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Iv just joined but have also read the thread , a bit of background info about me - I'm 24 years old , been type 1 for 16 years now (where has the time gone!) Iv had two early miscarriages due to badly /uncontrolled diabetes, even though I took control when I got a positive test , sadly those pregnancies never worked out . Anyways like a lot of people Iv never been the perfect diabetic and I admit that ,over the years Iv tried to pretend I don't have diabetes and I literally didn't test my sugars for about 5 years I took insulin on a guess dose ! Awful I know !! And I wonder why I had two miscarriages ... Anyways I have a 6 year old son and managed my sugars fine because I knew it wasn't just about me, I had no problems in pregnancy apart from going hypo a lot ..but docs told me that affects me not baby ... Anyhow my son was born via induction vaginally at 38 weeks weighing a good weight (not too big) at a 7lb 3oz so I was ecstatic and his sugars were fine after birth too ....anyway fast forward to December last year that's when I last had my miscarriage (planned pregnancy but obv not tight control as I needed) from that point we stopped ttc and I took reins on my health I started testing 10+ a day , carb counting etc ... I didn't go to any pre conception appointments ...I find I work better not under pressure ... But all in all my control was and is alot better!! I conceived in September this year so 9 months after my miscarriage , I started taking folic acid (not yet the 5mg but chemist said until I get them to take 13 folic acids a day which is equivalence of 5mg) I booked in with docs who faxed my hospital team to see me urgently , I told her I need 5mg folic acid but she said she wasn't sure and she would leave it to the team! I just carried only taking my 5mg in 13 tablet form anyways... I then booked a private scan for 6 weeks which went well dated me 6 weeks 3 days with heartbeat This was huge for me as my two mc were blighted ovums where a sac had free but babys didn't form ... Anyways two weeks later my team contacted me (8weeks preg) and I went for my appointment etc I told them the good news of my sugar control and they were very happy , my hba1c was 11 last year!! And is now 35(5.2) so that is ideal !!...however they arnt happy with me riding my sugars on the lower side (I am) again they said babys fine but they're looking out for me first hand ... I'm choosing to ignore this and carry on as I am with a hba1c of 35 I'm pretty happy anyways I had a scan last week at 10+3 weeks and baby was fine ... But nurse really worried me saying there's still a risk of miscarriage :-( and they will have to see if baby had any abnormality at my 13 week scan which is in 2 weeks... I'm worried Iv been so sick that Iv not kept my folic down ...so worried that I could miscarry or have disabilities in my baby my control around conception wasn't AS tight as now but still not awful ...I'm beating myself up ... And now the day before my ten week scan my puking stopped and Iv not been sick in 6 days which has really worried me after what nurse told me ! Is it normal for sickness to stop at ten weeks and a few days? With my son I was sick the whole way through so I'm majorly worrying I also only took one folic acid 400mg of folic with him and he's fine ... But every pregnancy is different and I'm so so worried Iv harmed my baby ... I don't really know what I'm asking I guess just looking for a bit of reassurance please of ladies with not 100% tight control at conception (mine wasn't awful though!) and baby was ok? Also what are the chances of miscarriage now ? Iv read so much on missed miscarriage I'm going mad , I'm so vigilant now I wake up 2 hourly through the night to test ! And yes am now on 5mg and taking this also sorry for the huge random ramble xxx
Iv just joined but have also read the thread , a bit of background info about me - I'm 24 years old , been type 1 for 16 years now (where has the time gone!) Iv had two early miscarriages due to badly /uncontrolled diabetes, even though I took control when I got a positive test , sadly those pregnancies never worked out . Anyways like a lot of people Iv never been the perfect diabetic and I admit that ,over the years Iv tried to pretend I don't have diabetes and I literally didn't test my sugars for about 5 years I took insulin on a guess dose ! Awful I know !! And I wonder why I had two miscarriages ... Anyways I have a 6 year old son and managed my sugars fine because I knew it wasn't just about me, I had no problems in pregnancy apart from going hypo a lot ..but docs told me that affects me not baby ... Anyhow my son was born via induction vaginally at 38 weeks weighing a good weight (not too big) at a 7lb 3oz so I was ecstatic and his sugars were fine after birth too ....anyway fast forward to December last year that's when I last had my miscarriage (planned pregnancy but obv not tight control as I needed) from that point we stopped ttc and I took reins on my health I started testing 10+ a day , carb counting etc ... I didn't go to any pre conception appointments ...I find I work better not under pressure ... But all in all my control was and is alot better!! I conceived in September this year so 9 months after my miscarriage , I started taking folic acid (not yet the 5mg but chemist said until I get them to take 13 folic acids a day which is equivalence of 5mg) I booked in with docs who faxed my hospital team to see me urgently , I told her I need 5mg folic acid but she said she wasn't sure and she would leave it to the team! I just carried only taking my 5mg in 13 tablet form anyways... I then booked a private scan for 6 weeks which went well dated me 6 weeks 3 days with heartbeat This was huge for me as my two mc were blighted ovums where a sac had free but babys didn't form ... Anyways two weeks later my team contacted me (8weeks preg) and I went for my appointment etc I told them the good news of my sugar control and they were very happy , my hba1c was 11 last year!! And is now 35(5.2) so that is ideal !!...however they arnt happy with me riding my sugars on the lower side (I am) again they said babys fine but they're looking out for me first hand ... I'm choosing to ignore this and carry on as I am with a hba1c of 35 I'm pretty happy anyways I had a scan last week at 10+3 weeks and baby was fine ... But nurse really worried me saying there's still a risk of miscarriage :-( and they will have to see if baby had any abnormality at my 13 week scan which is in 2 weeks... I'm worried Iv been so sick that Iv not kept my folic down ...so worried that I could miscarry or have disabilities in my baby my control around conception wasn't AS tight as now but still not awful ...I'm beating myself up ... And now the day before my ten week scan my puking stopped and Iv not been sick in 6 days which has really worried me after what nurse told me ! Is it normal for sickness to stop at ten weeks and a few days? With my son I was sick the whole way through so I'm majorly worrying I also only took one folic acid 400mg of folic with him and he's fine ... But every pregnancy is different and I'm so so worried Iv harmed my baby ... I don't really know what I'm asking I guess just looking for a bit of reassurance please of ladies with not 100% tight control at conception (mine wasn't awful though!) and baby was ok? Also what are the chances of miscarriage now ? Iv read so much on missed miscarriage I'm going mad , I'm so vigilant now I wake up 2 hourly through the night to test ! And yes am now on 5mg and taking this also sorry for the huge random ramble xxx