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<blockquote data-quote="kazC" data-source="post: 1179745" data-attributes="member: 88087"><p>Hi all, will be 14 weeks on Friday. All going great with pegnancy - been lucky with sickness etc - but the lows have been causing me issues. Or, more specifically, the hospital team's reaction to them. Yes, I had a lot, but worked on basal to reduce as many as I could. </p><p></p><p>Hypos sure aren't nice, but they do sneak up on you, so sometimes there's no way of preventing them as there's just no flamin' pattern!!! And it's always in the back of my mind that bubs deals ok with hypos, but not with high sugars. Since going to the joint diabetes/anetnataal clinic, I've been seeing a different DSN, who seems to report to a different consultant, and they have turned into the hypo police. To the point that, after having an unexpected low of 2.7 a day before an appointment, I burst into tears at home, worried about how to try and explain it to them. I'm not the shy and retiting type, and can fight my corner, but you really don't need that when you're exhausted and hormonal. I eventually told the DSN that I didn't appreciate being put on the diabetes naughty step. She even asked me to fish out hypo treatment from ym handbag to prove I had some on me?!?! I've been diabetic for 32 years..................</p><p></p><p>I'm on a pump, and have had tight control for a while. HbA1c before pregnancy was 5.5%. I'm also very sensitvie to insulin so, for me, a change of 0.01 is my starting point for my basal. Latest apointment yesterday, with my usual (lvoely & very helpful) DSN but who now also seemingly reports to another consultant, led to them reducing my basal overnight and until midday, by 0.05 per hour. This ia a huge jump for me, and I told them I had reservations. With the result, woke up at 8.7 - the highest by far for 13 weeks, and stuggling even with corrections to get it back under 7. </p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rant, but am hugely frustrated. Of course I understand - and am glad of! - their concern for my safety, but I think our knowlege of our own bodies should be taken into account a little more?? I would say that I'm never had anything less than excellant care at the hospital, so this isn't intended as a slating for the team.</p><p></p><p>Karen xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kazC, post: 1179745, member: 88087"] Hi all, will be 14 weeks on Friday. All going great with pegnancy - been lucky with sickness etc - but the lows have been causing me issues. Or, more specifically, the hospital team's reaction to them. Yes, I had a lot, but worked on basal to reduce as many as I could. Hypos sure aren't nice, but they do sneak up on you, so sometimes there's no way of preventing them as there's just no flamin' pattern!!! And it's always in the back of my mind that bubs deals ok with hypos, but not with high sugars. Since going to the joint diabetes/anetnataal clinic, I've been seeing a different DSN, who seems to report to a different consultant, and they have turned into the hypo police. To the point that, after having an unexpected low of 2.7 a day before an appointment, I burst into tears at home, worried about how to try and explain it to them. I'm not the shy and retiting type, and can fight my corner, but you really don't need that when you're exhausted and hormonal. I eventually told the DSN that I didn't appreciate being put on the diabetes naughty step. She even asked me to fish out hypo treatment from ym handbag to prove I had some on me?!?! I've been diabetic for 32 years.................. I'm on a pump, and have had tight control for a while. HbA1c before pregnancy was 5.5%. I'm also very sensitvie to insulin so, for me, a change of 0.01 is my starting point for my basal. Latest apointment yesterday, with my usual (lvoely & very helpful) DSN but who now also seemingly reports to another consultant, led to them reducing my basal overnight and until midday, by 0.05 per hour. This ia a huge jump for me, and I told them I had reservations. With the result, woke up at 8.7 - the highest by far for 13 weeks, and stuggling even with corrections to get it back under 7. Sorry for the rant, but am hugely frustrated. Of course I understand - and am glad of! - their concern for my safety, but I think our knowlege of our own bodies should be taken into account a little more?? I would say that I'm never had anything less than excellant care at the hospital, so this isn't intended as a slating for the team. Karen xx [/QUOTE]
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