My partner has had T1D since he was 15 (M29). We have our beautiful baby girl who has just recently turned 4 months old. I am desperate to support him during this time as since having our daughter his blood sugars have been ALL over the place - literally going from high to low and being stuck in this 'red' for hours on end. It doesn't seem to matter what he eats, when he takes insulin, we feel as though we have tried everything and nothing seems to be working. Due to these frequent highs and lows, he barely gets to spend any time with our daughter. This also puts the pressure on me more as the mum as whenever he cannot be with her, this falls onto me (and as mums know, after being with a baby 24/7 overnight and whilst your partner is at work, this can get exhausting incredibly quickly). I am just looking for some support or advice, to know we aren't the only ones in this situation, and how we can get his blood a bit better so he can actually spend some time with his daughter. Any recommendations would be hugely appreciated.
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Parenthood with diabetes
- Thread starter Keziab
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Hi @Keziab although I cannot give medical advice, it would be useful to know a little more about a day or two's eating (especially carbohydrates) and dosage times. I was type1 when my daughter was born 41 years ago and although she was a source of great joy, stress wreaked havoc with my blood sugars, making them higher. I had a labour intensive job and the combination of injecting bolus insulin to bvring down the high levels combined with heavy work would mean that I could spiral downwards rapidly. Loss of sleep undoubtedly added to the problem. All I can say is that I was on a fairly high carbohydrate diet, ate at fixed tiimes and adjusted dosages when necessary.
Thank you so much! Yes sorry he has a libre sensor. Yes he often confirms it with his meter. He tends to be 'LO' for example corrects it with 3-4 jelly babies every 15 mins, it starts to creep up then stays in hypo, then he will go into the green (good blood sugar level between 5-9ish) then a little while later he'll be in the'HI' like 18 and then be in a constant cycle
Thank you so much for this! Yes the doctors recommended he didn't do nights with our baby as this messed with his blood. We aim for dinners around 5-6pm however with a baby it's always hectic! He has tried low carb dinners such as 50/60g, high like 145g, split dosing, taking before, taking after eating, but nothing seems to work. The only thing we can think is the 'never being able to chill when eating' but i don't know how we can help this
