Recent Content by vikc

Thanks Kt for your response. My wife had a call from her diabetes mid-wife saying the registrar is new and not to worry about what he said / the Fructosamine levels. Felt better after your response and was good to hear from the midwife as well. My wife's a nurse and she mentioned that sometime...

Hi all, Been a while since I posted. My wife is now 17w+4. She had her Fructosamine tested at week 15 and she got the results today and it was 450 which is very high. What's strange is that the vast majority of her blood sugars are within range or low, she hardly gets any highs. So far the...

Hi all, Sorry didn't get a chance to post yesterday. We had the scan yesterday which was amazing. We saw the heartbeat of the baby as well, was absolutely incredible, couldn't believe my eyes. It's amazing that it's only 9.8mm but you can see a heart beat. We got our 12 week scan on 22nd...

Thanks kt My wife's coming up to 7 weeks now and her blood sugars are staying much lower than before which is likely to be a result of insulin being created by the pregnancy. We have our first scan next Thursday...we can't wait..my wife will be 7 weeks 3 days by then so hopefully should be...

Hi Emma, My wife is finding the same problem, she is 6 weeks pregnant and her sugars rise mostly in the evenings and at night, and she has increased her basal rate by 20%. One thing she finds useful is to give herself the bolus 10-15mins before eating if the blood sugar is not below 4.2. Maybe...

Ah ok thanks for that. My wife brought the bread you mentioned earlier and she likes it, so thank you ;) I noticed you replied on another post about high blood sugars, my wife is having the same trouble, she goes up in the evenings and night. She's increased all her basals by 20% which is...

Thanks kt Fortunately until now my wife hasn't really had any morning sickness lol Will definitely take the advice into account, she does like eggs but I thought there was a restriction on how many eggs she can eat as they contain some sort of bacteria? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks kt78 for your response, We just got back early hours this morning from Tunisia where we had a lovely break, all excited with what lays ahead. My wife is going to speaking with the diabetes midwife tomorrow to discuss when the first scan will take place, if they aren't keen to do it...

Thanks for the messages, I think we are going to try to keep meals to below 50g carbs and for the next few weeks as a minimum test regularly. It's the night time that's the worst. We just used an online pregnancy calculator which calculated that my wife it 4 weeks pregnant. For diabetic type 1...

Thanks for all the replies / congratulations. She is really struggling with the sugars on the pump, they seem to be randomly shooting up, the other night it shot up to 21. It's really hard because even if she calculates the carbs correctly and gives the right amount of insulin it still goes...

Hi, As promised that I would let you know the outcome, my wife did a pregnancy test this morning (the day she was due for her next period) and she got a positive result. So we are both over the moon but we both realise the importance of the first 12 weeks. Any advice on what to make sure we do...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I double checked and the consultants letter / leaflet does state 5mg folic acid is required for diabetic women. Ah ok well we will wait in that case, my understanding was you couldn't get a false positive. I guess because it's the first time we really trying it's...

Thanks for the replies. I see what you mean about becoming excited but is quite hard to control lol She is on folic acid and has been on it for quite a few weeks now...I think it's a 5mg dosage, but I do know it's much stronger than they prescribe to non-diabetics. Not taking any...

Hi all, My wife and I have been trying for a baby over the past few weeks and we used clear blue ovulation test to test whens the best time. She has still got 9 days till she is due for her period, but she is potentially getting early signs of pregnancy and just wanted to get some views on...

Hi Everyone, Thankyou for your replies, once again I can't show how much I appreciate them. I am still stuck in the same situation and finiding it extremly difficult to explain to my dad. He is not being very understanding. I really don't know what to do! Kind regards, Vikram