- Messages
- 106
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
@Contralto Personally I am happy to take the folic acid, as do many women tying to conceive, which my GP has prescribed to me.
Yes, but it's only theoretical that methylfolate specifically is needed. Research into actual supplementation shows that the elevated risk associated with those mutations disappears with normal supplementation using regular old folic acid.Please understand that use of folic acid instead of methyl folate, if you have the common mutation, could make utilization of folates by your body harder
Can I ask even though it was background did they send you to a consultant eye specialist at the hospital too? I wasn't told I'd need that I had a second screening and this is what iv heard next so am v worried :-( is it just to be safe as I'm pregnant ?.... I'm going to go at 34 weeks and I'm just worried they will say I need surgery or something and il need to have baby too early :-(Hello I have had background retinopathy for a number of years now, due to lack of control, horrible grip of diabulimia for many years. Was told as long as I control now it shouldn't get worse, they weren't happy when I tightened my control so quickly in pre-preg, but I was eager to be ready for a baby!
I have hit the resistance stage and really really struggling to keep everything under control. I feel awful and keep correcting and upping ratios/basal, keep getting high readings though! It's so frustrating. I had a 4D private scan on Saturday (isn't 4D amazing!!) and she was a little concerned that baby boy is 3.28lbs at 28 weeks. I feel horrible, she said he is heavier than they would expect at this stage and his abdominal circ. is above the 97th percentile I have my NHS 28 week scan at the hospital today so will see what they say then. Everything else looked good at the scan so I don't think I should be too worried... That's what the sonographer said anyway (she was diabetic herself).
At the moment I go to bed at 7-12, correct, test again in the night, correct if necessary and wake up at 5-12, really variable. So rubbish. I am so angry, frustrated and upset at the moment, I don't know what to do, I want to whack in loads of insulin but I don't want to drop it low I have been told to gradually increase settings and leave it two or three days before making more changes, in which time I get high readings. I just worry I am doing more damage than good, I don't want to eat but know I have to so he gets all the nutrients etc he needs.
Hope the hospital move goes well I love having ladies on here who understand the frustrations and worries, and just let me rant at times! Haha
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