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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
hi,
This is my first time posting in here, I'm hoping for a little advice or shared experiences!
I have one little boy aged 4.5 and in the future I would like to think about another child.
I didn't find out I was pregnant with my little boy till late (about 3months) as I have PCOS, t because my hba1/c was 6.5 they had let me carry on with the pregnancy.
The start of my pregnancy was fine, but towards the end of the second trimester my sugars started to rise sharply in the morning about 5/6 am! They would suddenly shoot up to about 15 for no reason. I was told it was something they call 'dawn phenomenon' basically I got a surge of hormones at that time of the morning that pushed my sugar up. They tried me in the pump, but because I didn't have a long time to get used to it it really scared me! I handed it back to them in tears after about 4 days as I just couldn't get to grips with it in such a short space of time!
So obviously if I was going to go on the pump I would want to give myself a period of time to get used to it before even thinking about using it when pregnant as my insulin ratios were completely flipped on their head, I would want to be as confident in using it as I aam with my pens.
I would like to know if anyone has had a similar experience and how u have found things. My sugar is well controlled and I'm not sure how I would feel almost relinquishing control to a machine? The thought scares me! I do like the sound of the omnipod? A girl I work with at school has this and I like the fact it doesn't attach to you with wires.
Thanks for your help
Sarah
This is my first time posting in here, I'm hoping for a little advice or shared experiences!
I have one little boy aged 4.5 and in the future I would like to think about another child.
I didn't find out I was pregnant with my little boy till late (about 3months) as I have PCOS, t because my hba1/c was 6.5 they had let me carry on with the pregnancy.
The start of my pregnancy was fine, but towards the end of the second trimester my sugars started to rise sharply in the morning about 5/6 am! They would suddenly shoot up to about 15 for no reason. I was told it was something they call 'dawn phenomenon' basically I got a surge of hormones at that time of the morning that pushed my sugar up. They tried me in the pump, but because I didn't have a long time to get used to it it really scared me! I handed it back to them in tears after about 4 days as I just couldn't get to grips with it in such a short space of time!
So obviously if I was going to go on the pump I would want to give myself a period of time to get used to it before even thinking about using it when pregnant as my insulin ratios were completely flipped on their head, I would want to be as confident in using it as I aam with my pens.
I would like to know if anyone has had a similar experience and how u have found things. My sugar is well controlled and I'm not sure how I would feel almost relinquishing control to a machine? The thought scares me! I do like the sound of the omnipod? A girl I work with at school has this and I like the fact it doesn't attach to you with wires.
Thanks for your help
Sarah