Can't remember what I was going to say on the subject now, after being distracted by the jokes
lol...it's good to laugh.
right, ok. My son is now 5 months old. I wanted to breastfeed and i developed gestational diabetes in pregnancy,they also thought I was a type 2 diabetic going off my readings and symptoms, as my readings were apparently deranged.Anyway, I'm not type 2, just obviously had a bad case of gestational, that said, i did loose abit of weight through changing my diet, so that could be the reason.
I was told by my midwife that breastfeeding wouldn't be a problem. I was put on insulin when pregnant. The midwife actually encouraged me to breastfeed. Anyway, to cut along story short, I had an emergancy caesarian and my son was out into intensive care unit for 3 weeks, he hypoed and fitted at birth and he suffered some brain damage, so i could not breast feed him. I do though,express my breast milk for him for the first 3 weeks of his life until the stress of it all kicked in and then i could no longer do it. Once my son came home, I did try to breastfeed him but he wouldn't take to it.
~Do you think having diabetes makes much of a difference to the experience?
Had i still been on insulin, I would have thought that having to inject yourself as well as watch what you eat, exercise and demand breast feed would be too much to cope with.
~Did you get extra advice on how to breastfeed as a diabetic (eg. what are good blodd sugar ranges and why)?
No, just the odd normal leaflet on diabetes and breast feeding, not advice personally.
~Did you get any leaflets or other sources of info on the subject?
Claire