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Hi @ArtemisBow, I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant with number 2. I also didn't have a great experience with number 1, I was induced at 34 weeks as my insulin requirements dropped and they thought safest to get her out. It was fine really until my waters broke and I went from 4 to 8cm dilated in an...

Hi all, just a quick update in case its useful to someone else in the future. I spoke to the diabetes team about this who said there was no need in their opinion to aim for anything other than induction at 38 weeks at this stage. So fingers crossed nothing 'bad' happens before then that would...

I've never had a c-section but was on a sliding scale when I had steroid injections before an induction and didn't have to adjust any ratios then. Worth noting that your insulin requirements are supposed to go back to pre-pregnancy levels as soon as you've given birth so might be linked to that...

I see the diabetes consultant and diabetes specialist midwife at the same time, then the ob separately. It seems very hit and miss whether the OB knows anything at all about diabetes so I agree a joint appointment would work better. However they obviously all have a (good hopefully!) working...

Thanks, my thoughts exactly! It is hard to balance between what I think is right intuitively and thinking 'but they are the experts'

My first baby was induced at 34 weeks as my insulin requirements dropped and it was thought safer all round. I am now 28 weeks pregnant with my 2nd. When I saw the obstetrician around 20 weeks, he said the plan would be to induce me at 37/38 weeks unless there was any indication again she...

I had my daughter at 34 weeks, I was induced as my insulin requirements plunged and no one knew why, obvious concern was that the placenta was deteriorating. She was doing fine on the scans and my sugars had been fine until the lows. I was told that 34 weeks was the earliest they are fully...

I had one that bled badly on application to the point where blood dripped out the hole on the middle! The sensor still worked fine though. I have also recently had the same error message as you, I kept trying to restart it over 24hrs but it wouldn't. When I took it off the little metal prong...

Just want to sympathise, I agree with how useful a cgm is in managing BGs! I hope NICE / NHS recognises the short term cost of cgms must massively reduce the long term cost of test strips and complications...

Do you have a cgm? I am mdi and have found this to be amazing for helping my control. I think a pump would be great for exercise and fine tuning but I personally would recommend a cgm first. I use the libre which is a flash sensor, not strictly cgm, but I am fortunate to be able to self fund.

I was induced at 34 weeks as my insulin requirements dropped, I went in on the Monday and had the steroids on Monday and Wednesday night, induced on the friday and baby finally arrived early Monday. All was well. I was told the baby is basically fully developed once you are at 34 weeks so...

I was in a similar position, diagnosed at 30 and wanting to start a family. Diabetes team gave the go-ahead after 6 months and I luckily conceived quickly. This meant I was still honeymooning during pregnancy. Upshot was I didn't have any more hypos than normal in the first trimester, negative...

I am definitely more insulin sensitive, i have reduced my background and am able to eat 20g carbs without spiking or needing to bolus. Means I haven't felt guilty having the odd ice cream!

I am currently 32 weeks pregnant and for the past week or so I have started to have more and more hypos. I was at the point when I am below 4 before each meal and having a hypo each night (testing 2.2, 2.4 on waking!). I have not been more active, the opposite if anything - I had a head cold...

I have had a few like that! I found everything settled down again week 12 with more hypos if anything, then I have started finding my levels unpredictable again from about 28 weeks. You can only do your best, just correct and start each day new. I feel like an awful mother sometimes and that I...

I have got to 30 weeks on pens with good control eating normally, the only meal I have always had issues with is breakfast. However I have now gone from a 1:1 ratio at the start of my pregnancy to 3:1 and starting to find control a lot harder so think I will switch to a low carb diet for the...

I am also concerned about this! I don't really want a csec unless necessary, but have read how much harder an induced labour is as all your hormones are not in the right place and I am worried whether I will be able to cope. I don't know whether it is better just to go for a planned csec as...

Hi all thank you for the advice. I have phoned the diabetes team a few times now and made it clear I am trying to see someone because I am pregnant, I keep being told they will pass the message on to the dsn but I have still heard nothing back. So It looks like I am waiting until the appointment...

Hi all, When I last saw my consultant in September then the DSN in November, I was told that as soon as I knew I was pregnant to let the team know and go in and see them. I found out at 4 weeks and had an appointment booked with the DSN this Friday, the soonest they could fit me in (now 6...

Hi Craig, I don't have any advice but you are not alone in this! I have also just had my first experience of this as I was only diagnosed last May. I have had a really bad cold and had to put my basal up from 16 to 24 and found if I ate anything carby I had to take double the amount of Novorapid...