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  1. T

    Type 1 How to check babies for T1?

    Can anyone recommend urine test strips suitable for testing babies occasionally? I’ve read a few times that diabetic parents check their baby’s urine a few times a year which we’d like to do as several T1s in the family but when you Google test strips it just comes up with strips to test a...
  2. MiriamL-W

    Looking for Friends

    Hi I am new to this forum so hi everyone. I am not though new to diabetes. I have been a Type 1 diabetic for 26 years so have been around the block a few times with it all. I am 34 and have a beautiful little boy who has just turned 3. My husband and I are in the process of preparing my body so...
  3. P

    Type 2 TYPE 2 TRYING TO GET PREGNANT ON MERTFORMIN

    WAS PREDIABETIC BUT WAS LATER CLASSIFIED AS DIABETIC WHEN HBA1C ROSE TO 7%. HBAIC AT PRESENT IS 5.7% AM TRYING TO GET PREGNANT AND ON METFORMIN. AM PLANNING TO PROBABLY CONTINUE METFORMIN EVEN WHEN AM PREGNANT. AS ANYONE USED METFORMIN WHILE PREGNANT AND ARE THERE ANY SERIOUSE EFFECT TO THE BABY?
  4. R

    Type one mums who have given birth.

    Hello, I had a planned/semi emergency c section over a year ago. When they tested my sons blood,an hour after delivery, it was 1. He was taken to SCBU where he ended up having many different glucose drips including one into his stomach. I didn't really have any support with breastfeeding and so...
  5. khadijah_jade

    breast feeding with type 1 diabetes

    hello, i have just had my 3rd baby and i am very determined to breastfeed. she is now 11 days old and i have been breastfeeding her since birth. my milk supply has been very good since feeding but today i have literally had high blood sugars all day and it seems like my milk supply has decreased...
  6. Garymurday87

    I'm a parent who's 2 year old son just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

    hi all , On Friday myself and my wife took our 2 year old boy to the doctors due to being very wet at night and passing urine a lot in the last month , we thought he had a water infection. The docs took a sample and found high levels of glucose in his wee, we was sent straight to the hospital...
  7. LittleItaly

    Type 1 Why can I not get pregnant?

    Hello everyone... This is something that I am really nervous about facing because I feel that if I do and I ask questions etc... I will just get the outcome that I really do not want to get. The "I'm so sorry to tell you but you cannot have children." I'm 21 years old and have been a diabetic...
  8. abysimons

    Carbs and pregnancy

    Hi there, I'm 17 weeks pregnant and have continued to follow a low carb diet as i seem to hypo's a lot when i bolus for meals and i don't enjoy injecting if i'm honest. I have a small toddler to run around after and the risk of hypo'ing gets me quite frustrated and depleted so i just don't eat...
  9. C

    Type 1 at 6 months old

    :dummy:Hi everyone Just wondered if there were any parents of diabetic babies out there, our son has just been diagnosed type 1 at only 6 months old and even our lovely nurses only have parents of children over 1 to talk to us about and there's such a big difference in a 6 month old and a 1...