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Seeing the term, 'big needle', made me smile, thats the deal I have with my husband, if I am having a bad hypo, he has to 'threaten me' with the 'big needle', if I am alert enough to argue, I am alert enough to eat. I think, it has been many years since having the 'big needle' that I was given...

Congratulations!! A practical point - In the early days, it is easy to hypo and you can loose your warning signals, so make sure you do a bm very last thing and keep your monitor and snacks by the bed! Hypo's, if treated do not affect the baby, so don't panic about them, but treat them gently...

It is very true indeed!! After my first and very long and exhausting day at univeristy, a couple of years back, I returned to my car to realise that I had a flat tyre, where I had clipped the wheel against the kerb on parking that morning. (very old, uneven kerb stones!) I am a total girl when...

I remember my first diabetic easter, 20 yrs ago. I was bought lots of 'Diabetic Chocolate' from both Boots and Thorntons. To be honest, its like telling a sirloin steak lover that tripe is still meat. Bleugh. That stuff makes eating peas seem palatable. (Peas are the one veg I just cannot...

Hi fizzgigg! Firstly, congratulations on your pregnancy! Do you have a specialist team to care for you in pregnancy with regards to your diabetes? Insulin requirements do change in pregnancy and once in the 2nd/3rd trimesters, your insulin needs will increase, but you will need support in...

If your blood sugar is high and you have ketones, this can cause very nasty stomach cramps, any other symptoms?

Hi Victoria, welcome to the site! I am a student midwife so have some knowledge, but there are also some qualified midwifes on here with far greater knowledge and experince than I! Firstly I am sorry to hear that your baby daughter was stillborn, that must have been a very difficult experince...

I had a full on binge. My BM just didn't rise as it normally would. This has happened a few times recently. It's like I am malabsorbing or something, just trying to understand the possible physiology behind it and wondering what I have possibly damaged.

What would be the possible cause for blood sugar not rising in conjuction with eating a lot and not bolusing?

Paracetamol is prety much my first port of call, unless it is an unbearable pain like toothache, then I still have a hefty supply of prescription co-codamol, which is a fair bit stronger than OTC version. Paramol is probably the strongest OTC medication, but quite pricey. For stuff that the...

hahaha!! I'm so thick, I was thinking it was a striking ressemblence, though I feel she has aged a bit since that photo!

Catherine, you are stunning, Dame Judy's prettier younger sister!

Haha!! Thank you. It wasn't intended to put myself down, I do that in all other areas of my life, but not as a student, that, I take very seriously! It was more meant that although I am offering what knowledge I have, and I hope it is of use, that I am not the oricle and it is not meant to...

Wiflib, Our unit 'does not do' any transitional care, so all babies that require observations are kept in SCBU and when SCBU is full, then they have to provide the staff to come and do the observations. I find it all incomprehensible myself, as by saying that you 'don't do' tansitional care...

Can you buy chocolate fish over here? I've just loked on the internet and found that Cadbury make them, is this the ones you mean? They look lush!

Also, ask to see their written policy and the evidence they are using to back it up!!

I am a lost fishy.

If you PM me your email address, I have lots of references on this has have just completed an assignment on this. The unit where I am insists all babies of mothers on Insulin are taken to SCBU, for the staffing levels that you mention. This is contrary to all the current guidelines, NICE, Nsf...

2 things on that lst that I didn't highlight which may also be relevant! The defective toth enamal - my teetch are forever chipping and I have 3 collapsed teeth. I have good dental hygiene, brush minium of 3 x a day, floss etc The painful joints I get too esecilly my knees, whichhavbeen...

I will go and see the GP and have no intention of visiting the local therapist who diagnoses food intolerances, you are so right, all my friend that have, have had similar diagnoses! Just thought, looking at the list, I cn definitely add the bone and joint pain plus the defcective tooth enamel...