metformin/diabex in pregnancy?

[M22]

understand- it's your body babe- you are in chargeyou can just go to a gp for met too-

BW- 30 weeks woo hooo!

[belle75]

Thanks BW I feel so much better now. I'd be a mess without you girls!

[butterfly_warrior]

Thanks, LSK. 31 weeks tomorrow! never thought I'd get to this stage!

Any time, Belle. I was where you were about 27 weeks or so ago... it's a tough decision, and sometimes we've just got to take the jump and hope. I've seen more people that have been helped by staying on metformin and none who have been harmed by it.

BW

[belle75]

Thanks LSK wish I could feel so confident. Guess I have to now. OMG! just realised I'm responsible for another life

[belle75]

Not long for you now BW Well done!

[briggsy's girl]

My FS told me to go cold turkey at 12 weeks - not gonna happen! i'll wean until i run out of my current box - will drop to 1000mg fo a while, then 500. i'm not going to go cold turkey and risk something we've fought so hard for!

give yourself a time frame - maybe 8 weeks - and make it so that you have 1.5 tabs a day. then at 12 weeks, two half tabs. then drop to one...

[belle75]

That's exactly right, BG. We've been through so much heartache to get to where we are. I couldn't bear to face failure at this stage. To the obs we are just a "clinical case". They don't really see our pain. I've decided to stay on the current dose till 12 weeks then wean off slowly. The way I see it, there's more evidence in favour than against it. Woman's intuition - I'll trust it anyday!

[sryan]

Hi Belle75.

I hope you are going well and your pregnancy is going strong.

I am going to add another scenario to the situation.

As I told you before, I was on 3000 mg of Metformin and my Endocronologist wanted me to reduce the level, but my Ob was OK for me to stay on that dose. I was very hesitant to reduce, so he made me check my blood sugar levels @ fastings/and 2 hours after every meal. Well I sent him the results through to him, and he has now decided that I am to stay on that level of metformin because of sugar levels. I have gestation diabetes and metformin is keeping it under control and with diet.

They are also trialing using metformin in people who have gestation diabetes and starting them at 12 weeks pregnancy and hoping that they can control it earlier.

Just a little more info on it and hope this helps.

xxx Sue xxx

[belle75]

Thanks Sue. I have stayed on the 850mg twice day dose and will continue till 12 weeks then wean. My ob thinks i should drop to 850mg daily but I'm not convinced. Hope I've made the righ decision. Have a H&H rest of your pregnancy

[tenar]

My endocrinologist, who is a top specialist in treating PCOS and related things (one of the Monash Medical Centre research team), told me to stop taking Metformin as soon as I knew I was pregnant. So I stopped taking it at about 4 or 5 weeks. Now at 19 weeks, so all is well so far.

My impression from what she said was that the effects of such drugs on a foetus have not been well enough studied to know that it's safe. She knew how desperately I want this baby, and didn't want me to take any risks.

Probably the risk/benefit balance would be different for different people.

[belle75]

Thanks tenar, it's good to get different viewpoints. I am still really unsure. However, like the other girls have said and the way I see it is - more women have been on metformin and been ok then those who stopped and had a mc. There is new evidence now to justify it's use for diabetic preg patients ( previously were switched to insulin only ). I see my ob next week and will discuss with him again. I am so glad to hear you preg is going so well Have a H&H rest of your pregnancy hun.

[Rouge]

Hi belle75,

Like others I continued to take my metformin (I was on 2550 per day) till 12 weeks. My OB was adamant NOT to stop. I was also on low dose aspirin.

[belle75]

Did you go cold turkey at 12 weeks, Cai?