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    Advice needed regarding trying for a baby

    I’ll speak to her in a couple of weeks’ time and let you know what she says then :) I agree it’s so depressing to hold off, and the longer it continues the more I feel that we might as well just give it a go because normality won’t return for ages anyway!
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    Advice needed regarding trying for a baby

    Thank you so much, that’s really kind. Likewise if you want to chat or vent or moan or anything, feel free to message me too! Xx
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    Advice needed regarding trying for a baby

    Thats great that you’ve got such support :) and you’re right that it’s never going to be 100% safe anyway, even for non-diabetics, so you’ve just got to weigh up the risks on all sides and work out what’s best for you. Good luck, lovely!!
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    Advice needed regarding trying for a baby

    I agree, it’s horrendously depressing. I also think you may be right that it may become more like the flu; even if we do develop a vaccine, there’s the potential that it may mutate quickly like the flu does, and a new vaccine may have to be developed every winter! Do you have a specific...
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    Advice needed regarding trying for a baby

    I am in the same boat and feel your pain! I managed to get my HbA1c down from 58 to 46 in just four months and was so excited to be able to start TTC. I was just waiting for an eye screening appointment and then coronavirus hit, and we decided not to try after all. Now I’m really struggling to...
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    explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

    Hi, I’m new to the forum. I’ve had diabetes for 18 years, diagnosed when I was 12. I’ve been on an insulin pump for 15 years, and am self-funding CGM at the moment. I also trained as a doctor, and until recently was working as an orthopaedic surgeon (I have since quit in favour of an alternative...