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The waiting is so so hard. I just found out I'm pregnant with my second last night. I'm only at 4 weeks so very very early, but my first clue was that all my basal rates started to increase in the last week, especially on Monday and yesterday. My period wasn't due until this Saturday but last...

When I was pregnant I was never able to get my bloodsugars to be below 7 one hour post-eating. We tried a few different things, but even with giving my breakfast bolus almost an hour before eating, it still took 2 hours post-eating. My doctor knew and wasn't concerned because we tried a few...

Someone else asked about breastfeeding. I've been experiencing spikes the last 2 weeks and just clued in that it's because I'm weaning from pumping. I re-adjusted all my basal rates 2 days ago and things have been much better.

Hi Claire, you've got a lot of good responses but I'll just add my own experience. FYI, I'm in Canada so some of the procedures and terms might be a bit different. I had a scheduled c-section 4.5 months ago when my little one was 38+6 weeks. He was born at 7lbs 4oz and I had an otherwise...

Congrats! Hopefully he doesn't need too much longer in neonatal. He's beautiful!

It's definitely individual. Overall I needed less increases than I was expecting, or I would start to increase and then some rates would need to be dropped back again after a week or two. I think I had a small increase around 19 weeks, another small increase around 26, and then my bolus ratio...

James Arthur was born at 12:26PM on November 23rd via c-section. All went very well - he had low bloodsugars for a few days so we had to stay in hospital a bit longer but he's just fine now. Came in at 7lb 4oz at 38+6.

Yup, my first. My doctor and I already worked out my post-delivery basal rates for my pump, but I think I'm going to lower them even more since I'm already having a bit of a decrease in my insulin needs. I've stocked up on lots of glucose tabs, juice boxes, etc so I think I'm pretty set...

I'm currently 36+6 and unfortunately the little one has been stuck in breech for weeks. It's unlikely he'll turn now so we've booked a c-section for 38+6 on Monday Nov 23rd (my mom's birthday) - officially 2 weeks unless I go into labour on my own! The countdown has officially begun! My...

My experience with the pump is quite different because I've been T1 for 19 years and pumping for 15 - but I can't imagine trying to start using it during pregnancy. I think once you get the hang of it, it's much easier than needles personally - but getting the hang of it when your body isn't...

My ratio has always been 1:5. A few weeks ago I had to have a few different ones going. Breakfast - 1:3 Lunch - 1:4 Dinner/evening - 1:3 For 2 weeks I went back to 1:5 when I stopped working. In the last few days I've been running higher between 12-2pm so I've had to re-adjust again...

I think everyone's body sort of does their own thing so don't stress too much if you're not following the trends you were told or not experiencing the same changes as other diabetics. I expected sudden and large increases, but I've really been bouncing all around. My doctor told me what to...

The TRIGR study (Trial to Reduce Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in the Genetically at Risk) is still ongoing, due to complete in 2017, but they have some evidence so far that using hydrolyzed infant formula as opposed to cows milk formula may make a difference in future diagnoses of...

I had mine done right after finding out I was pregnant, then I believe it was around 12 weeks, and then 16, 20, 24, 28. It doesn't sound like anyone else had this experience but my doctor doesn't do them past 28 weeks because she finds they're not a reliable measurement at that point. I've...

I can only really echo what azure says. I've been diabetic for 19 years and I also pump, but pre-pumping I still counted carbs and did insulin for the extra food - so if I had a day where my eating was unusual and I had lots of small snacks that might mean doing 6-8 needles total. My main...

Sorry to hear about your struggles. 8.3 is a little high but not outrageous by any means. I was 7.9 last November and I believe I was 7.3 when I conceived - a bit higher than my doctor wanted but she had no concerns. My doctor actually doesn't like to see people below 6 when pregnant because...

Hi J2danet, I think there's a few of us currently pregnant. Are you type 2? I'm 33+5 with type 1 diabetes, so my management is probably a fair bit different if you're T2. Sugar management has been a roller coaster the entire time and it seems like that's the same for most whether T1 or T2.

Congrats! How many weeks were you? Only a few weeks let for me to go.

I don't think being diabetic will have an effect, but from what I've read, researchers do not recommend any pregnant women participate in Bikram yoga because it exposes the fetus to excessive heat for prolonged periods (I know my classes were always 90 minutes and I was usually in there for...

I'm finding the same thing - no margin of error for miscalculating carbs. I'm also treating my lows with only 8g to start (2 glucose tablets) because often more than that is too much. Oh the fun of diabetes. :P I'm definitely looking forward to having my sugars only affect me without the...