sarah3982
10-08-2009, 02:23 PM
Hello All:
Brand new to this site. My name is Sarah.
I am a type 2 diabetic, have been since I was 15, am now 27 I just found out about 5 weeks ago that I am expecting a baby in May. I am currently 9.5 weeks pregnant and am completely terrified of a pregnancy that is not viable or an inevitable miscarriage. Which would surely break my heart.
Over the last four weeks, I have strayed away from caffeine, alcohol, and watched foods that are high in sugar, and have even coverted from no insulin/control, to taking Novalin R and Novalin N. Although I am trying now, I am certain my A1C will be somewhere between 11-14% once tested at a doctor's office.
Which seems to be another concern. Every OB GYN I call and try to make an initial appointment to get in and get prental care doesnt seem to have any sense of urgancy o get me in quickly (at 9, almost 10 weeks) to get proper prenatal care, get me on a specific, diet, or make sure by glucose levels and BC are in check. Also, when I inquire about testing being done in the next few weeks ( a CVS Sampling or an AFP, to test for early detection of any defect or organs not properly forming.) They tell me..."oh probably not, and if so, not after 15 weeks."
I am not sure if this is standard, or off.
Also, all I read whether, its in a medical book, pregnancy information brochure from a doctor's office, or the internet..is that my baby is probably doomed to have birth defects, be born to large, spontaneously abort in the first or second trimerster, or even worse, become a still birth. The nurse practioner, and endrocronologist I spoke with a nutrition/pregnancy center told me It's probably not viable because of my A1C levels and uncontrolled sugar pre pregnancy.
Someone please help me. Any encouragement, or stories of women in a similar situation as mewould be great to read. At this point I am trying to be happy, but also feel hopeless.
Brand new to this site. My name is Sarah.
I am a type 2 diabetic, have been since I was 15, am now 27 I just found out about 5 weeks ago that I am expecting a baby in May. I am currently 9.5 weeks pregnant and am completely terrified of a pregnancy that is not viable or an inevitable miscarriage. Which would surely break my heart.
Over the last four weeks, I have strayed away from caffeine, alcohol, and watched foods that are high in sugar, and have even coverted from no insulin/control, to taking Novalin R and Novalin N. Although I am trying now, I am certain my A1C will be somewhere between 11-14% once tested at a doctor's office.
Which seems to be another concern. Every OB GYN I call and try to make an initial appointment to get in and get prental care doesnt seem to have any sense of urgancy o get me in quickly (at 9, almost 10 weeks) to get proper prenatal care, get me on a specific, diet, or make sure by glucose levels and BC are in check. Also, when I inquire about testing being done in the next few weeks ( a CVS Sampling or an AFP, to test for early detection of any defect or organs not properly forming.) They tell me..."oh probably not, and if so, not after 15 weeks."
I am not sure if this is standard, or off.
Also, all I read whether, its in a medical book, pregnancy information brochure from a doctor's office, or the internet..is that my baby is probably doomed to have birth defects, be born to large, spontaneously abort in the first or second trimerster, or even worse, become a still birth. The nurse practioner, and endrocronologist I spoke with a nutrition/pregnancy center told me It's probably not viable because of my A1C levels and uncontrolled sugar pre pregnancy.
Someone please help me. Any encouragement, or stories of women in a similar situation as mewould be great to read. At this point I am trying to be happy, but also feel hopeless.