| attn lurkers!
Hello -
I've been loggin on to diabeticmommies.com and find it helpful, but seems there are more experts on this site. People there seem to be mainly gestational. And it's all women! No offense to my female compadres, but a lot of the posts are trivial.
So! I thought I would sit in this lonely section, hoping another pregnant female lurker might one day start to converse with me.
I am currently about 9w pregnant. We're very high risk. We had IVF with ICSI. Worked first time! But I had gone through about 2years of other treatment first. I'm suspecting that the years of stimulation meds pushed my endocrine system into overload.
I was dx type II back in 2003, but never really took any medications. I had some mixed endocrine issues back then (thyroid/DM) but they both resolved together without need for any meds until a couple of months ago.
Anyways! I'm currently on leave from work because of my advanced age, the new IDDM and recent diagnosis of hashimoto's thyroiditis. I feel like I spend my time between dr's appts and arguing with my insurance company about covered benefits. And, of course, logging on to some of these sites to find friends in common.
I really hate going to the dr every week. Yesterday I had an appt with the genetic counselor at 6:30 and then with the OB afterwards. I was there until 9:45! Because my OB is hi risk, they tell us it is not uncommon for him to be 3-4 hours late because of emergencies.
In the meantime, my endocrinologist is in downtown Santa Monica. I had an appt with the dietitian at 2:30 and the endo afterwards. I got there early at 2pm but didn't get out of there until 5:30pm. Anyone traveling down Wilshire Blvd from the Avenues at rush hour can tell you about typical LA traffic. It took me 45 minutes just to get to the 405 entrance!
Sorry, I'm trying to encourage people to chat with me. Probably with the complaining, I'm discouraging visitors.
Anyways, I'll post random thoughts here r/t pregnancy and hopefully if you're lurking, you'll join in sometime. I could sure use some company.  | 
