wasn't viable but of course they weren't available then. But she went on to have two successful pregnancies over the next 7 years (my brother and I). By the time I was having kids (in the 90s) glucometers but not cgms were available, so I don't know how bad any spikes were, but I had two normalish pregnancies (other than some epic hypos, ugh), and my kids, now in their twenties, are fine. (I could have done without the worry of an extra heart scan that became available for my second child, where they hummed and ha-ed and said there might be an issue but they wouldn't tell me till she was born, and when she was born they did a scan and said she was fine :).) There's always risk in any pregnancy, I really find it hard to believe that one or two weeks of high readings will do anything significant to that risk. My understanding, for most (diabetic or not) pregnancies, is that the first 12 weeks are the most critical time, if the baby's not meant to be (eg chromosomal abnormality) you usually lose it then. That's why many people don't announce their pregnancies for those first 12 weeks. But the fact that you've passed the 8 week viability test is fantastic news. Congratulations on your pregnancy. The stats for T1 pregnancies are very good now, because of the excellent antenatal care. If cgms had been around when I was having kids I would probably have gone for a third (and missed out on some memorable hypos:)). If your team thought that there was an issue with the baby they would tell you. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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