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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2363891" data-attributes="member: 372717">OK, so my kids are 25 and 29 but as I've been T1 since 8 that was two successful T1 pregnancies, both post glucometer but pre cgms.  I did tighten my control before both pregnancies and "asked permission" from my clinic, though for my 25 year old I'd decided my control was OK just before the clinic appointment and  found out I was pregnant a week after getting permission (Pretty sure conception was before the clinic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />).Plenty (most?) T1s can have successful pregnancies if they try to keep bgs under control. If you watch your levels (a lot easier with the advent of cgms) then you aren't at much higher risk than a non diabetic (remember a surprising number of non diabetic pregnancies end in miscarriage - there's a reason why people tend not to announce a pregnancy tlll they are 3 months in.)So1) conception - not aware of it being any more difficult for T1 women (though some T1 men can get ED). But if you don't watch your levels before and during the conception period you are significantly more likely to have a non viable foetus aka early miscarriage. (Don't blame yourself if this happens, as it is common in non diabetics as well).  2) during the pregnancy,  Yes, watching those sugars is difficult, specially if (like me) you start to lose hypo awareness when exhausted and keeping you levels relatively normal.  I had friends watching me throughout my second pregnancy in case I got hypo in charge of a toddler.  If cgms had been available 20 years ago I probably would have tried for a third child. But they are available now, and you young T1 women can benefit. Please take advantage of modern technology, it really does help.And to put it in perspective, I'm the T1 daughter of a T1 mother who had 3 pregnancies pre glucometers. The first resulted in a still birth (imagine going under anaesthetic to wake up to be told your baby was born dead with a malformed spine), probably because she conceived very  soon after a T1 diagnosis via DKA. My brother and I were both fine, but I had an anxious couple of weeks in intensive care while my parents waited to see if I'd survive.  So you can see that in the days before blood sugar testing, pregnancy for T1 women was genuinely risky.But now, T1 pregnancies are pretty routine.  Yes, it's worth making your blood sugars as normal as possible before conception, but you don't have to be perfect. (I certainly wasn't).  Good luck to you all.</blockquote>

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