Hi, I am new to this forum site, but I feel lost and thought that someone on here might be able to make me feel more at ease.
Basically i am nearly 6 weeks pregnant, it was a shock, but my partner and I are both very happy. I have been diabetic since I was 7 and like a few of you on here, I have never really had good control over it, through no fault of my own, it just never stays the same, i could eat and do the same thing every day for a week and it would never stay in control! I have always suffered with lots of hypos especially during the night. I got put on a continuous blood monitor for 4 days/nights and it brought up that I was dropping at low as 2.1 during the night without waking, causing a rebound in the morning making me have levels in the teens!!
Since falling pregnant my sugars have been pretty well controlled, but I seem to be dropping into the 3's an hour and half after each meal, as I am trying so hard to have my levels between 5 and 6 before my meals and no higher than 7.8 after a meal - its proving even harder with lows! I eat well for example, porridge for breakfast, wholemeal sandwich and pack of crisps at lunch and then a proper dinner, for example last night i had wholemeal spaghetti bolognaise! my bloods were 8.2 before my porridge (a little high i know) then an hour later they were 7.8 but within 40 minutes of them being 7.8 they drop to 3.3!! But where i am getting confused is, if i did less insulin the result after an hour would be above 8, but then surely it would stop the hypo of 3.3 40 minute on?? I have been in touch with my diabetes nurses/dieticians, but i feel like because they are annoyed that i fell pregnant with a HbA1c of 9.8 they are in a "mood" with me about it and are very off towards me with regards to me needing help to control it! i feel like i am drinking lucozade and eating toast every 1.5 hours of the day!! I'm going to huge regardless of a baby bump!! I feel like they won't listen to me!! is anyone else experiencing so many lows approx 2 hours after their meals as they are having to keep their bloods below 7.8 an hour after meals!? Please help, I'm so scared that I may be damaging our baby and I really really don't want that!! I'm trying so hard to stay in control!
sorry for rambling but I feel i can't get help anywhere at the moment! I'm feeling very stressed which i also know is not good for the baby! X
Basically i am nearly 6 weeks pregnant, it was a shock, but my partner and I are both very happy. I have been diabetic since I was 7 and like a few of you on here, I have never really had good control over it, through no fault of my own, it just never stays the same, i could eat and do the same thing every day for a week and it would never stay in control! I have always suffered with lots of hypos especially during the night. I got put on a continuous blood monitor for 4 days/nights and it brought up that I was dropping at low as 2.1 during the night without waking, causing a rebound in the morning making me have levels in the teens!!
Since falling pregnant my sugars have been pretty well controlled, but I seem to be dropping into the 3's an hour and half after each meal, as I am trying so hard to have my levels between 5 and 6 before my meals and no higher than 7.8 after a meal - its proving even harder with lows! I eat well for example, porridge for breakfast, wholemeal sandwich and pack of crisps at lunch and then a proper dinner, for example last night i had wholemeal spaghetti bolognaise! my bloods were 8.2 before my porridge (a little high i know) then an hour later they were 7.8 but within 40 minutes of them being 7.8 they drop to 3.3!! But where i am getting confused is, if i did less insulin the result after an hour would be above 8, but then surely it would stop the hypo of 3.3 40 minute on?? I have been in touch with my diabetes nurses/dieticians, but i feel like because they are annoyed that i fell pregnant with a HbA1c of 9.8 they are in a "mood" with me about it and are very off towards me with regards to me needing help to control it! i feel like i am drinking lucozade and eating toast every 1.5 hours of the day!! I'm going to huge regardless of a baby bump!! I feel like they won't listen to me!! is anyone else experiencing so many lows approx 2 hours after their meals as they are having to keep their bloods below 7.8 an hour after meals!? Please help, I'm so scared that I may be damaging our baby and I really really don't want that!! I'm trying so hard to stay in control!
sorry for rambling but I feel i can't get help anywhere at the moment! I'm feeling very stressed which i also know is not good for the baby! X