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They felt it best for me to go home, having 2 kids already was very stressful when you cant see them much and it was getting my blood pressure up :) I live so close to the maternity unit, ive got to give em a call anytime im worried... they apparently have my name on a board in the labour ward...

I'm used to low level ketones on a morning, they just seem to be creeping up... my consultant is as confused as the rest of us are... its got to be pregnancy related but they have not come across it before like this. ive gone from testing 10 x a day to 20+... my gp is NOT happy :lol: oh well...

When I was hospitalised, finally, and when they finally got round to checking my bloods (only after my dsn went mad at them) my condition was serious... ph and bicarb levels were scary... and im not a low carb person, carbs work for me so im not planning on changing :D I'd not tried different...

hey guys :) i know many of you are aware that last week i was in hospital with serious dka and normal/low blood sugars... The hospital still unsure what caused this... since being released ive been making sure i drink plenty and eat supper and my sugars have remained almost perfect however i...

Getting nervous now :D My 4 year old keeps reminding me how many sleeps left (6 today).... i didnt even know she could count down lol had steroid injections yesterday and today which messed up my sugars lol got up to 9.5 last night with ketones of 1.2 but was able to deal with it :)

I'm using a loaned CGM from the hospital at the moment however my consultant has put in the request for it to be funded due to my hypo unawareness and the improvement in my life (and my hubbies life too) I've experienced since using the CGM :)

Well I've had my date set :D 1st November :) Consultant wanted it sooner but due to wanting me to have steroids and to let my hand recover from my IV last week, soonest this little git will be born :) unless of course it decides to come early... which is possible as they dont know if my...

Well I have my last scan today :) I already know the baby is big, just need to find out to how much bigger its got :D I'll be having my date set today so I'll finally know when I'll be able to meet my new bambino :D I'm hoping for this Thursday but with the way my luck runs it will be a week...

Lightwolfe and I usually hate calling for ambulances in the best of circumstances (last time 1 attended we were complained at for NOT calling them sooner and not calling them more regular when they found out my history of severe nighttime hypos). I'm just worried now after this experience we are...

Hey guys :) As some of you may ahve noticed from anotehr thread my husband posted things are not going easily for me at the moment lol I had another episode of massively low sugars but lucky none since :) my baby decided to put on a massive growth spurt which got the hospital alarmed again so...

Hey guys :) i am stillin hospital with high ketones... my DSN is MAAAAAD, unfortunately my care has been no better than the fiasco this morning with the ambulance with the docs ignorance of ketones... apparently the doc told my dsn "oh she has slight ketones" in which she went mad at him. I...

Hey guys!!! :D Just figured id not been on here in a while I'd come back lol I am now 31 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child :crazy: My 1st pregnancy was EASY compared to this 1 lol I had all the usual crazy sugars for the first trimester then had huge number of weeks of massively high...

Until I was pregnant with my 1st I always expected to have to have a c-section but I was due to be induced at 38weeks (labour started naturally but ended c-section - NOT diabetes related) and 2nd I was offered to be induced and not c-section. I think it depends on location but as far as I'm...

I have been on the sensor now for about 4 weeks, initially put on due to pregnancy however my consultant last week did say they are going to consider it longer term once baby is born... ive been hit and miss with the sensor wit cal error's, also 3am alarm going off saying im low when in fact...

Hey guys :) Been a while since I've been on :) been a very stressful couple of weeks :| Today, Finally my DSN has put me on the CGM for the Veo (OK only for the duration of my pregnancy but its still for 21 weeks... :lol: ) due to my horrendous nighttime hypos. waking up with 3 paramedics...

It's taken over 6 hours to get my sugars to 4.3 :( before paramedics i had 3c glucogels, 1lt lucozade, full packet dextros tablets, honey and glucogon injection... paramedics gave me 300ml glucose and at hospial i had another glass of lucozade, another glucogel, sandwich and after more...

Well this morning has been eventful!!!! Woke up to 3 paramedics at my bedside, apparently my hypo warranted an ambulance AND rapid responder this morning!!!! Went into hospital and it wasnt only my sugars that was low... it was my temperature too :( This is how good my hospital is... I went...

Hi!!! Just wanted to say congratulations!!!! I had my 1st child just over 4 years ago and when I got pregnant (unplanned) my HBa1c was mid to high 7%, 2nd child Dec 2010 (planned)... Both my children were born healthy (and were not heavy babies) and 11weeks pregnant with 3rd child (unplanned...

Hey JC, I just wanted to say I have been hypo unaware since my teens (diagnosed at age of 4) and now getting closer to 30 :shock: When I'm not hypo I am a very quiet, mind my own business knda person however I have been picked up for attacking a police officer once (once they figured out I...

Hi, I know they would like you to have as close to "normal" person as possible, but according to my team 3.9 or below is hypo therefore bad. Both my previous pregnancies I did really well with control. I work full time also, but probably just because of my attitude I have no issues testing...