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Hey I have two kiddos a 8 year old and nearly 1 year old and Iv had both of them on lantus I’m type one No problems with both xx

Firstly I’m really sorry to hear about the miscarriage sending my hugs to you x I was in a similar boat I had my first miscarriage 8 years ago and have had two official ones since and several chemicals I think they’re called .... all of them have been painful to deal with... but I do have two...

Have you tried doing basal hour half -2 hours before dinner ? might be worth a shot I have to do this now even when not preg .... sounds like you really are doing everything you can though .... have you got that libra meter ? Night times are the worst at best if times I know these 9 months are...

Also after a low I don’t always have sugar straight away in pregnancy I found that it slowly crept up and caught up itself !? unless i was below a 3 I’d leave it at night at night was my highest

Hiya congrats on pregnancy firstly Well done ! I have two little ones one is 7 and one is 8 months old Iv been diabetic for 17 years so Iv def had my share of ups and mostly downs with control ...my hba1 in my last pregnancy was 35 it’s now 40 with both pregnancy’s I made an effort to go...

Iv lost loads from having my son 8 months ago and also doing weights , (muscle burns more calories ) Simply from weighing out sweet potatoes/ rice(brown) or another good carb .... weighing broccoli and chicken / fish / turkey mince and eating this 2/3 hourly I weigh 100 grams of meat and 60...

Hello , my second baby is now 8 months old , I had similar issues but with low sugars as in docs wanted him out ASAP incase of placenta failure ... anyways I ended up having him at 35 weeks and I wish I had him in longer just 3 weeks longer would of made a huge difference he was rushed straight...

My first who’s 7 I was induced at 38 weeks I didn’t really question that as I was only 17 and naive This time I was worried but my team let me decide when I would of been induced they said anything after 37 weeks is fine I was induced at 35 due to placenta possible issues anyway and my son is...

I’m not sure why your consultant has said this?... the medical guides all say or advise to take high dose folic throughout pregnancy and aspirin which is what Iv done with both my pregnancy’s x it’s upto u but I’d question this

Hiya congrats Yes I took 5mg of folic acid , aspirin and pregnacare vitamins my consultant said it’s fine I now have a happy 21 week old baby:)

Download the carbs &a cals app it's v helpful:) See what works for you as everybody is different with their triggers (mine is chips , pasta ,rice everything carb) lol fun Maybe try to go for brown rice ,pasta whole grain foods I find quorn food a hit for my blood sugars for some reason too...

I wouldn't worry at all if your healthy and reasonable fit first off that's the main thing:) I never weighed whilst preg I don't see a point it's more stress which isn't what I need ontop of pregnancy and diabetes I too gained mostly water weigh early and throughout Iv only realised this since...

I have been type one for 16 years and had two pregnancys in this time :) both times my doses havnt been raised they've been dropped dramatically due to awful hypos resulting in ambulances so you are not alone , usually it's around 20-25 weeks though xxx

Trust your own judgement doctors are following protocol more so when it comes to induction and size

My son is now coming upto 7 weeks ... I'm also type one ... I was induced because a they thought placenta may be failing due to my insulin requirements dropping a lot and b baby was big ... they didn't want to do steroid injections though which I am very angry at! I was 35 weeks ... anyway their...

Sorry iv not updated ! I had my baby boy yesterday morning at 7.38 am 35+1 weeks ! 6lb he's in special care atm but doing well and hopefully back in the next week ♥️ His lungs were just a tad gruffly Hope everyone is good:) Xxx

Thankyou consultant was really helpful and said he prefers 37 week induction from experience in the job the risks of going over isn't worth it ... and have got two weekly scans now so I am on tenderhooks until baby's here but praying all is well

Read below my reply.... the risk is no way just a big baby. If you research properly you will know that the risk of placenta failure and still born is a lot higher ... my control is excellent . My hba1c is 31. My baby is 50th centile on the charts .

Thankyou to the helpful ladies for replies I had my date booked today it's for may 31st :-) Scan Thursday then next in two weeks at 36 weeks Consultants definitely were on board and said they prefer to induce them because of the risk of placenta failure etc etc the general v high risks for...

Yes thanks for advice I have my reasons for this ... iv weighed both pros and cons up.