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hopefully a quick question...i will phone DSN monday but i want to get more of a handle on this subject. am 'starting again' with learning about how to accurately calculate my insulin. been t1 for 12 years, have always kinda guessed, this works out ok but i want to be better than ok (am 9 weeks...

this may have been asked before, but i can't seem to find the answer i'm looking for, so forgive me if i'm repeating myself! anyone know/recommend an app on android phones for calculating insulin in relation to what blood sugar is and how many carbs etc? in particular one that uses UK values...

sarahjane...whatever you do, DON'T GIVE UP! you will find that this forum is fabulous- i've been T1 since 2000 also, and honestly - have been learning the most about this blummin disease since i found this forum very recently. yes, like you - i've always been told to include starchy carbs in...

thanks wiflib, this is exactly what i needed to hear right now! much appreciated x

thanks wiflib...will give em a ring. ha, haven't got an endoc... yet, not in a system. just concerned that early preg is when the organs are developing and any high sugars will have a detrimental effect? doing the best i can, hope this is enough to avoid probs.

advice from any pregnant/previously pregnant ladies please... i make myself 7 weeks pregnant, this was a surprise pregnancy (with reasonably well controlled BS levels thank goodness) so i wasn't 'in the system' of the pre-conception clinics that they hold in ante-natal clinics...my doc got me...

blimey, i thought i was ok anywhere in the 6s, didn't realise this was the top end of acceptable. must try harder!

hehe i'm not diligent at all, just sentimental & not good at chucking stuff out! (i have the pregnancy tests from last time because it was such a miracle i couldn't believe my eyes, what a softy!) yes - if you can get on top of 'feeding' the insulin you'll be doing great. i didn't manage it...

nicklenocky - it's haunting me too that i wasn't aware i was pregnant for a couple of weeks so the first 4 weeks of growth had a few double figure spikes. have you had the fetal anomaly scan where they look at the heart etc? last time i was on the edge of me seat until the scan, it was very...

Re: Do you blame yourself for complications? Dealing with gu best of luck...i hope your counsellor is someone you connect with. if that happens, you can go far. not surprising you feel that way, we are made to feel like we can have this 'normal' life like anyone else, and i know to a certain...

found my BS diary and noticed that insulin requirements went up straight away, then settled after 12 wks. only goes up to 16 wks, there must be another diary somewhere. i reckon because you're on a pump it's easier to deal with (the usual resistance to insulin i mean)...and i really think i...

and...both my pregnancies i managed to put on 5 YES 5 stones! yes, i ate more, but i didn't eat ridiculous things (ok, the odd chunky kit kat, jam doughnut, doorstep slice of toast...dripping with butter!), had i not been diabetic i know i'd be one of those people who managed 3 stone, but 5 was...

hi...anyone out there pregnant right now? feeling lonely! i'm eloise & been T1 for nearly 12 years. i've had 2 children, 9 & 2 and a couple of early miscarriages (which i reckon were caused by high BS). i'm almost 7 weeks pregnant (compete surprise! last A1c was 6.8 and i've been pretty...

hehe funny!

this is interesting...my mum is t1 (37yrs, she's 61) and is going through a really insulin resistant phase. she HONESTLY eats meagre amounts of food, i.e. had an actimel for breakfast the other day because she is paranoid about pushing BS up (which it happily does anyway) - she has 100u+ of...

exactly the same as anticarb, have a psychological need to correct higher sugars because i'm not sure if it's damaging baby. then it bounces into hypo later on, but i'd rather cope with that than heart defects etc. and they expect diabetic's baby's to be larger, my first (harvey, now 9) was...

Re: Do you blame yourself for complications? Dealing with gu and don't forget you will be the best role model should you pass it on, you know what your pitfall was so you can make sure they are aware that yes, you can spike your sugars and no lightning bolt will come out of the sky, but you...

sounds YUMMY

thanks so much! i just realised all i had to do was look thru your posts. yum, just the ingredients on their own look good! gonna make these for sure! ta nigell...i mean judith!

somebody make me some, pleeeeeease! my address is...oh only jokin! where is this recipe? i want to make some! will try and be techno-savvy and find it myself but just in case i can't find, please some clever person do that link-y thing you clever people do! thanks xx