Newly diagnosed and pregnancy

Hi there, i just wanted to say hello. Im in a very similar position to you. I got diagnosed in Feb, im 33, I also put off going to the docs as i was frightened of the diagnosis. I'd say im quite glad now that i did go as i feel so much better, energetic, get a good nights sleep now, gotten much fitter and lost 1.5 stone. My husband and I have also been trying for a baby for 19 months with no luck- again i'd have to say its probably good that i didnt get pregnant when my sugar levels were so high.
I do wonder if i might have PCOS as well, as i have many of the symptoms including a regular need to wax the old moustache and im now getting more and more chin hair which is a shocker - but my GP wont discuss fertility with me for at least another 6 months so he told me.

Were still trying, i have to say the metformin/weight loss has helped with regulating cycle already. I asked my GP about seeing a pre-conception diabetes clinic - as i was informed that these are available by someone on another diabetes site and that you should ask to be referred so that you know as much as possible beforehand etc. My doc isnt so great unfortunately and tells me i dont need to do that, (he also reckons i wont need insulin during pregnancy - which i think is pretty much a requirement). SO maybe you could ask your GP about the pre conception clinic. From what i've read, you should really aim to get your hbA1c to under 6 before trying to conceive. I think a lot of ladies experience lows in the first few weeks, but then the sugars tend to go higher and probably need insulin until after birth and during breast feeding if you do that (rather than metformin). Also, i just wondered, my GP wanted to put me on statins (even though my cholesterol is lower than average, but i refused and then read up on them and they are BAD for pregnancy, as you need cholesterol for proper placenta development and they can also cause foetal defects - so if you have been prescribed them go and chat to the doc.

I also read that if your sugar does go low not to panic, as the baby gets the sugar first, then you so the baby wont get those lows. Its the highs that you need to try to control as much as you can. You will also be put under consultant care straight away and be offered extra tests and scans so GP says, he told me i wouldnt have the option to give birth in a midwife led centre, onlyu in hospital with consultants - which personally i think id rather have loads of docs and equipment around me anyway.

OK, well ive just sort of spat out what ive learnt so far. I think most important is to get a stable low hba1c and to get to docs asap when you do get pregnant!

I had read about needing a higher dose of folic acid, and asked my doctor at the first appointment, but he didn't know anything about it. (overall i dont think he's that great as he responds with 'i dont know what that is' too often to me, but i think he is amenable to me going in and telling him what i think is wrong, or what i want!). I think i'll go in and ask for this higher folic acid prescription on friday, when ive got my hbA1c test with the nurse.

Fingers crossed for us both - i started taking chromium supplements, and pregnacare trying to conceive tablets, and royal jelly tablets too last week.