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Me again , with another question lol .

Cloe-1992

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Was wondering if anyone had the answer to my question , or if I need to ring my Dsn up again lol .

I have been given targets to achieve whist I'm not pregnant , and targets to achieve when I am soo .
We've decided to start trying in a few months so the pill would be out my system and the full amount of folic acid as have been given the go ahead .

You don't actually know your pregnant Untill you've missed your period so by then say for example you could be 2 weeks pregnant . With out knowing and aiming for the not pregnant targets . She's said to aim for pregnancy targets only once pregnant . But how will you know lol ??

So when do you start aiming for the pregnancy targets .

I hope I'm making sense as I feel confused lol .
 
Good question Cloe! Why can't you just aim for the 'pregnant' targets before you actually conceive? Did she give you a reason? I don't see why you couldn't just aim for that now, although I have no children or experience with pregnancy so don't take my word for it haha xx


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Haha exactly !! I was aiming for pregnancy targets and I was achieving them , then she said I was doing it wrong , because when you become pregnant first trimester you will experience lower readings , it's because the baby takes your sugar , so if your already aiming that low it's a danger to you as you will constant hypo . Which I totally understand . But the readings your allowed now that are higher than pregnancy , I wouldn't want to be them for 2 -3'weeks of not knowing as would be classed as high lol !!
Think I will ring her tmz and wait for her to get back to me . Confusing stuff eh !!

 
Haha that post did make me giggle . I feel a pain keep ringing her with these questions not even pregnant yet , but just want to do my best so I know I've done all i can lol . Is scary to think I'm ready though . I hope you get that news very soon too .

And deffo going to be a brain overload lol !!

 
Hi Cloe, your DSN may be right In that your sugars may drop in the first trimester but actually a lot of people including myself find in the first couple of weeks they go high. In fact this was one of the first symptoms I had that made me wonder if I could be pregnant before I could even test. I would most def aim for the pregnancy targets once you start trying, you will know that you could very well be pregnant and I imagine you will constantly be checking your sugars so if you find you start going low you can adjust your insulin.

We are trying now and I am aiming for pregnancy targets, I feel the lower they can be around the time of conception the better. It also gets you into the habit now x
 
Thank you for your reply , I fount your info very helpful . Especially as you went high .

I agree , as I said above Id want the best control , so I think when I start in a few months I will start to aim again for them readings , still think I will ring her to see what they advice . But will most probably aim for pregnancy as makes more sense to do so lol .

 
Hey , thought I'd just quickly update you .
I rang my Dsn this morning , and she has really praised me , and made me feel like I can do this !!
She's told me as she's very happy with my bm readings , that I only start to aim for pregnancy once I've got a positive result , and if I go high during trying just correct , as she said my bms are very good at what they are . Feel a lot clearer in my mind now , for when we decide to try .

So I think everyone will get advised differently for whats going to be best for them and their pregnancies .

Good luck everyone

 
Thank you so much.

I know I've mentioned it on here before in other posts , but yes she's so Lovley gave her such a big hug when I saw her , she was the nurse who was with me through me being diagnosed with diabetes and good few years after also , she left to do something different and it was this haha couldn't believe it so I'm back with her and she is brilliant !!. And just makes you feel so confident . She says on the phone stop panicking and worrying you've done it your there just enjoy making it and your journey lol !!
Harder said than done !! But has really helped .

Keep us all informed in your journey , best wishes !
 
Ahh that's such a lovely story!! I had the most amazing nurse when I was diagnosed all through my childhood then I never seen her for years, bumped into her at bingo last year and I screamed my head off I was so excited.
My nurse now is good but sometimes seems like everything is such a task for her, she's better than anyone ever was at my doctors surgery when I got transferred there for my clinic app's so I'll stop moaning haha xx


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Thank you , I couldn't believe it when I fount out who it was lol .
That's amazing all the places you could of bumped into her and it was at bingo haha that's brilliant !!

It's not moaning is it is erm airing your views haha I really get what your saying half of them seem they have no clue to what there doing anyway , I go to my clinic appointments under my other clinic ask questions ect , they go oh well you seem to be doing it all yourself and understand it so just keep doing what your doing , sometimes it's best working it out yourself lol !!
Then I've been ' transferred ' over to pre conception and got all my questions answered for everything in about 10 mins lol , mental isn't it .

 
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