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Hello ladies, I was wondering if anyone has any advice. Am Type 1 on a pump and now 33 weeks pregnant and am constantly hungry!! I normally do low carb only eating but this just isn't hacking it at the moment but even if I have a good (small as can't fit much in) meal I'm starving again a few...

Hi, I follow a very low carb diet and tend to keep breakfast carb free by eating eggs. Last week I found out I'm pregnant and am struggling with eggs this week due to nausea....does anyone have any advice on carb free/very low carb breakfasts which may be more palatable at this time? Thanks! Jess

Hi, I'm a type 1 on a pump and have just found out last week that I'm pregnant for the first time. Am absolutely delighted about this but finding myself terrified every time my BM goes above 7! Am finding myself over-correcting as a result. Did anyone come up with a good way of dealing with this...

Hi, I am a pump user and over the last 6 months have had 2 bad infections from pump sites which have resulted in needing antibiotics (thankfully avoided admission to hospital). Has anyone else had this problem? Did you come up with any ways of avoiding this? I am changing my pump site every 2-3...

Hi, I'm a type 1 on a pump and CGMS and have recently changed to a low-ish carb diet (70-100g). The main problem I'm finding (other than sometimes being more grumpy) is that protein spikes my BMs up so even if my meal is carb free I'm having to bolus for "carbs" to prevent high's after meals. I...

Hi, I'm 28 and 2 years ago out of the blue was diagnosed with Type 1 DM. For the first year it was fine, being a doctor I didn't have any problems with injecting or doing my BMs. However last October my sugars started to go mental, hypoing at least 2-3times a day and going really high. I was...