hi all, I'm gina and I'm 26 weeks , due to have a little boy in february and very excited as he'll be my first.
I'm an insulin dependent MODY had diabetes 18 years.
Would be good to share how we are all getting on.
My pregnancy wasn't planned, and my hba1c was high at conception so I spent the first few months very scared something would go wrong. But he is still here with everything seeming to be healthy and normal so far, finger's crossed.
I've been trying very hard to get my bg's within the stated targets but I find that if they're low enough to meet the targets they can go too low, so I've been suffering with hypos on a daily basis and that's been a bit of a hassle, feel like I can't really relax and get on with anything as there's this constant worry about going hypo...especially in the afternoon where the pregnancy hormones begin to wear off so the insulin suddenly becomes much more potent. Also I am losing my hypo awareness so sometimes getting down to 2.5 or so before I realise what's going on...eek! Work have been good about it though and let me reschedule my day to avoid doing important stuff during hypo danger time.
Also I am finding that I just wanna stuff my face (and inject insulin to compensate) which has lead to over injecting sometimes - bit of a nightmare trying to balance it all..
But so far little baba seems fine which is the only thing that matters, really - I don't really mind it being a bit tough for me so long as baba is ok.
Just worried he will grow big for dates and get stuck on the way out, or something!
Hope all you other mums are doing okay, and that your babies are fine.
I'm an insulin dependent MODY had diabetes 18 years.
Would be good to share how we are all getting on.
My pregnancy wasn't planned, and my hba1c was high at conception so I spent the first few months very scared something would go wrong. But he is still here with everything seeming to be healthy and normal so far, finger's crossed.
I've been trying very hard to get my bg's within the stated targets but I find that if they're low enough to meet the targets they can go too low, so I've been suffering with hypos on a daily basis and that's been a bit of a hassle, feel like I can't really relax and get on with anything as there's this constant worry about going hypo...especially in the afternoon where the pregnancy hormones begin to wear off so the insulin suddenly becomes much more potent. Also I am losing my hypo awareness so sometimes getting down to 2.5 or so before I realise what's going on...eek! Work have been good about it though and let me reschedule my day to avoid doing important stuff during hypo danger time.
Also I am finding that I just wanna stuff my face (and inject insulin to compensate) which has lead to over injecting sometimes - bit of a nightmare trying to balance it all..
But so far little baba seems fine which is the only thing that matters, really - I don't really mind it being a bit tough for me so long as baba is ok.
Just worried he will grow big for dates and get stuck on the way out, or something!
Hope all you other mums are doing okay, and that your babies are fine.
