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BROWNEYES888

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I am a 30 something yr old mother to a beautiful little 5 yr old girl (6 days ago and still seems strange her not being 4). I spoke with my consultant about this and he was perplexed.

All my daughter's life she seems to be aware of when I have a hypo. Particularly at night. I have and still have full awareness of hypos but she will usually wake before me and call me. However the odd thing is that she only ever wakes at night if I am low. She has (and has always slept in) her own bedroom (approx 30 metres away bed to bed) and has had since she was 3 days old. Initially I thought it was coincidence, but it happens only when I am low about 3 in every 4 occasions. Hubby is next to me, but he rarely stirs unless it is a very low low and is usually woken by my fanning myself because I am so hot and dripping wet.

Has anyone else experienced this?
 
Can't say I have not being a father, but I have heard stories of twins feeling pain or illness from the each other despite being in different countries.
 
I've not had the opportunity to experience this or heard of anyone who has, but I know there are service dogs who can be trained to alert their owner when they are having a hypo. I'm not sure how the dog can tell... maybe they can smell a change on the person's breath? That wouldn't explain your daughter's awareness though because she is sleeping so far away. Maybe she sleeps lightly and hears you moving about in bed before you are are fully awake. It would be possible to study this using night vision video cameras, and maybe also a CGM.

But the more urgent question I have is: are you having a lot of hypos, and can the type 1 members suggest any ways to reduce them?
 
The other explanation is that you are having many hypos in your sleep but you don't know it. Only when she wakes you in the night do you become aware of them.
 
RuthW said:
The other explanation is that you are having many hypos in your sleep but you don't know it. Only when she wakes you in the night do you become aware of them.
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That sounds possible too. I wonder if the diabetes service would give or loan her a CGM for a while to check?
 
I have maybe one night time hypo every one to two months. I am very aware of them and do wake myself also. I am generally awake when she calls out only very occasionally that I haven't yet woken. She is a heavy sleeper. You could party in her room without waking her.
 
BROWNEYES888 said:
I am a 30 something yr old mother to a beautiful little 5 yr old girl (6 days ago and still seems strange her not being 4). I spoke with my consultant about this and he was perplexed.

All my daughter's life she seems to be aware of when I have a hypo. Particularly at night. I have and still have full awareness of hypos but she will usually wake before me and call me. However the odd thing is that she only ever wakes at night if I am low. She has (and has always slept in) her own bedroom (approx 30 metres away bed to bed) and has had since she was 3 days old. Initially I thought it was coincidence, but it happens only when I am low about 3 in every 4 occasions. Hubby is next to me, but he rarely stirs unless it is a very low low and is usually woken by my fanning myself because I am so hot and dripping wet.

Has anyone else experienced this?
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Hi,

What you seem to be suggesting from your initial post is a psychic hypo aware baby.. Or a PHAB.. :cool:
 
I think it is entirely biologically possible that human nose is as sensitive as any dog's nose, but that our awareness of smells and what they signify is subconscious. Given how well-attuned children are to those on whom they are dependent, what you are suggesting is biologically possible. It's just never been investigated or proven. So maybe don't rely on her to get you out of hypos .

I just thought I'd offer the more "apparently rational" analysis first. Having said that, my DH claims to know by smell whether my bloods are high or low. I've never actually run an experiment to check if he's right. And it's only at close quarters.
 
Hi,

A dog's olfactory receptors is over 10000 to 1000000 more sensitive than a humans..
Couple that with the physical evolution of how the dog processes scent. It highly unlikely a human has the capacity to smell a hypo.


... Unless the child was bitten by a "radioactive dog." ?? :D
 
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Jaylee said:
Hi,

A dog's olfactory receptors is over 10000 to 1000000 more sensitive than a humans..
Couple that with the physical evolution of how the dog processes scent. It highly unlikely a human has the capacity to smell a hypo.


... Unless the child was bitten by a "radioactive dog." ?? :D
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OK. I stand corrected. I hadn't really though about it, but yes, i suppose it is possible to measure such things.
 
RuthW said:
OK. I stand corrected. I hadn't really though about it, but yes, i suppose it is possible to measure such things.
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Indeed. There were experiments in the 1960s with Zener cards & goat staring...
 
RuthW said:
Ah, you mean "Men who stare at goats"? I loved that film.
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Precisely. Twas a great movie.. :cool:
Though the film was a well structured comedy. It was based on true events in the U.S. during the "Cold War" to try and outsmart the Russians thus stopping the "Communist threat"..? There were sinister applications for this "research" including "remote viewing" regarding espionage & telekinesis for assassination purposes.. (Using the mind, stopping a goat or man's heart.) Uri Geller "claimed" to be involved.... Crazy stuff.! :banghead::confused:
 
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