pregnacy and diabetes - Diabetes Message Board

Molly_Ann · 03-14-2006, 12:45 PM

my niece is 6 weeks pregnant and she is diabetic , not sure what form but she takes her blood sugar before every meal and does insulin too. does anyone have information about the complications that can arrise for a diabetic during pregnancy , ive heard it can be dangerous . any info wil be greatly appreciated .. Thank You ~Molly ~

QckMom · 03-18-2006, 11:33 AM

I had Gest. Diabetes with 2nd child. Kept sugars low, watched everything I ate, kept a journal and all Dr. appt. I was strick with myself (X-mas).
My child was born healthy, but early I think because my body stopped making insulin and I was dependent on him. I lost alot of weight after he was born and had the shakes all the time.
A friend did not take her readings with g. d.-strips were "too expensive" even though insurance paid for her insulin and other meds. Her son was born with heart valve defect he will live with until it must be replaced.
A lady with Diabetes 1 from church did not take care of her levels her child was born with severe physical/mental deformaties.
I suggest your niece watch herself. Set up a diet/schedule and stick to it. See her dr every time. Get ultra sounds when requested.

VAUXHALL OMEGA · 03-19-2006, 06:34 PM

I have type 1 diabetes, and had my son ten years ago. Firstly as your neice probably knows, keeping your blood sugars as low as possible is important, but not dangerously low!! One thing I have to say is that when diabetics go low in sugar, one of the symptoms is feeling tired! well also being pregnant you can feel tired too! please point out to her that if she ever feels tired, don't assume it is because she is pregnant, and take a nap, make sure she takes her blood sugar reading to make sure the tiredness is not down to her sugar going low! I wish someone had told me this at the time, as I sat down for a while and closed my eyes thinking I was tired due to being pregnant, but ended up in hospital. But if I was to get pregnant again, I am now aware of that mistake!

She will be checked through her whole pregnancy, and the baby will be constantly monitored!! many many diabetic women go on to have healthy babys, you will always hear the horrid stories, but with normal pregnancies you also hear bad stories.

Best of luck to her, it will be a challenge, but well worth it!!

Mommyof4 · 03-19-2006, 08:56 PM

I agree with the last poster. It seems that when you are diabetic and pregnant, all of the things you normally feel during pregnancy are more extreme. I took blood sugars 12x a day, had appts every two weeks from the beginning, and had too many ultrasounds to count. Everyone, mainly me, had to be on top of things all of the time.

I went through a type 1 pregnancy and had beautiful babies 3 times so while I say to be careful, I also say a huge CONGRATULATIONS!!!

shinetype2 · 04-01-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Molly_Ann

my niece is 6 weeks pregnant and she is diabetic , not sure what form but she takes her blood sugar before every meal and does insulin too. does anyone have information about the complications that can arrise for a diabetic during pregnancy , ive heard it can be dangerous . any info wil be greatly appreciated .. Thank You ~Molly ~

Hi I am type 2 and 14 weeks pregnant. I think alot of things are said that are not true almost like there trying to scare us into good sugar control. If you have good sugar control the baby will be fine. My A1C in Dec was 6.2% In Mar it was 5.9% I was freaking out at first because of everything I heard and because this Baby was not planned. I am glad I had good sugar control Before getting pregnant. So if your neice has good control In the normal range relax everything will be fine. Good control is very important in the first trimester thats when things can happen because everything is developing. Good control in the 2nd and third trimester is important so the baby is not to big to deliever naturaly. Good Luck Tell your neice to get an A1C test after being pregnant for exactly 3 month it will tell her what her control has been threw the first trimester if it's under 7% relax. Good Luck