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Aug 6, 2010

claireadams 12 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Thanks Nat!
That makes me feel so much better! Im definately a stress head and really think that must help to make my bg's high. When i was pregnant i found it easy to control because i was doing it for a better reason... but now i find it so hard to have good bg's because it seems so long before the consultant will agree to me trying for a baby. Last year i was in intensive care with ketoacidosis and my hba1c was 16 then... but now ive worked hard to get it to 10% and i just dont know how much harder i can do... feel like giving up! i know that once im pregnant i will control my bg's much better and be able to resist all the 'bad' stuff but am so scared to conceive until ive got a good hba1c as the first baby i conceived (before i was diagnosed with type 1) i lost... and i know a type 1 who went through the whole 9 months and then had a still birth.. it terrifies me! To be honest the hospital scare me more because they're constantly talking about the risks of me getting pregnant without having perfect hba1c to conceive (they say 6%!!!) ... i say '6%!!!! they must be bloody joking, its going to be hard enough for me to get to 8%) ... so they agreed i can start taking folic when im 8%.
i breastfed my son for 8 months.. but when he was first born the nurse gave my baby a bottle because she said if i didnt bottle feed my baby would go in intensive care (which i later found out was a lie!! ...but thats another story- they just couldnt be bothered to show me how to breastfeed)
Thankyou so much Nat, because i rarely meet any type 1's who have been pregnant let alone had 3 healthy babies and still lived a 'normal' life

Aug 6, 2010

claireadams 12 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

p.s how comes they let you go a week late with one of your babies? i was told they wouldnt let me go further than 38 weeks? As it happens my son was born at 36 weeks. My son is nearly 4 now and i have wanted another baby for a year

Aug 7, 2010

toni 9 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

My kids are all healthy apart from the two youngest being diabetic, which is hereditary in my family!
Good lluck with conceiving claire, if you go with the flow of things and keep working at your bgs, im sure will all come good.
All three of my children were born early at 11lb+ ( BUT that had nothing to do with my diabetes)
Good luck

Aug 7, 2010

Iain H 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

I have only ever referred to my diabetes as an inconvenience during 27 years of it.

Aug 7, 2010

Nat 30 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Claire,
I only got to 35 weeks and 37 weeks with my first and last but with the middle one there was a discrepancy of 3 weeks in the dates mine was 1 week late and theirs well you can guess the rest. I was told that all diabetics have big babies due to the amount of insulin in their systems and that is why they scan you so much because their shoulder and tummy areas increase rapidly hence the reason they induce you early before you get to that stage.

Aug 7, 2010

Jennypenny 34 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Hmm i guess i agree with Iain , i have had diabetes for 30 years since i was 10 and when people see me injecting a common response is ' Doesnt that get on your nerves ?' my response is 'No its more of an inconvenience really ' but after having diabetes for so long it also becomes a habit quite a few times i will do my injection and have to ask my husband or sons if theyve seen me take it ! Does anyone else do this ?

Aug 7, 2010

Simon 578 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Jenny - yes I've only had it for 4 years but I often forget if I've taken my insulin, as it has become second nature to me now. One time I made a mistake and injected twice - then a couple of hours later had to eat nearly a whole packet of jelly babies to correct! Not making that mistake again...

Aug 7, 2010

Nat 30 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Yes, I often sit at dinner and say to the children can you remember if I have done my injection and my little boy usually says "yes mummy look your arm is bleeding" and we all laugh. I too get people asking if it hurts or how can you do that every day, but I have had diabetes for 19 years and have now had it longer than I didn't so really have forgotten the before!

Aug 7, 2010

Nat 30 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

.... I also took my BI dose (before Dafne and when I was on fixed amounts) so 22 units of Novorapid. I had only been diabetic for a year and had to eat weetabix every 2 hours throughout the night - that was a lesson I will never forget.

Aug 8, 2010

Jennypenny 34 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

I know what you mean Nat , i was 10 when i got diabetes and am now 40 , so really cant remember what llife pre diabetes was like .

Aug 8, 2010

Alan 49 284 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

If you have problems remembering if you've injected or not and you're on Humalog insulin, there is a pen with a display and a memory, so you can see the date & time of your last injection - see: http://www.dafneonline.co.uk/forums/1/topics/328

Alan

Aug 9, 2010

Jennypenny 34 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes.............

Thanks for that Alan , i am on humalog i have a dafne follow up session tomorrow so will certialy ask about it .

Aug 6, 2010 claireadams 12 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Thanks Nat! That makes me feel so much better! Im definately a stress head and really think that must help to make my bg's high. When i was pregnant i found it easy to control because i was doing it for a better reason... but now i find it so hard to have good bg's because it seems so long before the consultant will agree to me trying for a baby. Last year i was in intensive care with ketoacidosis and my hba1c was 16 then... but now ive worked hard to get it to 10% and i just dont know how much harder i can do... feel like giving up! i know that once im pregnant i will control my bg's much better and be able to resist all the 'bad' stuff but am so scared to conceive until ive got a good hba1c as the first baby i conceived (before i was diagnosed with type 1) i lost... and i know a type 1 who went through the whole 9 months and then had a still birth.. it terrifies me! To be honest the hospital scare me more because they're constantly talking about the risks of me getting pregnant without having perfect hba1c to conceive (they say 6%!!!) ... i say '6%!!!! they must be bloody joking, its going to be hard enough for me to get to 8%) ... so they agreed i can start taking folic when im 8%. i breastfed my son for 8 months.. but when he was first born the nurse gave my baby a bottle because she said if i didnt bottle feed my baby would go in intensive care (which i later found out was a lie!! ...but thats another story- they just couldnt be bothered to show me how to breastfeed) Thankyou so much Nat, because i rarely meet any type 1's who have been pregnant let alone had 3 healthy babies and still lived a 'normal' life

Aug 6, 2010 claireadams 12 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. p.s how comes they let you go a week late with one of your babies? i was told they wouldnt let me go further than 38 weeks? As it happens my son was born at 36 weeks. My son is nearly 4 now and i have wanted another baby for a year

Aug 7, 2010 toni 9 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. My kids are all healthy apart from the two youngest being diabetic, which is hereditary in my family! Good lluck with conceiving claire, if you go with the flow of things and keep working at your bgs, im sure will all come good. All three of my children were born early at 11lb+ ( BUT that had nothing to do with my diabetes) Good luck

Aug 7, 2010 Iain H 3 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. I have only ever referred to my diabetes as an inconvenience during 27 years of it.

Aug 7, 2010 Nat 30 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Claire, I only got to 35 weeks and 37 weeks with my first and last but with the middle one there was a discrepancy of 3 weeks in the dates mine was 1 week late and theirs well you can guess the rest. I was told that all diabetics have big babies due to the amount of insulin in their systems and that is why they scan you so much because their shoulder and tummy areas increase rapidly hence the reason they induce you early before you get to that stage.

Aug 7, 2010 Jennypenny 34 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Hmm i guess i agree with Iain , i have had diabetes for 30 years since i was 10 and when people see me injecting a common response is ' Doesnt that get on your nerves ?' my response is 'No its more of an inconvenience really ' but after having diabetes for so long it also becomes a habit quite a few times i will do my injection and have to ask my husband or sons if theyve seen me take it ! Does anyone else do this ?

Aug 7, 2010 Simon 578 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Jenny - yes I've only had it for 4 years but I often forget if I've taken my insulin, as it has become second nature to me now. One time I made a mistake and injected twice - then a couple of hours later had to eat nearly a whole packet of jelly babies to correct! Not making that mistake again...

Aug 7, 2010 Nat 30 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Yes, I often sit at dinner and say to the children can you remember if I have done my injection and my little boy usually says "yes mummy look your arm is bleeding" and we all laugh. I too get people asking if it hurts or how can you do that every day, but I have had diabetes for 19 years and have now had it longer than I didn't so really have forgotten the before!

Aug 7, 2010 Nat 30 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. .... I also took my BI dose (before Dafne and when I was on fixed amounts) so 22 units of Novorapid. I had only been diabetic for a year and had to eat weetabix every 2 hours throughout the night - that was a lesson I will never forget.

Aug 8, 2010 Jennypenny 34 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. I know what you mean Nat , i was 10 when i got diabetes and am now 40 , so really cant remember what llife pre diabetes was like .

Aug 8, 2010 Alan 49 284 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. If you have problems remembering if you've injected or not and you're on Humalog insulin, there is a pen with a display and a memory, so you can see the date & time of your last injection - see: http://www.dafneonline.co.uk/forums/1/topics/328 Alan

Aug 9, 2010 Jennypenny 34 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes............. Thanks for that Alan , i am on humalog i have a dafne follow up session tomorrow so will certialy ask about it .