Becca3003
Member
Hi everyone,
I've just become a member of this forum, however I have had Type 1 diabetes for 18 years. I've never really had any major issues with my control until recently and I'd really appreciate some advice..
Basically earlier this year I got married and my husband and I are now planning on starting a family. I've spoken to my consultant who said I needed to get my HbA1c down to a good reading ready for pregnancy and my GP told me I needed to loose weight (I wasn't on the large side, quite slim really but she said I was considered obese with my BMI).. She started me on Folic acid tablets which I've already started taking, and said how much she wanted me to loose by the time I saw her next. So I started dieting (I calorie count) and exercise on a daily basis (I have an exercise bike I use at home), and that has been going really well for me, I've lost 2st but don't want to loose much more. With doing this type of dieting I've obviously changed what I've been eating and having smaller portions which has also had a huge impact on my blood sugar levels. My HbA1c has gone from 70 to 49 which is brilliant, although I'm told it still needs to be lower for getting pregnant. I had been going hypo on a daily basis but after much trial and error I've sorted that as much as I can and really only go hypo now if I've exercised too much or accidentally done a little too much insulin.
Now for the bit I need help with.. this weekend just gone I've gone from having fairly normal readings to going higher than normal. I haven't changed anything in my diet or exercise however my blood sugars are creeping up. On Saturday I woke up with a blood sugar of around 8, which isn't bad, but I had my usual breakfast and allocated the amount of insulin for it. By lunch time around 5/6 hours later, my blood sugar had risen to 11.6. Now I know this isn't ridiculously high but it's higher than I need them to be. I had my usual lunch and did extra insulin - which should have made me go hypo. By dinner time, I tested again and it hadn't moved from 11.6 which I was confused by. I exercised and got it down to 3.4, I had something to eat to bring it up to 6. But then over night it had started to creep up again, and in the morning it had risen to 10, when usually it would have started to drop. Sunday was basically the same as Saturday in regards to readings. And today it's been steadily rising all day, from 4, to 7 and then to 10. I really don't know what to do. As I said, I've done nothing different from what I've been doing for the past few months so can't understand why this is happening.
I'd really appreciate some guidance/help/advice on this if possible.. it's starting to really get to me and having someone to talk to who has possibly had the same experience or just knows what else I should be doing would be great.
Thanks in advance!
Becca
I've just become a member of this forum, however I have had Type 1 diabetes for 18 years. I've never really had any major issues with my control until recently and I'd really appreciate some advice..
Basically earlier this year I got married and my husband and I are now planning on starting a family. I've spoken to my consultant who said I needed to get my HbA1c down to a good reading ready for pregnancy and my GP told me I needed to loose weight (I wasn't on the large side, quite slim really but she said I was considered obese with my BMI).. She started me on Folic acid tablets which I've already started taking, and said how much she wanted me to loose by the time I saw her next. So I started dieting (I calorie count) and exercise on a daily basis (I have an exercise bike I use at home), and that has been going really well for me, I've lost 2st but don't want to loose much more. With doing this type of dieting I've obviously changed what I've been eating and having smaller portions which has also had a huge impact on my blood sugar levels. My HbA1c has gone from 70 to 49 which is brilliant, although I'm told it still needs to be lower for getting pregnant. I had been going hypo on a daily basis but after much trial and error I've sorted that as much as I can and really only go hypo now if I've exercised too much or accidentally done a little too much insulin.
Now for the bit I need help with.. this weekend just gone I've gone from having fairly normal readings to going higher than normal. I haven't changed anything in my diet or exercise however my blood sugars are creeping up. On Saturday I woke up with a blood sugar of around 8, which isn't bad, but I had my usual breakfast and allocated the amount of insulin for it. By lunch time around 5/6 hours later, my blood sugar had risen to 11.6. Now I know this isn't ridiculously high but it's higher than I need them to be. I had my usual lunch and did extra insulin - which should have made me go hypo. By dinner time, I tested again and it hadn't moved from 11.6 which I was confused by. I exercised and got it down to 3.4, I had something to eat to bring it up to 6. But then over night it had started to creep up again, and in the morning it had risen to 10, when usually it would have started to drop. Sunday was basically the same as Saturday in regards to readings. And today it's been steadily rising all day, from 4, to 7 and then to 10. I really don't know what to do. As I said, I've done nothing different from what I've been doing for the past few months so can't understand why this is happening.
I'd really appreciate some guidance/help/advice on this if possible.. it's starting to really get to me and having someone to talk to who has possibly had the same experience or just knows what else I should be doing would be great.
Thanks in advance!
Becca