Thank you everyone! This first few weeks have been extremely hard. I've never felt so sick in my life before and it's just awful. I can't tell if my stomach hurts from nausea or hunger pains. I'm going to see my endo this Wednesday so hopefully I can get some questions answered.
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Congratulations to you!
I am new on here:)
I was diagnosed with T1 november 2009, nine months after the birth of my daughter. I was 26. I am now on the animas one touch and have just found out last week I am pregnant. My last A1C was 7 but I am still scared of random highs and the effects on baby?! I was pregnant in October but miscarried, for unknown reasons.
I am scared but excited as well. I haven't had too many unexplained lows yet but Im sure they are coming. My biggest fear is the baby not developing the way he/she should because of my bg control. I cant find much information about it on the net. It scares me that the risks for baby are higher and I am wondering if this is every pregnant T1 concern?
thanks and congrats!
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Congratulations to you too, again! I fear the same as you. It was weird b/c I was craving honeydew melon and then when I read about the health benefits of it, it said that it's known to help prevent birth defects in pregnant women. But, I still fear that my BG control may affect the developing baby. This topic will definitely be brought up w/my docs.
Thanks again!
You've gotten lots of good advice. When I was pregnant I aimed for a blood sugar of 80 and tested often to make sure I didn't go low (low blood sugars are as damaging for a fetus as high blood sugars).
If you don't use a GGM, consider asking your doctor to authorize one for a few days to check your basal rates. In the 3rd trimester when progesterone levels make insulin absorption worse, your insulin needs will increase dramatically. I kept my carb ratio the same but increase my basal rate as needed.
Also see if your local hospital or gym offers moms-to-be exercise classes. You won't want to start until your 2nd trimester when your energy will come back. Congratulations!
Congratulations ScappyDy!!
I would be really interested in reading your blog on your juourney through your pregnancy. I've had D for 43 years now (since I was 10 years old). I was pregnant 30 years ago. One pregnancy and one healthy baby! I was, at the time in college and working part time. Once I became pregnant, college and work ceased because being pregnant was a full time job! It would be exciting to hear about what's happening with T1 Diabeties and pregnancy today.
I wish you and the baby a safe and healthy journey!
Donna
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When I was pregnant I aimed for a blood sugar of 80 and tested often to make sure I didn't go low (low blood sugars are as damaging for a fetus as high blood sugars).
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It's funny, but there's actually a lot of mixed info on this. My doctors said that new research suggests that non-diabetic women actually run lower blood sugars when pregnant! What's dangerous is going unconscious because that can cause a lack of oxygen for the fetus. From what I remember my doctors saying (it's a little fuzzy because it was a few years ago), the fetus makes its own glucagon so won't be harmed by "normal" lows. Of course, check with your doctors though!!! I just responded because there's enough stress on mommies with D as it is, so you don't want to get stressed about something else unless you have to, lolol.
Scrappydy! OMG I am super excited for you!
My husband and I are just about ready for this step as well, and I hope you will post all about it on JUvenation for us to read! I see your a1c was in the 8's did you talk to anyone about it being a bit on the higher side? Meaning endo? I have been trying to get my a1c down for a while because they told me 6.5 for baby but the more I talk to people the more I hear higher numbers ?
Oh! You guys are the best! Thank you, thank you for the love & support! You're all bringing up excellent points in topic and it is helping me to develop my list of questions! I will see my endo tomorrow morning. I'll let you all know how it goes. Also, I have started my blog, but I haven't published it to the public yet. I'm waiting until after my appt with the OB because I haven't really told anyone in my family yet besides my sister. So, other than her and my husband, you guys are all some of the 1st to know about my news. I just wanted to be sure that everything was good before letting them all know, but I was totally freaking out about some of the stuff I was or am going through. I'll post the link when I publish the blog.
Thanks again!
So, just to let everyone know...I actually had my ob appt. moved up to this afternoon! I found out that I am 9wks & 1dy along and the embryo is now becoming a fetus! It has a little tiny head and I saw it's quick little heartbeat! But, it looks like a jellybean! LOL! It's 2.45 cm big (or small I should say). So far, it seems to be developing normally. However, to be on the safe side, my endo, the diabetes center, and my ob all want me to transfer to Stanford to get together a high risk team including a perinatologist to help me get my diabetes in control and in check throughout my pregnancy. They did say that an A1c of 8.2 is not extremely high and they've had other diabetic patients w/A1c's as high as 9.6 who have given healthy & normal births, but ideally, the best condition is an A1c of about 6.0. I was also informed that the low blood sugars are not as dangerous as the highs but only in the way they affect me physically. Of course, if I have a low too long and uncorrected, that can be damaging to the blood flow & circulation to the baby. But, the highs are what can cause birth defects, auto immune disorders, & other health problems in the baby. One thing I was told that actually kind of frightened me was that if my sugars run high especially during the 3rd trimester, the baby will produce more insulin which will turn to fat and the fat will build up mostly in the upper portion (torso region). This will then cause the baby to develop broad shoulders. So, with me being so petite, during labor, if they don't catch it before they can do a c-section and the baby's head is already out, but the shoulders get stuck, they will have to dislocate one of the baby's shoulders so it can pass through! I just can't imagine having to do that to a baby! Needless to say, if that was a scare tactic, it sure did work! I have been so adamant about recording in specific details everything I eat, how much I eat, and when I eat including all my BG numbers, bolus & basal rates, type of exercise, amount of exercise, and when I exercise. I mean, I have like a fat notebook now just to write this all down. Meanwhile, I have been encouraged and advised to not go back to work during this pregnancy because my team wants me to focus strictly on my diabetes and the pregnancy.
Does anyone know of any telecommuting jobs that are legit I can look into? I'm stressed about my source of income now. Especially since I will have to see the doctors frequently, like at least once a week now, plus my commute to the hospital is kind of far. Oh man, this is so overwhelming. Also, I've told my family and my in-laws and they are all so super stoked for me! So good to have the news out there to them!
Thanks everyone! You guys are the best!