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Diabetes and pregnancy
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Cloe-1992
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- Type of diabetes
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Hey ,
It is very very hard work and can be very frustrating at times when things don't go the way you want them to , but with hard work and a lot of testing and tweaking and changing , it is do able and having the diabetes team behind you from the word go is very helpful .
I now have a beautiful 20 week old baby boy .
It is very very hard work and can be very frustrating at times when things don't go the way you want them to , but with hard work and a lot of testing and tweaking and changing , it is do able and having the diabetes team behind you from the word go is very helpful .
I now have a beautiful 20 week old baby boy .
Like the poster above, its hard work, levels have to be kept very good for at least a year before hand if possible. Lots and lots and lots of testing when finally pregnant, pre and post meals, you want to have very tight control if possible. I am on a pump and that made life so much easier when pregnant. I have two little girls and had no complications during either pregnancy or birth and both were under 7 lb when born cos I kept my levels so well during the pregnancies. The bazillion tests I had to do were worth it.
Yep, it's very hard work and you have to have very tight control, but it's definitely do-able
I actually found my last pregnancy fine. It was nice to have the diabetes to concentrate on to take my mind off worrying. I also liked the extra scans as I felt really well looked after.
I actually found my last pregnancy fine. It was nice to have the diabetes to concentrate on to take my mind off worrying. I also liked the extra scans as I felt really well looked after.
I thought long and hard about having children. I have had type 1 for 33 years. As a diabetic it's pretty full on. I live in Scotland and the diabetes care is phenomenal here.
There are beautiful extras, I had a five week scan with my first, you get to see your baby lots in the final weeks. There are interesting times - having to wait until you can 'try' and having your DSN know the minute you are pregnant. The time I had a discussion with my consultant about where in the box my breakfast of fruit and fibre had come from (more raisins towards the bottom of the box).
Lots of blood tests and shifting ratios, but all said, I have 2 beautiful boys who are worth every moment of all of it.
There are beautiful extras, I had a five week scan with my first, you get to see your baby lots in the final weeks. There are interesting times - having to wait until you can 'try' and having your DSN know the minute you are pregnant. The time I had a discussion with my consultant about where in the box my breakfast of fruit and fibre had come from (more raisins towards the bottom of the box).
Lots of blood tests and shifting ratios, but all said, I have 2 beautiful boys who are worth every moment of all of it.
RuthW
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I had my son thirty years ago when we didn't even have blood sugar meters. I went swimming every day (twenty lengths or so, if I remember), ate properly, walked a lot, breastfed afterwards. Don't worry too much and do your best. But if you can do something gentle every day in the way of exercise it really does help.
Swimming is great because it takes the weight off your feet too. Though I could only do a very "old lady" breast stroke. I'm a really **** swimmer! However, I was back in my jeans ten days after the birth so that was a bit of a bonus!
Swimming is great because it takes the weight off your feet too. Though I could only do a very "old lady" breast stroke. I'm a really **** swimmer! However, I was back in my jeans ten days after the birth so that was a bit of a bonus!
