Nicole
I can see why you fear the hypo with having such a young baby to care for, every thought that have gone through your head ‘the what if I hypo’ went through my head when my children were babies and I had to also cope with my diabetes…
I suspect your worries about your baby welfare if you have an hypo is increasing your fear of them, pushing you to avoid them even more..
I noticed that in your first post you mentioned you constantly drink sugary drinks, which will naturally push up your levels, perhaps try to start with swapping some of these drinks for a non-sugary drink, but to reassure your self that you aren’t heading for a hypo increase you BG testing, this hopefully will allow your blood glucose to return to a more normal level, but give you the reassurance that you aren’t going to go hypo. It would be far better for you to test your BG hourly even at times testing every 15 minutes, got to be far better than increasing your blood glucose..
Your weight loss is likely to be because of high blood glucose, and once you’ve start to settle and improve your control the weight should naturally return with out you having to try…
I would as well, enlist the support of your health visitor, as she will have come across the diabetic mums who also had the same fears of hypo while bringing up young babies, and she might be able to put you in touch with other diabetic mums or groups that can help with plain old fashioned moral support
Your GP, diabetic clinic and health visitor, will all be willing to help and support you, you just need to do as you have done here, ask them to help, explain all your fears along side how this has effects your control etc.. And none will judge you in any shape or form, only endeavour to find ways and means to help you to be what you want to be, a happy well controlled diabetic mum…