Type 1 diabetes
Is there any other ladies out there with type 1 diabetes? When were you diagnosed? How are you managing your diabetes during pregnancy? Do you have any complications? (sorry I am nosy and curious)
I am Julie and I am 33. I was diagnosed with IDDM when I was 15 years old. I am 23 weeks pregnant with our 3rd and last baby. I have been using a minimed paradigm revel 523 insulin pump for over 5 years now (I was pregnant with my daughter when I started using the pump again after using a much older version in high school). I am checking my blood sugar at least 12 times a day but it has gone up to 24 one day because my blood sugar was low like 5 times that day. I had my fetal echocardiogram last week and this baby is looking very heart healthy. My first born (6 1/2 year old boy) had a congenital heart defect that we found out about through a fetal echo at about 26 weeks. He had heart surgery when he was 8 months old. He has multiple other birth defects as well. They don't know or can't specifically tie any of them to the fact that I have diabetes. I have no other complications from my diabetes.
I am interested to see if there are any other type 1 mommies out there!
I am Julie and I am 33. I was diagnosed with IDDM when I was 15 years old. I am 23 weeks pregnant with our 3rd and last baby. I have been using a minimed paradigm revel 523 insulin pump for over 5 years now (I was pregnant with my daughter when I started using the pump again after using a much older version in high school). I am checking my blood sugar at least 12 times a day but it has gone up to 24 one day because my blood sugar was low like 5 times that day. I had my fetal echocardiogram last week and this baby is looking very heart healthy. My first born (6 1/2 year old boy) had a congenital heart defect that we found out about through a fetal echo at about 26 weeks. He had heart surgery when he was 8 months old. He has multiple other birth defects as well. They don't know or can't specifically tie any of them to the fact that I have diabetes. I have no other complications from my diabetes.
I am interested to see if there are any other type 1 mommies out there!
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Im 26 weeks due October 3rd... Nice to know that someone else out there is going through what I am and I also agree @enh0603 that i would give anything to take that one single gluclose test instead or even just have gestational diabetes so it would be gone once I deliverd.. lol
@enh0603, sorry your 1st pregnancy was so rough. I haven't ever had an easy pregnancy. With my 2 older kids, I ended up in the hospital between 13-15 weeks because my blood sugars just went crazy. With my daughter, I started measuring large at about 20 weeks. I had a lot of extra amniotic fluid which they said was probably from my diabetes and that I needed to control it better. It eventually evened out some but I was always huge. She was born at 35 weeks and weighed 6 lbs 10 oz so she was a big girl for that early. I sometimes get no symptoms with lows as well. When I wake up in the middle of the night or in the morning low is when I feel it the most but sometimes I will be 45-50 and not feel a thing. That is definitely scary. I am due on Oct 21 but probably won't go that far because both of my kiddos were born at 35 weeks and a couple days.
@ariels1stbaby, this must be a huge change for you being newly diagnosed and pregnant. I am glad everything looks good with your baby. I wouldn't worry about him measuring a little large right now because when they measure weight on an ultrasound it can be pretty far off. Just keep on top of the blood sugars and thats about all you can do. I know it is hard not to worry about having a baby with defects or problems and complications especially being a diabetic and all the fear that everyone puts in you but most women have perfectly healthy babies. The fact that my son has so many medical issues can't even be directly linked to my diabetes.
Where do you both live? Are you seeing a perinatalogist? Anyway, glad to meet you ladies again!