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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2003691" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Hi there! I was told that PET was more common in 1st pregnancies or subseuquent ones with different dads plus type 1 women were more at risk.</p><p>I had it relatively late on at 34 weeks and was clamped to a hospital bed until my daughter now 16, was delivered. It was terrifying because somehow I did not expect birth to be anything other than a painful but straight forward process.</p><p>The fear of things going wrong again really made my 2 subsequent pregnancies less enjoyable and pretty medicalised. But because I was watched so closely they both ended successfully though my 3rd child's heart stopped the night before I delivered and who knows what could have happened if I had not been being monitored.</p><p>So I think it is really difficult to advise other than talking to your partner about the idea and how you will cope with 3 kids or 2 kids plus a tricky pregnancy?</p><p>Are you thinking of this as a way to banish the trauma of the previous 2 pregnancies perhaps? </p><p>Lastly can you get access to an obstetrician specialising in diabetic pregnancies to get an understanding of your absolute risk given you are now older, still diabetic etc.? My 1st pregnancy also led to massive retiopathy and 2 tricky eye surgeries so for number 2, I was referred to a consultant with the title 'medical obstetrician' who was able to reassure me somewhat.</p><p>Having said all of that my own motto is that diabetes will never stop me doing anything I want to do so I'd be a hypocrite to advise you against this!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2003691, member: 365308"] Hi there! I was told that PET was more common in 1st pregnancies or subseuquent ones with different dads plus type 1 women were more at risk. I had it relatively late on at 34 weeks and was clamped to a hospital bed until my daughter now 16, was delivered. It was terrifying because somehow I did not expect birth to be anything other than a painful but straight forward process. The fear of things going wrong again really made my 2 subsequent pregnancies less enjoyable and pretty medicalised. But because I was watched so closely they both ended successfully though my 3rd child's heart stopped the night before I delivered and who knows what could have happened if I had not been being monitored. So I think it is really difficult to advise other than talking to your partner about the idea and how you will cope with 3 kids or 2 kids plus a tricky pregnancy? Are you thinking of this as a way to banish the trauma of the previous 2 pregnancies perhaps? Lastly can you get access to an obstetrician specialising in diabetic pregnancies to get an understanding of your absolute risk given you are now older, still diabetic etc.? My 1st pregnancy also led to massive retiopathy and 2 tricky eye surgeries so for number 2, I was referred to a consultant with the title 'medical obstetrician' who was able to reassure me somewhat. Having said all of that my own motto is that diabetes will never stop me doing anything I want to do so I'd be a hypocrite to advise you against this! [/QUOTE]
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