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Hi,
I am a type 1, and this is my second pregnancy, the first one was planned and organised with my diabetic team, folic acid, the works... My daughter is now 13 months and although we were planning to try later in the year, it happened too early by accident! I think I will get in trouble with the hospital as they very specifically told me to plan it carefully.
My HbA1c level are usually low, but I have had a lot of ups and downs while breastfeeding, as it burns so much sugar that I kept having a lot of hypos. Now I have virtually stopped my sugars have shot up again, just in time to co-incide with new pregnancy... typical! Feeling very anxious about keeping them in the 5.9 - 7.8 range I was told to last time. Even when I had sugars of 8-9 the nurse I had to see was so mean about it she made me cry! My daughter was 6lb7oz when born at 38 wks and is healthy.
Even though I was planning to conceive again, I feel stressed that I wasn't quite mentally prepared and worried about the backlash of an 'accident'. I feel I am a 'good' diabetic in that I try really hard to maintain control and avoid complications. Today I have tested my blood sugar nearly every hour and even made a graph - think I'm obsessing, help!
I am a type 1, and this is my second pregnancy, the first one was planned and organised with my diabetic team, folic acid, the works... My daughter is now 13 months and although we were planning to try later in the year, it happened too early by accident! I think I will get in trouble with the hospital as they very specifically told me to plan it carefully.
My HbA1c level are usually low, but I have had a lot of ups and downs while breastfeeding, as it burns so much sugar that I kept having a lot of hypos. Now I have virtually stopped my sugars have shot up again, just in time to co-incide with new pregnancy... typical! Feeling very anxious about keeping them in the 5.9 - 7.8 range I was told to last time. Even when I had sugars of 8-9 the nurse I had to see was so mean about it she made me cry! My daughter was 6lb7oz when born at 38 wks and is healthy.
Even though I was planning to conceive again, I feel stressed that I wasn't quite mentally prepared and worried about the backlash of an 'accident'. I feel I am a 'good' diabetic in that I try really hard to maintain control and avoid complications. Today I have tested my blood sugar nearly every hour and even made a graph - think I'm obsessing, help!