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Hi there The best thing for me was being in touch weekly with a DSN at my diabetes clinic at the hospital. I never experienced any reduction in insulin requirements, only had a increase and ended up taking 3 times as much in the last weeks! Sounds ridiculous but normal apparently coz pregnancy...

Hello all Decided to post this here since my blood pressure was pregnancy related. I was put on bp meds 2 weeks before having my baby. I was told it should go back to normal after 6 weeks and now my baby is almost 9 months old!!! My BP is 130/90 with pulse of over 80. My GP has told me to self...

Not sure where you are based but several of my friends living a hour outside of London had their 20 week scan at kings college hospital in Denmark hill London. It's a recent thing with the last year and they have a brand new state of the art facility. 5 min walk from the station so makes very...

Whoops hit reply too early! Was remembering this post by @Pilzy-89 had a similar experience last week with two days of hypos and eating the house out without bolusing:(. Also put me on meds for high blood pressure a couple weeks ago which is fine now. I'm 34 weeks now and been in hospital since...

Like you my units of levemir were always more in the day and less at night....that was before i went on the pump

After quick research on treatment i'm going to ask my diabetes team next week when i go there if waiting 4 weeks is ok...hoping they will be able to reassure me. Just wondered if you should inquire as well, 3 months seems like a long time to have the next scan if there is advancements of...

Awwww @Madelinelowery i know the feeling! i'm at 24 weeks and have had some weeks BG's are absolutely perfect and then the next week cant get them down! All part of the hormones that like to have fun with us im told! LOL Glad you have a good consultant, support is what makes the difference for...

I'm Type 1 for over 20 years and 24 weeks pregnant. I've had to increase my insulin since my first appointment when pregnant at 5 weeks and insulin has increased every week since. Guess i must have very strong insulin resistance. Had a small amount of hypos at 20 weeks other than maintained a...

I know i'm replying to a old post but dont get much chance to catch up on the forum! I'm at 24 weeks and just been told i have pre-proliferative retinopathy in one eye and maculopathy in the other. I have an appointment in 4 weeks with a doctor to discuss treatment or if they are just going to...

My basal rates before i was pregnant were 1.3 to 1.8..now im on even more! I've always been on a high rate since i was diagnosed at 11 years old. Everyone's requirements are different...or maybe i'm just even more resistant than you! :banghead::arghh::wacky::hilarious:

Tweety88 wishing you all the best with trying and hope all goes well this time! :happy: I've been diabetic for over 20 years and expecting our first. My HA1C was 6.9 when we got the ok to try and since then gone down to 6.3...my best ever! I'm sure you will get there....xx

I've been Type 1 for over 20 years and we are pregnant with our first, at 21 weeks now. As long as you have good HA1c beforehand and good support from your diabetes team you will be fine. Its a lot of work but any pregnancy could have difficulties whether you have diabetes or not. As azure...

WOW! I was thinking my 45 was good....i would love to be able to get to 35! :angelic:

Ditto on that, i've never been told to skip meals....i'm eating smaller meals and a lot more snacks. As my insulin resistance has gone up, to try and avoid high BG's after meals my bolus rates have gone up esp at breakfast, then have to snack 2 hrs later to stop a hypo from happening

Congrats Jodi-19 on your pregnancy :) I've had those variances you speak of in my BG's since i've been pregnant as well. im now 21 weeks and my dsn says its all down to hormones...they like to mess with us LOL. The only thing i can say is get good support from your DSN and you will be fine. She...

Little behind on looking at the forum recently! Congrats on your baby @ Pilzy-89!!! :):):):) Hope you are recovering well and enjoying your little man

That is interesting....i always wondered if i needed to increase mine for monthly cycle! I'm pregnant ant the moment but will def have to look into this later! x

I was offered my first scan at 12 weeks....i think that is pretty standard

Congrats MelissaC !! Mine was 51 when I got the ok to try....its soooooo exciting to finally get there! Hope all goes well for you....i'm at 18 weeks now and its even better, gone down to 47 :)