Diabetes and Pregnancy

I am wondering if there are any other pregnant diabetic ladies out there in cyber space??

I have Type 2, diagnosed in August and am now finding out a whole lot of information no one - GP or fetitlity specialist, diabetes nurse - told us when we were trying to concieve. The more information I get the more worried I am!

i also had gestational diabetes but controled by diet and exercise. And i only got it with third pregnancy.I think you have to be extra careful with your levels especially since extra sugar goes straight to baby.
I just had test today to c if diabetes gone away so will find out in a couple of days i am sure.
Any questions just ask.

Feel better to know there are other people out there - have been feeling very alone and worried as keep reading all the things that can go wrong. Have got my blood sugars pretty much under control - though diabetes nurse not happy that my pre meal readings are still between 5-6.5 instead of 4-5.5. Am eating healthy and not doing anything silly so not sure what else will have to do.

I will take up your offer to PM you ladies, probably next week.

How far along are you? what they do will probably depend on that. I know for me my levels were average but Addison was growing to big so they wanted me on insulin and my levels got way worse so they induced 2 weeks early. I think they didnt believe i was sticking to the healthy eating but i was loosing weight while 7 months pregnant so was obviously doing somethign right!
good luck

i hated the finger pricking, took me ages to be able to inflict pain on myself like that. Even the insulin injections were nicer. I found eating for diabetes but while being pregnant really hard. No ham etc... so there cos salads and sandwhiches, your not suppose to have diet food because of the phen something in it because its not good for baby but its what your suppose to have with diabetes and your not even able to eat lots of fruit cos it has heaps of sugar in it.
10 weeks is early to pick it up isnt it?

You are right I had been diagnosed with early Type 2 about 3 months before falling pregnant. All the doctors knew we were trying to get pregnanat - under a fertility specialist and taking drugs to hep us get pregnant. Yet no one told of the dangers and risks involved with diabetes. I read a little on line but it really did not go into too much depth.

Good luck for your results today.

Just wanted to say for you ladies avoiding diet drinks because of the phenylalanine that I did quite a bit of searching on this and drinking some during pregnancy doesn't seem to have an effect on the baby at all. The problem is when people give it to young kids, as for some children (we are talking tiny, tiny numbers) there can be some problem with it. Also with the artificial sweetners, the only one that has been shown as being detrimental during pregnancy is one that we don't have here (can'tremember the name). Obviously you shouldn't be drinking loads of the stuff - itcan give you the runs, but in small amounts the research seems fine.

phenylalanine - can bring on or increase asthma symptoms. This can be in adults or children. So diet drinks that contain it often produce these symptoms.

It can also bring on the runs...try chewing a whole packet of gum with it in within say 8 hours and then wonder why you are crapping a lot!!!

must say that i have stayed away from equal etc in pregnancy - just in case...there is a history of asthma in family and i didnt want to risk it....my personal decision as i also read it isnt really a huge risk...

Things seem to be going well at the moment. Though very scary to start with so much information and worse case sernarios, there are some bonuses. Eating healty, exerciing and the support of the diabetes nurse, diabetes doc, specialist and mv all of whom are fantastic. They very realistic - eg you cannot be perfect all the time but to try your bet.

They decided to give me insulin before evenng meal and the protophane for overnight, because no matter what I did the morning reading was 5-6 most days. That seems to help.

The registrar I saw this week was weird - telling me I have to exercie for 30 minutes every meal - though everyon else saying the 40-50 minutes a day I am doing is sufficient. There is no way this is practical - work fulltime, as a teache there is no way I get lunch times as such, its too hot after work and am knackered by the end of the day.