[Candace]

Its soo good to hear that!! Im happy everything went great with your pregnancies. thank you!! =)

[cynthiazinn]

Hi. I am 24 type 1 as well. I have been pregnant 2x since age 19 and I can assure you that both of my pregnancies went very well. I have a wonderful healthy son and a beautiful little girl. I think that being pregnant gave me even more motivation to take care of myself, it's like you are doing it for someone else. I would say don't be so strict on your diet. Eat what you like during this short time. Just make sure that you are extremely accurate about counting your carbs and injecting the proper amount of insulin. This is really the key to keeping those sugars down and having a healthy baby. If you are a bit high, like you say 130's, try drinking a full glass of water and taking a stroll around the block, worked for me every time. The worst problem I had was after the birth my children both had blood sugar crashes. I would love to chat with you more! Besides being a diabetic mom I am also a nurse. Hope I can help.

[Candace]

You did. I LOVE to hear about diabetic women having healthy babies because it gives me more confidence that i'll be ok. I absolutley love sweets, i try to limit myself as much as possible, which is probably one candy bar a week, or something. Im not sure what type of diet to have when im pregnant, i definitely dont want to eat sweets, because im afraid something will happen if im too high. But i also know that healthy carbs is something i'll have to have. I think my main problem is that i've been told nothing but negative things about being diabetic for 3 years. All the bad stuff that can happen if you dont take care of it, and i understand thats something we all need to know. But the Doctor that diagnosed me said i would never eat candy again, never have children and i would have to quit the dance team i'd been on for 3 years. NONE of that stuff turned out to be true.

[Keezheekoni]

I've been a T1 for 20 years now and have six, count 'em SIX, lovely, healthy children!

My oldest is 19 and my youngest is 3 weeks. All but the last pregnancy I delivered vaginally, with no pain meds. The last one was tangled severely in his cord and there was no moving him down, so I opted for the almost-emergency c-section. He's healthy and breastfeeds great!

[vandar]

Another great place to look for advice/support is DiabeticMommy - Diabetes Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes, Trying to Conceive with Diabetes. It's nice because it's specifically for diabetes and pregancy. There are lots of older posts to look through, and sections dedicated to each trimester and specific concerns during those times. Good luck!

[ghostb]

useful site vandar

[JLSau]

I was reading your posts and became very interested because I am feeling the same way you are right now. I, too, was pregnant and lost the baby (however, my loss was at 18 weeks). I am now 11 weeks and extremely nervous.

I just wanted to let you know that there are people who feel confused and concerned just like you do. I too can have the best meal and have a crazy sugar reading and other times I can eat something a nutritionist would snatch away, but my levels be amazing. But, I worry, too that the same thing that happened to me during my first pregnancy will happen this time. Maybe we can both keep each other focused on the positive side of being pregnant

[knorris]

I lost a baby pre-diabetes and many years ago. I can say that I was aprehensive and frightened until the amount of time had passed on my 3rd pregnancy. So the fear and worry can come from having lost a baby previously. Then add diabetes and the uncertaintys there too. I will be praying for you both
Karen

[krysnsho]

Ok, I have a lil girl, 6yrs old. When I got pregnant with her I wasn't in the best control, a1c was around 8. She was born 5 weeks early and weighed 8lbs, she had jaudice but other than that she's been healthy. In june I found out I am preg again, two days after finding out I got the results to may's a1c (12.4)! I had the first trimester scan done at 11 weeks, the results were fine. I am now 18 weeks and still hanging in there. I just got my newest a1c it is now 6.1 (I've been workin hard). Anyhow my advice is that there is a plan for everything, do the best you can and that is all u can do. You will regret it if you spend the whole preg just worrying. I need to follow that advice myself to be honest. While the numbers are very important, they don't define the pregnancy. Keep your head up and try to focus on the positive. You will be fine

[Mich]

Hi Jojo,

Relax. Breathe deeply and think good thoughts. Move forward. Just believe that things will be ok. I started out just like you both times and I have two healthy daughters. One was born before we had meters. We were doing our best, but just guessing. The second was born a year after I got my first meter.

Both were big babies. The one who is petite now was the bigger baby, the one who was a post basketball player weighted less than her sister. Both were C sections and delivered early because the doctors preferred it then.

I ate healthy stuff, tended toward low carb but did not limit fats because they help the baby's brain grow. I remained calm whenever possible, avoided coffee and chemicals like nail polish remover and such. I took vitamins including folic acid. Ask your Doctor and then check out his advice on the internet.

Enjoy your pregnancy, sing to your baby (and have daddy do it too) and trust that it will all work out.

Congratulations,
Mich

[mma2charlie]

i am 27 weeks pregnant and experiencing the same problems—totally inconsistent readings and insulin boluses that don't seem to take any effect! my blood sugars are great til about 2pm, when either my lunches (which i try to limit to low carb and even over-bolus!) or my pregnancy hormones make them skyrocket and stay there. i've never been so frustrated! my a1c is okay according to the charts, but the high blood sugars (200-240) that last for up to 4 hours sometimes really irritate the sh*t out of me. all i can do is bolus again and again, or sometimes take a shot in addition to the pump bolus. miraculously enough it works most of the time, and i don't get a crazy low from the stacked insulin. if you try it, just monitor your sugar levels every 30 min. another tip my endo gave me is no matter what your sugar level is, you should wait at LEAST 30 minutes between bolus and eating. i use Novolog and thought that all i needed was 15 minutes for it to take effect. WRONG. after wearing a continuous glucose monitoring sensor i could see very clearly that my levels didn't significantly start dropping til at least 30 min after bolusing. ALSO, make sure you wait til your blood sugar is below 100 before eating. both of these factors are key in keeping levels in the normal range 1-2 hours after eating. here's why: if you chart out where insulin (Novolog being used as example here) hits its peak, it'll be about 2 hours after bolus. food is pretty much digested (sugar-wise) 1 hour after you eat it...SO, if you eat immediately after your bolus, your food/sugar will peak 1 hour later, but your insulin is still ramping up. The curves/peaks won't match and you'll end up with a high after eating. make sense? it really opened my eyes to better control, and i've had type 1 for over 10 years! so much for product labeling telling you that insulin takes effect in 15 min (again, using novolog as an example). and for context, i am not an overweight person. i exercise, eat healthily and watch my carb/sugar intake. but back to being pregnant...it's def getting harder every day to keep sugars completely normal. i'm just hoping that all my docs approving of my a1c level means something in the end. my little boy is not growing at an abnormal rate (he's in the 45th percentile for fetal development) and all organs have formed correctly (as far as they can see).

ultimately, we're doing what we can!! good luck!

[Katrina Stovold]

Im telling you! Its hard!! No day is ever perfect sugar readings, some good, some high, some low!Very sad and frustrating and stressful! Im worry alot!!! im only 7 weeks preg and struggle with it ev day!! xx

[notti426]

Wow, maybe you need to go on a pump? That is so many pokes for you! Tell all of your friends and family that until they live with it, they cannot comment negatively to you! My pregnancy has been with the awful LOWS, not so much the highs. But because our own chemistry is so different, so is our bodies responses to pregnancy. I totally understand your anxiety about this pregnancy. As diabetics we are more susceptible to them. I was afraid as well to get attached to my pregnancy. I am now 15+5 weeks and while I am definitely more attached to it, I am still afraid of losing this baby. I wish you the best and good luck to you!