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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1181434" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>[USER=306412]@Jd040767[/USER] Ive found this study for you:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681038/#!po=50.0000" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681038/#!po=50.0000</a></p><p></p><p>There's a chart attached to it, called Table 1. I can't link to that by itself but if you find mention of "Table 1" in the text, then you can click on it and it opens in a new window. Note that this study gives HbA1Cs in percentages. I believe your 97 is 11%. One thing I did notice is that these women appear to have only taken a normal non-diabetic amount of folic acid, not the recommended high dose. The high dose folic acid that we all take reduces the risk of neural tube defects. Possibly a higher dose folic acid, as we have now, would have made a difference to these results.</p><p></p><p>If you look at Table 1, you can see that women with HbA1Cs higher than 6.5/7% do have an increasing risk of problems. However, looking at those figures, you can see that 'bad things happening' are not inevitable. Lots of women with higher than advised HbA1Cs went on to have babies that were ok.</p><p></p><p>You say you were told a risk of 20% (that seems slightly higher than the risk shown here, but maybe the doctor was simplifying the figure). So that means the majority of women didn't have problems then?</p><p></p><p>I can understand why you're anxious, but you're not somehow destined to have 'something go wrong'. You've managed to get your blood sugar under control at this early stage.</p><p></p><p>If it was me, I'd wait and see how things were. It's easy to feel guilty and imagine all bad things happening, but positive outcomes are possible too.</p><p></p><p>Do what's right for YOU. Don't be rushed and don't be pushed into doing anything you don't want to. Speak to your DSN, but also as many other specialists as you can eg obstetricians, midwives, etc. Ask for whatever blood tests and scans that would help.</p><p></p><p>I've said it before, but examine your heart, think and think, and you'll make the right decision for YOU not for anybody else.</p><p></p><p>{{hug}} Best wishes and love xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 1181434, member: 39639"] [USER=306412]@Jd040767[/USER] Ive found this study for you: [URL]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681038/#!po=50.0000[/URL] There's a chart attached to it, called Table 1. I can't link to that by itself but if you find mention of "Table 1" in the text, then you can click on it and it opens in a new window. Note that this study gives HbA1Cs in percentages. I believe your 97 is 11%. One thing I did notice is that these women appear to have only taken a normal non-diabetic amount of folic acid, not the recommended high dose. The high dose folic acid that we all take reduces the risk of neural tube defects. Possibly a higher dose folic acid, as we have now, would have made a difference to these results. If you look at Table 1, you can see that women with HbA1Cs higher than 6.5/7% do have an increasing risk of problems. However, looking at those figures, you can see that 'bad things happening' are not inevitable. Lots of women with higher than advised HbA1Cs went on to have babies that were ok. You say you were told a risk of 20% (that seems slightly higher than the risk shown here, but maybe the doctor was simplifying the figure). So that means the majority of women didn't have problems then? I can understand why you're anxious, but you're not somehow destined to have 'something go wrong'. You've managed to get your blood sugar under control at this early stage. If it was me, I'd wait and see how things were. It's easy to feel guilty and imagine all bad things happening, but positive outcomes are possible too. Do what's right for YOU. Don't be rushed and don't be pushed into doing anything you don't want to. Speak to your DSN, but also as many other specialists as you can eg obstetricians, midwives, etc. Ask for whatever blood tests and scans that would help. I've said it before, but examine your heart, think and think, and you'll make the right decision for YOU not for anybody else. {{hug}} Best wishes and love xx [/QUOTE]
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