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- Type of diabetes
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Hello All,
I've been a type 1 for 26 years and I'm 36yrs old. My husband and have been talking about starting our own family. I know I've left it a bit late, but it has only been recent that we could say our lifestyle, jobs and our own home could make it possible for us to start a family. In addition, we've talked about it many times in the past, but my husband has a hereditary condition and we'd talked ourselves out of it. However over the recent year I've been consumed with wanting to have a family and therefore set about looking into it.
Naively, I didn't realise how difficulty it is for a Type 1 during pregnancy and the added risk (my hat goes off to all you ladies who have been through all the testing, hypos and delivery, let alone the shocking stories of how you've been treated by healthcare professionals!). So far, I've done alot of reaserch and downloaded the useful Diabetes and pregnancy walk through which has been insightful. In total, I've been planning this for 3 months already i.e taking 5mg folic acid and really trying hard to get my HbA1c down. It was 52 December 2014 and 57 June 2015 and at the moment my BG have been averaging around 6 before meals and can go up to 10 after meals. I have been having unexplained highs in the morning i.e. Tuesday night I went to bed at 5.9 but was 16.3 by the morning. I've read posts here which suggest that this might be due to Dawn Phenomenon? But not sure how to correct this and I know it's not my Levemir as the BG keeps steady for the rest of the day (I'm not on a pump). So apart from this and a few blips over Christmas, I have managed to pull it back.
Anyway, I went to my GP last Tuesday to get another HbA1c done and I had my results today. The nurse said it was 58. I'm devastated...I've been trying really hard, and now I don't know if it's just too risky. My husband and I agreed that if nothing happened by March I wouldn't chance it any longer as my age goes against me as Id be 37yrs old by then and including the potential risks involved in a Type 1 pregnancy as I've previously had malculopathy which has since cleared with no requirement for laser surgery.
Has anyone else been pregnant with this level HbA1c and not had complications? How long would it take to bring it down to 43? Am I asking for trouble in light of the added risks?
Grateful for any advice x
I've been a type 1 for 26 years and I'm 36yrs old. My husband and have been talking about starting our own family. I know I've left it a bit late, but it has only been recent that we could say our lifestyle, jobs and our own home could make it possible for us to start a family. In addition, we've talked about it many times in the past, but my husband has a hereditary condition and we'd talked ourselves out of it. However over the recent year I've been consumed with wanting to have a family and therefore set about looking into it.
Naively, I didn't realise how difficulty it is for a Type 1 during pregnancy and the added risk (my hat goes off to all you ladies who have been through all the testing, hypos and delivery, let alone the shocking stories of how you've been treated by healthcare professionals!). So far, I've done alot of reaserch and downloaded the useful Diabetes and pregnancy walk through which has been insightful. In total, I've been planning this for 3 months already i.e taking 5mg folic acid and really trying hard to get my HbA1c down. It was 52 December 2014 and 57 June 2015 and at the moment my BG have been averaging around 6 before meals and can go up to 10 after meals. I have been having unexplained highs in the morning i.e. Tuesday night I went to bed at 5.9 but was 16.3 by the morning. I've read posts here which suggest that this might be due to Dawn Phenomenon? But not sure how to correct this and I know it's not my Levemir as the BG keeps steady for the rest of the day (I'm not on a pump). So apart from this and a few blips over Christmas, I have managed to pull it back.
Anyway, I went to my GP last Tuesday to get another HbA1c done and I had my results today. The nurse said it was 58. I'm devastated...I've been trying really hard, and now I don't know if it's just too risky. My husband and I agreed that if nothing happened by March I wouldn't chance it any longer as my age goes against me as Id be 37yrs old by then and including the potential risks involved in a Type 1 pregnancy as I've previously had malculopathy which has since cleared with no requirement for laser surgery.
Has anyone else been pregnant with this level HbA1c and not had complications? How long would it take to bring it down to 43? Am I asking for trouble in light of the added risks?
Grateful for any advice x