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Any advice for Type1 who wants a baby?

Not really much advice but make sure you have extremely tight control of your bgl before even trying to get pregnant & start taking folic acid asap. GOOD LUCK!!
 
Have your hba1c checked if you haven't recently and discuss pregnancy with your diabetes doctor. You may get sent to a preconception clinic so they can go through what to expect with you.
Also (as stated above) you need to take folic acid - 5mg which is prescribed - & a multivitamin for someone wanting to conceive.
The JDRF has a downloadable guide to pregnancy for type 1 diabetics on their website.
 
Dizzy1960 said:
So i'm type 1 have been for 19 yrs i'm 32 and desparate to have a baby, any advice?
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Plan ahead. Speak to your diabetes team and tell them you're planning to try for a baby. They should give you advice and support, and prescribe the folic acid, as mentioned above. I was advised to take the folic acid for three months before getting pregnant ( and during pregnancy).

It's important your diabetes control is very good, so those months of preparation will give you time to get your HbA1C nice and low.

Also, take a look at the Pregnancy section on here. That has a link to the JDRF info mentioned above, and other information too.
 
Be ready to keep your Bg levels low to ensure baby is not too large. Induction didn't work for me resulting in Caesarian ,(16 yrs ago )took place 4 weeks early. Still able to breast feed. Both mine were born healthy although just over 8lbs. Needed 1 week in scbu mine both lost weight initially but told this was normal for baby's with diabetic mother. Hope this helps ps sure I was just unfortunate re Caesarians. Hope all goes well for you.
 
Same advice as all the rest. My son was born 30 years ago before blood sugar testing, and carb ratios and all the rest. He was born at a perfectly normal weight (3.3 kilos) at 37 weeks, normal delivery, and I breastfed him. The only "active" thing I did was to swim twenty lengths a day throughout my pregnancy, right up to the last two weeks. Then after his birth I used to walk miles every day because we had no push chair. So my additional advice is exercise. Remember that you don't suddenly become an invalid because you are pregnant!
 
Hello Dizzy1960, I hope that your dream come true and with all the advice and support from this site will help you along. When I was in hospital 1977 waiting for my son, there were 2 diabetic ladies and they had different times, 1 you could not tell, until she turned around, then wow what a bump!. the other lady sadly did not have any success even at her third attempt, even though she spent days/weeks in hospital, it made me very sad when I heard things had gone wrong again for her.
But now in 2015 things have improved and moved on, so better help and medical advances have arrived, so you will have so much more better support, I look forward to hear of your progress and pray that you are soon getting your wish, ttfn from Karen..
 
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