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Hi there, I breastfed my son for a year (five years ago) and I'm currently still exclusively feeding my almost-five-month old baby girl. I had loads of hypos both times for the first six weeks or so, but since that initial spell, I rarely have any now as things just settle down. I'm type 1, on...

Hello. Congratulations on your pregnancy. I agree with @Diakat, your miscarriage could have been nothing to do with your diabetes. I lost a baby at eight weeks a year past April, but then luckily got pregnant in June and had my second child this February. I've been type 1 since diagnosis at 17...

I hope your midwife appointment went well and fingers crossed for you too. This time last year I would have never believed I would have a perfect little girl a year later, but it happened, and I'm so lucky and grateful. She's 3.5 weeks old and utterly gorgeous. My 5 year old boy is totally...

I put on one stone in my recent pregnancy (had a girl weighing 8.7) and five stone (yikes) with my son five years ago (he was 9lbs). I was always dieting, pretty much from 15 until 33 when I got pregnant, so I just went mad on cheese and stuffed my face as it felt like a holiday from watching my...

Hi @ArtemisBow, congrats on your pregnancy. I'm glad I've offered some reassurance. It's a stressful time anyway being pregnant, but diabetes takes the worry to a whole new level as often it's nothing to do with what you're doing or eating that sends you high or low, more to do with hormones and...

Hi there. Yes, I totally felt the same as you, so you're not alone. I was diagnosed at 17 with type 1 diabetes (22 years ago). I bumbled through the first few years with not a lot of knowledge about carb to insulin ratios and had a terrible hba1c, of 8.5 to 10 percent. When I was 23, I went...

Ha ha. Like your thinking. No one recommended it, but I'm still taking them, yeah. Especially as I'm just not hungry due to having loads of hypos, so trying to have salads and healthy stuff when I can stomach it. The hypos I'm having this week during the night are plentiful. I'm slashing my...

Thanks @kitedoc - yes, it's a big sigh of relief. Ha ha, he's changing one as I type. Thanks for your support. Take care.

I always like finished-off threads for future readers, so just to say, I had a lovely little girl on Monday, Jasmine Florence, 8.7lbs, via planned c-section. It's been a roller coaster of emotions and changing insulin requirements, but I'm so pleased she's here safe. Thanks for everyone's...

Hello everyone. Just checked my phone for the first time in days, so quickly replying as I feel in another time and zone right now, ha ha. I had a gorgeous little girl, Jasmine Florence, on Monday, weighing 8.7lbs. She's just lush. The section was quite a tough one and I lost 2 litres of...

So, a quick update from me. I've managed to collect 10mls of colostrum over a couple of weeks. I've been in for my pre-op today and the midwife said that was a good amount. Tomorrow is the big day. Ahhh. Excited, nervous, a little bit freaking out inside. I'll let anyone who's interested in...

Hi Sarah, Thanks for your reply. Well done on feeding your daughter for that time. I'm still trying with colostrum harvesting and have 7mls now. Ha ha. When I was feeding my son, I could get about 10-12 ounces in 25 mins if I ever expressed, so these small quantities seem mad and alien to me...

Hi there, It's such an awful feeling having a high when pregnant, so I feel your stress. (I'm type 1, on a pump, have the Libre and am 37 +4 days pregnant with baby no.2). With me, I have been resistant to insulin for most of this pregnancy so it seems to take an age, plus much more of a...

Hi Ellie, Thanks so much for your reply, that's really helpful to know. I've got some way to go to get that much, but with 12 days to go, maybe I still can keep adding to my frozen stash. Thank you very much.

Yes, it sounds very weird and icky - colostrum harvesting - but I was wondering if any type 1s, like myself, have successfully done this before their baby was born and if they have any advice on the quantity needed as I've read all sorts of contradictory stuff online. I'm 37 weeks pregnant on...

Hi there, I haven't been on the forum for a while. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant and have a section booked in for 11th Feb. Eek - worried, excited, overwhelmed. I've been looking at others' posts about induction versus section, and as I'd had a section with my now-five year old, and was told my...

Great, that makes sense and you're not talking gibberish. Thanks so much for getting back to me.

Hi @myarnton1 - thanks for your kind words and for the advice. So am I right in thinking, when I apply my new sensor in a week and a bit, I can use the app, but I have to first use scanner then scan app afterwards but within first hour? Or because I didn't use the app the very first time, does...

Hiya. Congratulations. It's a mad, exciting and worrying time! With me, I had a good diabetic team and had already met a midwife who dealt with a lot of type 1 and 2 diabetics, and ladies with gestational diabetes (me and my husband had been trying for over two years, so I'd had a few...

Hi there, just a quick update to say I'm 13 weeks pregnant today and all looked good yesterday - touch wood - at my dating scan. Massive phew, for now anyway. I'm continuing to have loads of hypos, thankfully less through the night and more through the day, but I'm trying to sort this. I was...