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I was diagnosed with Glucokinase MODY a few years ago and other than during pregnancy I have required no treatment just monitoring. However my cholesterol has taken a sharp increase and they are talking about statins to control it. This is making me think that it could be the beginning of the...

I am almost 31 weeks and at my growth scan my boy was measuring above the 95th percentile. At my hospital they have said that they will not let me go beyond 38 weeks however if his growth continues at this rate how early are they likely to induce/give a section? My blood control is reasonably...

I am on the 4mm needles and often feel nothing when I inject however or occasion it is painful enough to bring tears. Recently my number of injections and volume of insulin has greatly increased so I have been trying to vary my injection sites. Now using thighs and stomach although I still get...

Thank you for your suggestions :D My last, diabetes free, labour went on for 12 hours and I remember just being so hungry during and after that I want to make sure I have things to hand. So far all I have been told about my birth is that it will be induced by 38 weeks at the latest and...

Thank you all for your advice, I have been trying some of your suggestions and things have got better. I have to increase the number of injections soo so I am going to have to be brave and try other injection sites.

I use my outer thigh and after hitting a blood vessel in the early days I am super careful. I was a bit nervous about injecting in my bum as it is awkward to reach and I was worried about hitting a blood vessel, since I won't be able to see.

Hello I have been blood testing and injecting insulin for the last few weeks and most of the time it is tolerable however some days the blood testing and the injections are really painful. Just wondering if this was any way hormone linked or if it was just the way it is? Today my morning...

Thank you so much for your great suggestions, I look forward to trying them out :D

Hello I have gestational diabetes and am currently on insulin.This is quite a trivial matter however I am currently packing my hospital bag and trying to think of suitable snacks to prepack in my hospital bag. So far I have come up with oatcakes, any other suggestions?

Hello I have MODY and now am experiencing insulin dependant gestational diabetes. My blood sugars have started to climb and I am trying to do what I can to keep them under control and during the day it is going well. Where I am struggling is at night time as traditionally our meals were quite...

Thank you for your kind thoughts however it is only in relation to taking my bloods that I am feeling anxious apart from that I am quite content. I just need to get the blood testing sorted, I am doing it as often as I have been told I just get very tense about it when I look the equipment out...

Hello I have Glucokinase MODY and was diagnosed a few years ago, my bloods averaged at 6.8 and I have never required any treatment until now. At my booking in appointment I was referred to the diabetes clinic at the maternity unit and when I went I was put on monitoring bloods 7x a day and...