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I have to say I disagree with Charisma about the low carbs issue...reducing your carb intake is a good way to control your sugars and prevent post prandial highs. Obviously you won't be able to cut them altogether but reducing them helps. I limited myself to 30-50grams carbs per day during my...

Hi. I've never heard of babies of diabetic mums having any problems with bfeeding. The main concern with them is the risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia and to prevent this they need to feed within the first couple of hours after birth. Some mums struggle to produce enough colostrum at this stage so...

So sorry to hear that. I hope you are ok and wish you luck for the future. X Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Good luck today with your blood test! Fingers crossed for you. X

Hi. Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy! I has exactly the same problem as you in my pregnancy (also on a pump) and tried all 3 of the things you suggested. I ended up lowering my carb intake, taking bolus 15-30mins before meal (if I remembered) and also put a temp basal on of 200% for the...

I'm sorry you're going through something so stressful! As some ppl have mentioned above you can have a positive outcome despite heavy bleeding so will keep my fingers crossed for you today. Thinking of you Hun. Good luck. Xx

It sounds like you're doing really well! I spent my entire pregnancy sorting out hypos as well but as I told my diabetes team, they don't harm the baby so providing I don't lose my hypo awareness I'm ok with that (having said that I do have CGMS as have had zero hypo awareness at times). Good...

Thanks! Huge congratulations to you! How are you getting on? It's an amazing but scary feeling when you finally get pregnant, hope you manage to enjoy it and not stress too much! ;)

Wow! Well done! Such lovely news. Well done with that hba1c, that's really incredible!! Glad all looking good, you must be getting so excited now! Keep us up to date. X

Woohoo! Huge congratulations!! What to do?? Relax and enjoy! Don't worry about not feeling pregnant, completely normal, especially at this stage. Am sure your diabetes team will look after you well when you get hold of them. Good luck! X

Hi. I am type 1 on a pump and delivered 16 days ago. I restrict my carbs to help control my BMs as it is the only way I can eliminate post prandial spikes. I started doing this after reading Dr Bernstein's book about a year ago, got my hba1c down to 6.1 pre-pregnancy and then kept it at 5.4...

I was on a pump and found I had to adjust my settings every week or so, especially from about 16weeks. Whilst I had to make some changes to my basal rates during the pregnancy , the biggest and most frequent changes were to my I:c ratios which went from 1:8 pre-preg to 1:1.5 by the end. Also had...

Thanks for all the lovely messages! We're doing ok. Feeling good although of course shattered. The nights can be brutal! Managing BMs and breast feeding is tricky but getting better each day. Good luck to all those who are preggers at the moment/trying. X

I am type 1 and after a relatively straight forwards pregnancy (despite lots of hypos and hard work) I gave birth to Rose on the 6th of Feb at 38 weeks weighing 6lb12oz. She is absolutely perfect and a real sweetie.

There is good evidence out there that for women with increased risk factors for pre-eclampsia ( of which diabetes is one) aspirin reduces this risk. Obviously if you have other medical problems these need to be taken into consideration. The risk of side effects such as ulcers/bleeding etc in...

Hi, I was induced last week at 38 weeks because I had reduced fetal movements so they got a bit twitchy. They had planned on inducing me at 39 weeks which is standard where I live but like has been said above, every pregnancy is different. X

Hi Cloe, How're you getting on? How many weeks are you now? Just a short message to say that I had our baby on 6.2.15, Rosie Eva, weighing 6pnd12oz. I was induced at 38weeks for reduced movements and after 24 hrs my waters broke and I delivered very quickly afterward with a wonderful normal...

Hi Beth, so I can now say that despite the diabetes I managed to have a normal delivery a couple of days ago resulting in the arrival of Rosie who was 3kg. I was induced at 37+5 and after my waters broke 24hrs later I had a very quick labour (so fast I never even got any of the decent pain...

Hi again, I tend to do low carb eating anyway, eating a max of 20-30g carbs a day anyway so just made sure I was really strict on that in the first trimester. It's perfectly safe in pregnancy if part of a healthy diet otherwise and didn't seem to effect my energy levels (although these were in...

Hi! Firstly congrats on pregnancy! I had exactly the same problems in the first trimester but Am now 37 weeks and managed to get it sorted. I found I had to pretty much cut out carbs almost entirely and that seemed to do the job. Tough to do but really made a difference. I still had to bolus for...