Recent Content by Looly

That sounds awful and very stressful. Sorry youve had to go through that. Pregnancy is difficult enough without anything extra piled on top! My clinical team are pretty much increasing my insulin doses weekly at the moment, with the growing placenta. I'm now on insulitard throughout the day and...

Thank you al so, so much. This has helped me more than you can imagine. I'm doing pretty well with the sugars. I've experimented a little and I feel confident enough with what I am doing but yes, I really need to discuss with my clinical team what I am doing. I have to keep a very tight reign on...

Thank you all for your input. I'll try the pregnancy forum if you feel it will be helpful. I have spoken to a dietician. In general I find it somewhat useful but very generic and proscriptive. The dietician was more helpful when I was controlling the diabetes in my first pregnancy with diet...

The pregnancy forums are generally not helpful as they are made up with members who are trying to come to terms with diabetes for the first time. I would very much like the advice of people who are used to dealing with diabetes as a longterm lifestyle

Thank you both for your replies. I will give some details of my case... Well, this is my third pregnancy with diabetes, second with insulin. I'm very slim, have no family history of diabetes but have suffered with severe PCOS in my history so they reckon this could be a contributing factor as...

Hi there I am new to this so would appreciate any help I can get. In theory, can I eat whatever I want if I use enough insulin?