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12 Week Scan

Evergreen said:
Ah yeah I’ve also been wondering the same. Strengthened my ratios around the same time as you and have kind of stayed the same since then. Just random lows when I don’t expect it which then make me question the ratios. Luckily they haven’t happened too much!

This is my second baby yes! But I wasn’t diabetic when I had my first (diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 35 weeks), so it’s a totally different experience for me.
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Yes the random lows! I am having lows whenever I do anything remotely active and this is really making me question my ratios, but if I put them up a bit I end up with prolonged spikes and needing corrections. It's exhausting isn't it!

Ah bless you, well it sounds as if you're really on top of things. If it's any reassurance my first baby was born completely healthy, no low blood sugars and we were really well looked after during and after the birth. The perk of a diabetic pregnancy is you do get a lot of support and attention at this stage. But it's natural to worry about these things anyway I know.
 
So good to hear your first child was born completely healthy! I suppose it is a worrying time being pregnant even when you don’t have type 1, so I just go to all my appointments and hope for the best!

It is odd isn’t it how blood sugars behave! I had a couple hypos yesterday after a chocolate biscuit, thought my ratios must be wrong but then went high (and stayed high for hours!) after dinner

My consultant is great though and very reassuring (although she’s moving my target down to 4.5 mmol )
 
The random lows are a pregnancy thing. They’re really weird. I’d call them sudden, unpredictable and fierce. They’d come out of nowhere. I kept liquid hypo treatments everywhere. They stopped later in pregnancy but were quite common up to maybe 18-20 weeks (can’t remember the timing for sure). Of course, then the IR starts 🙄 But I found that a bit easier to deal with and strangely fascinating because it became so intense by the last few weeks.
 
Inka said:
The random lows are a pregnancy thing. They’re really weird. I’d call them sudden, unpredictable and fierce. They’d come out of nowhere. I kept liquid hypo treatments everywhere. They stopped later in pregnancy but were quite common up to maybe 18-20 weeks (can’t remember the timing for sure). Of course, then the IR starts 🙄 But I found that a bit easier to deal with and strangely fascinating because it became so intense by the last few weeks.
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Yes, and mine never stopped, along with the low sugar sickness.
 
Evergreen said:
So good to hear your first child was born completely healthy! I suppose it is a worrying time being pregnant even when you don’t have type 1, so I just go to all my appointments and hope for the best!

It is odd isn’t it how blood sugars behave! I had a couple hypos yesterday after a chocolate biscuit, thought my ratios must be wrong but then went high (and stayed high for hours!) after dinner

My consultant is great though and very reassuring (although she’s moving my target down to 4.5 mmol )
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This is exactly what's happening with me, so strange! It's good that your consultant is so supportive. I hope you get on ok at 4.5 and those lows go away soon!
I am considering going back on the Ypso to get my fasting levels a little lower, but I'm terrified of the highs I got after eating. I'll talk to my nurse about it next time I see her and see what she says.
 
@Inka that’s really reassuring to hear! For me luckily so far the pump has prevented the worst of them, but I am having some strange moments at the moment where I spike no matter how long I prebolus (with foods I normally don’t spike with) and then drop as fast! It’s not pleasant haha but I’m sure ill dream of this once the resistance hits!

@Lauren my consultant was actually quite reassuring about the highs. Said obviously well try and get them down as much as possible but very unlikely to cause issues at this point in pregnancy. It really helped me not to overreact and panic about highs.

I had some highs in the first days after starting the ypso, but less so after a week so hopefully you’ll be ok. The rep also told me I could use boost more freely which has been helpful in those early days. Good luck!
 
I am a bit late to this party but I would also recommend the "pregnancy pillow".
I have never been pregnant but a lend of my friend's pillow was a godsend when I had my arm in plaster and struggled to get to get comfortable in bed.
So, don't throw/give it away in October. You never know when you may need it for something else

Good luck with the pregnancies and navigating the highs and lows that come with it.
 
How high are you spiking @Evergreen ? At one point of pregnancy, I found I had to split my lunch bolus to stop a sudden drop after lunch. This drop had no logic to it, but splitting the bolus made it less sudden and more controlled.
 
Inka said:
How high are you spiking @Evergreen ? At one point of pregnancy, I found I had to split my lunch bolus to stop a sudden drop after lunch. This drop had no logic to it, but splitting the bolus made it less sudden and more controlled.
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Spiking to about 10 mmol usually and then dropping not quite to hypo levels but definitely to about 4.5 ish. So it’s been ok, but I have a job where I can’t have my phone on my all the time and it can be a bit unnerving after lunch.
 
Ah, so not too bad then, thankfully, but I completely know that nervy feeling in the 4s. Is there any way you can keep your phone with you as a special allowance for your peace of mind?
 
Inka said:
Is there any way you can keep your phone with you as a special allowance for your peace of mind?
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Or a reader? Maybe you could convince your diabetes clinic to provide a reader if the work issue is security or signal/interference related.
 
Sorry I didn’t write that very clearly! I’ve got my phone in the room with me, but I can’t look at it (only if my alarm goes off, I can act etc of course). So it’s usually absolutely fine, but as the drops are pretty steep at the moment I’ve been a bit nervous about it. Fingers crossed it’ll level out again soon!
 
@Evergreen, can you set your low Alarm setting to its upper limit and give yourself maximum warning time?

That said I'm mildly surprised that any organisation can somehow forbid you from using your essential CGM app to its full potential anyway. Since you are allowed to have your phone with you this sounds like some bit of bureaucratic nonsense going on, rather than a vital security issue. Could you discuss this with your employers or HR and press for a waiver, in light of your pregnancy and T1.5 diagnosis? This sounds like one of those moments when discretion can be used to mitigate against disability discrimination!
 
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