Type 1 Diabetes

[Carla MP]

hey Melbel
I have never heard of those other ones. So you think they would be alot more user friendly than what I am on now. I have always been on these but if there is something else out there that is better, I want it. I started off on humalog.....but the others i havent heard of. so its normal to have all these hypos then?.....I guess Im worried about any birth defects all becasue i didnt keep strict sugars.
hey thanks for all your advice....dont feel as alone as I did.
xox

[melbel]

perfectly normal to have lots and lots of hypos up to about 16 or weeks......its all the other hormones making you incredibly insulin sensitive. In fact if you werent having hypos it would be unusual. then it usually levels out until maybe week 24 or so then it will go the other way and you will need heaps more insulin for the last trimester, like up to 3 times as much as pre pregnancy. It is all normal for us!

With regard to the other insulins they MAY be of benefit to you but hey I am no doctor so I cant say for definite. i do know that a lot type 1 d's these days use them in perference to protophane and actrapid unless of course they are on insulin pumps like myself. I use humalog in a pump which has been of enormous benefit to myself in getting precise control.

oh and birth defects.....my high risk ob said to me once she would only be worried about that if your hba1c got over 10 so you would have to be really really out of control for that to be a d related issue.

[Carla MP]

So your on the pump..how do you deal with that. I dont think I could do it.

[mfcr06]

Hey Mel!!

Carla - what Mel said

I am also on a pump using Novorapid. I pushed the pump thing last year and got it all sorted before I even thought about falling pregnant this time.

I dont really envy you being on actrapid and protophane (or as we realitycheckers call it protopain). It must be really difficult to control bsls.......

Carb counting I have found to be my godsend. I am not really sure however how that would work with actrapid and protophane. Novorapid starts working within 20mins and is completely gone at 3hrs, so it is relatively easy to calculate the insulin:carb ratios.

Seeing a dietician to help you sort out your ratio would be a good idea as it is far to hard to do on your own if you dont really know what you are dealing with.

HTH.

[Carla MP]

realitycheck..is that a website???

[mfcr06]

certainly is.

It is for Type 1 Diabetics (although some Type 2ers lurk around).

Reality Check - Young Adults with Diabetes.

It is a wealth of information. There is also a link to a type 1 diabetes and pregnancy information page which is also good.

[melbel]

there are quite a few type 1s pregnant onthere at the moment to so a wealth of info Carla.