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I think they recommend at least 10 times a day. I think I was doing more than that at the start of the pregnancy because I had lots of hypos. Don't forget to test before driving If you drive too. I did ease off on the testing towards the end of the pregnancy because my sugar levels were fairly...

Hi Cloe it is a tricky one ams you do need to work out how much is the right amount for you. I'm like serenede, I would have 3-4 jelly babies. biscuits and chocolate are not recommended as hypo remedies anymore because they are classed as medium GI and won't work quickly enough but you could...

If you get the opportunity to do the DAFNE course, I highly recommend it. It really helped me through my pregnancy and it paid off. I was induced at 38 weeks (on 1st august) and my daughter Kate was born within a few hours. Her glucose level was monitored for 24 hours and was fine. She's...

Congratulations moaney! She looks a very content baby. I was just wondering how you'd got on. I'm booked in to be induced on Friday. Fingers crossed. Cherish your little one xx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Cloe I'm 36 weeks now and been on injections the whole time. My nurse did suggest going on the pump at one point but I decided to persevere with injections because I didn't want anything to confuse me or potentially mess up my sugar levels while I was pregnant. Your control is pretty good so...

Hi Em I had no sickness but apparently this is a hereditary thing - my mum's morning sickness started at nothing and got worse with each pregnancy. The only problem I had was that I now couldn't stand the smell of Persil colour liquid and that did make me vomit one morning while brushing my...

Hi Vikc I had a scan at 6 weeks but I didn't get to hear the heartbeat until about 10 weeks I think! At 6 weeks there is literally a sack and a blob and a pulsing thing which is the heart. I don't know if the doppler will pick it up - it's tiny! Maybe at 7 weeks the embryo is a bit more...

Hi Emma I was having loads of hypos in my first few weeks - I never experienced highs like other people seem to. I have done since but try not to worry. You will go through ups and plateaus as the pregnancy goes on. I'm at 31 weeks and currently enjoying a plateau. It's nice when you can...

Hi Tarn! I don't know if it takes longer for a woman with diabetes to concieve - if hba1c effects fertility or anything like that. People seem to get pregnant under all sorts of circumstances. I'm sure there will be indepth studies in the future. From my experience, I started to think...

Hi Moaney I'm 29 weeks now and I would say in the last 3 weeks I've gone from looking a bit pregnant to very pregnant - enforced my everyone telling me so! I had no morning sickness and have put on weight steadily since about 12 weeks (almost 2st so far :(). I had my first growth scan last...

Hobnobs are good too. I find the oats are slower release. Nice to have a good excuse to eat biscuits Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hiya the post-meal 7.8 requirement is a pregnancy thing. This was really hard for me to achieve until someone mention low GI! I was increasing my insulin doses and all sorts to try to get my 1 hour post meal readings under 9 but then I was majorly hypoing 2 hours after eating. Now if I...

Hi Carly I told the diabetes team who took my word for it that I was pregnant. They got me into the hospital the following week. I asked whether I needed to contact my GP and they suggested I should so that I could see the Community Midwife but this totally confused my GP surgery because...

I had an antenatal appt with the diabetes team last Tuesday and they used a doppler so that I could hear the baby's heartbeat but I have to say it sounded more like mine. Isn't the baby's supposed to be fast...? :confused: Anyway that afternoon I started to feel the baby move and I've felt it...

Hi Katie It sounds logical to me. If baby is active then it will be using more nutrients from you - including glucose! Not great for you if you're having nighttime hypos though - your diabetes team will have a field day! o_O