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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2275510" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Hello and I feel for you! My last baby was big for gestation at 34 weeks 81lb 3 and had a low blood sugar once he emerged. He had to have a drip and it made me weep to see them insert the needle into his tiny vein but yes all was fine eventually.</p><p>As I understand it your baby experiences your blood glucose levels and consequently has higher insulin levels than a non type 1 mum's baby hence the reason for being bigger than normal. When he or she isn't getting the excess glucose anymore but insulin levels haven't adjusted, they will go low.</p><p>HBA1c in pregnancy is hard to compare to normal hba1c due to the extra blood volume so I think there must always be a little bit of extra glucose going on in spite of our efforts and super high motivation to look after our babies when they are inside of us.</p><p>Best wishes in any case and in my case, my son is 12 now and the hypo issue only lasted a day and caused no apparent dammage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2275510, member: 365308"] Hello and I feel for you! My last baby was big for gestation at 34 weeks 81lb 3 and had a low blood sugar once he emerged. He had to have a drip and it made me weep to see them insert the needle into his tiny vein but yes all was fine eventually. As I understand it your baby experiences your blood glucose levels and consequently has higher insulin levels than a non type 1 mum's baby hence the reason for being bigger than normal. When he or she isn't getting the excess glucose anymore but insulin levels haven't adjusted, they will go low. HBA1c in pregnancy is hard to compare to normal hba1c due to the extra blood volume so I think there must always be a little bit of extra glucose going on in spite of our efforts and super high motivation to look after our babies when they are inside of us. Best wishes in any case and in my case, my son is 12 now and the hypo issue only lasted a day and caused no apparent dammage. [/QUOTE]
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