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Hello everyone 
I am 19 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 18 in November 2015.
Since I first became a teenager, I have always fantasised about becoming a mum and having my own family one day, I would say little family but I've always wanted 4 children, at least 3, as I grew up with 4 siblings myself and I loved it. At the age of 14 I started thinking about baby names for my future children, and at the age of 18 I finally had reached a decision on the names!
When I was diagnosed, I felt a little relief along with plenty of other emotions. Relief because I finally had an explanation as to why I had been feeling unwell for 5 months.
The first thought I had when I was told I had diabetes was "I can't have children now. What if I can't have children? That's the only thing I've ever wanted and now it has been taken from me". I have felt depressed for many years of my life, and one of the only things that keeps me going is the thought of becoming a mum one day. So as you can imagine, me being paranoid and uneducated with diabetes thought that my dream of becoming a mum was probably going to remain a dream. Obviously being newly diagnosed at the time I had plenty of appointments to see my diabetic nurse, and I am aware now of what can go wrong if you have poor control of diabetes, and in pregnancy with diabetes. I believe myself to have pretty good control, moreso lately than last year. However, I can't help feeling paranoid about what could go wrong. I'm 19 and single, so being pregnant is something I hope for in the near future so these feelings are a little premature, but I would be so very appreciative of anyone who shares their experiences and stories of pregnancy and birth Thank you 
Oh and sorry for rambling on before I actually got to the point, I get a little carried away lol.
I am 19 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 18 in November 2015.
Since I first became a teenager, I have always fantasised about becoming a mum and having my own family one day, I would say little family but I've always wanted 4 children, at least 3, as I grew up with 4 siblings myself and I loved it. At the age of 14 I started thinking about baby names for my future children, and at the age of 18 I finally had reached a decision on the names!
When I was diagnosed, I felt a little relief along with plenty of other emotions. Relief because I finally had an explanation as to why I had been feeling unwell for 5 months.
The first thought I had when I was told I had diabetes was "I can't have children now. What if I can't have children? That's the only thing I've ever wanted and now it has been taken from me". I have felt depressed for many years of my life, and one of the only things that keeps me going is the thought of becoming a mum one day. So as you can imagine, me being paranoid and uneducated with diabetes thought that my dream of becoming a mum was probably going to remain a dream. Obviously being newly diagnosed at the time I had plenty of appointments to see my diabetic nurse, and I am aware now of what can go wrong if you have poor control of diabetes, and in pregnancy with diabetes. I believe myself to have pretty good control, moreso lately than last year. However, I can't help feeling paranoid about what could go wrong. I'm 19 and single, so being pregnant is something I hope for in the near future so these feelings are a little premature, but I would be so very appreciative of anyone who shares their experiences and stories of pregnancy and birth
Thank you 
Oh and sorry for rambling on before I actually got to the point, I get a little carried away lol.
