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Diabetics get a viability scan around 7 weeks also considered the 'booking in' scan - they usually take bloods on the same day to test for all the usual things, iron levels, blood type, rhesus status, etc You should then get scanned at 12 weeks. At this point it is up to you if you want to have...

Hi, thats fantastic, great news about the 20 week scan :) I was 8.3 a few weeks b4 conception, 8 a few weeks after and 5.5 by the time I reached 8 weeks, I got my hb1ac down to 5.5 in 3.5 weeks. It was extremely hard work had to take time off work, I test about 20 times a day as i have random...

There is a lot of discussion suggesting that diabetes does impact fertility but likewise there are many people who have no problems at all. I had some rather complex issues unrelated to my diabetes, I struggled with these for 5 years, finally and thankfully these were resolved last year and when...

Any takers??? :)

Hi, Congrats on your pregnancies :) I am 38, type 1 for 17 years, been TTC for 5 years had a number of problems which were resolved last year and conceived quickly and rather unexpectedly thereafter. So it was sort of planned but not planned if that makes sense, thought it would take longer and...

Correction ... Early Anamoly scan at 17 weeks !!!!

Hi I am 16 weeks pregnant. Conceived on hb1ac of 8.3 so stressed already about impact on baby will find put soon next week in my 17 week early a amply scan - any advice please share thanks In the first trimester I was constantly hyperglycaemic had to increase both basal (levemir) and...

Dear All I am new to this forum - I am currently 15 weeks pregnant, 38 years of age. Been trying for years and I had almost given up hope and had become complacent with my folic acid and diabetes management. My local hospital - due to staff shortages - cancelled all my pre-pregnancy...