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<blockquote data-quote="ClaireJ" data-source="post: 1888083" data-attributes="member: 179911"><p>Hi t1d08. Hope the wedding goes well! I’d been a type 1 for 27 years by the time my husband and I considered having children. I switched to an insulin pump to get used to management of my diabetes. 9 months later I started on the folic acid, and 4 months on from then I stopped my contraception. I also reviewed my diet prior to trying for a baby and switched to a very low carb regime to prevent an excessively large baby - as you’ll be aware this is very common for diabetic women. </p><p></p><p>The low carb diet packed with every vegetable you can think of was easy to manage with my pump. I conceived almost immediately and 8 months later had a healthy boy 5lb 12 oz - I had an emergency caesarean due to complications related to my epilepsy (I couldn’t take my medication for this during my pregnancy and it took its toll in the last few weeks seizure wise). </p><p></p><p>I was very lucky in terms of morning sickness, cravings etc - I don’t recall these, which may be in part to the ultra healthy diet my body had already got accustomed to, but that’s just speculation in my part.</p><p></p><p>The added bonus from my revised “superfood and no wheat or high GI stuff low carb” diet was that any pregnancy weight gain fell off almost immediately without effort, and my son has always loved salad and vegetables which was a real bonus when it came to weaning! 13 years later my son’sa strapping 13 year old as tall as I am - and I’m still running on excellent hbA1C figures in a size 6/8 dress size. Don’t overfret about your diabetes - I never had any extra assistance or advice and I thin that good nutrition and careful management of your blood glucose as I did are key to a healthy problem free pregnancy. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClaireJ, post: 1888083, member: 179911"] Hi t1d08. Hope the wedding goes well! I’d been a type 1 for 27 years by the time my husband and I considered having children. I switched to an insulin pump to get used to management of my diabetes. 9 months later I started on the folic acid, and 4 months on from then I stopped my contraception. I also reviewed my diet prior to trying for a baby and switched to a very low carb regime to prevent an excessively large baby - as you’ll be aware this is very common for diabetic women. The low carb diet packed with every vegetable you can think of was easy to manage with my pump. I conceived almost immediately and 8 months later had a healthy boy 5lb 12 oz - I had an emergency caesarean due to complications related to my epilepsy (I couldn’t take my medication for this during my pregnancy and it took its toll in the last few weeks seizure wise). I was very lucky in terms of morning sickness, cravings etc - I don’t recall these, which may be in part to the ultra healthy diet my body had already got accustomed to, but that’s just speculation in my part. The added bonus from my revised “superfood and no wheat or high GI stuff low carb” diet was that any pregnancy weight gain fell off almost immediately without effort, and my son has always loved salad and vegetables which was a real bonus when it came to weaning! 13 years later my son’sa strapping 13 year old as tall as I am - and I’m still running on excellent hbA1C figures in a size 6/8 dress size. Don’t overfret about your diabetes - I never had any extra assistance or advice and I thin that good nutrition and careful management of your blood glucose as I did are key to a healthy problem free pregnancy. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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