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Hmmm- Closer Article

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aymes

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Came across this earlier;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...r-baby-shows-pregnancy-curves-new-shoot.html#

It's an article from Closer Magazine, picked up by The Mail, about Hannah Waterman's pregnancy. In it she says;

"She added: 'I was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, which was triggered by pregnancy hormones.
'It?s very unusual and can be very dangerous, which means this baby will probably be the only child I can have.'"

Normally I don't get to agitated by 'unhelpful' mentions of diabetes in the media, but for some reason this has really got my goat, and I'm not sure why as I've seen far worse out there! I think it's just the suggestion that a diagnosis if diabetes alone will prevent her from being able to have children. Of course that is not the case and it just seems like a rather cynical use of the condition, and suggestion of consequences, for self promotion. But as I say I'm really surprised that such a short, tiny comment has annoyed me so much so I just thought I'd post it here to see what others thought......
 
SOme people will use any excuse not to have children rather than be honest and say they only want one...
 
Seems she needs to think about the fathering aspect of pregnancy, not just diabetes...

Some people do limit themselves to one child / two children, citing population growth as one of the world's biggest environmental issues.
 
Totally agree with aymes............surely it should be 'gestational diabetes' in any case?

Diabetes can be blamed for many things, but it does not stop you having children!!

Also agree with Copepod - she should think about the fathering aspect too!
 
It is possible for type 1 or type 2 to occur during pregnancy but I suspect that they would be classified as gestational until the pregnancy ended and they didn't disappear.

To give her the benefit of the doubt maybe she has been given confusing advice and a lot of literature on the dangers of diabetes combined with pregnancy.

However, closer should really have got their resident Dr (I am assuming they have one) to have made an editorial comment on the subject.
 
I totally understand why this annoys you. And it is someone with diabetes making the comment, it is rather sad that she has been given the impression that she can't have another baby!
 
Caroline said:
SOme people will use any excuse not to have children rather than be honest and say they only want one...
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Don't want to offend anyone but although you can have children when you are diabetics the risks to both mother and child are relatively high. I made the decision not to have children because of having had diabetes from such a young age and the risk of complications....personally for me it was the best decision....if I wasn't diabetic I would have aimed to have children. For those who are diabetic and have children it is the best decision for them. But it isn't an easy decision.
 
Could it be that she has other complications other than diabetes and has been advised that another child for her would risk her health ?

Maybe they should have clarified things with an editorial.

Rob
 
I think the point is that people shouldn't feel all defensive about deciding to have 0, 1, 2, 3 ...n children. It's that couples right and they should never feel the need to justify it.

Of course, if the child's welfare is at risk then the state will step in (and sometimes when it is not).

It's interesting, when you go into IVF you have to have counselling (it's mandatory). Do you get offered such support when planning a child as a diabetic?
 
AJLang said:
Don't want to offend anyone but although you can have children when you are diabetics the risks to both mother and child are relatively high. I made the decision not to have children because of having had diabetes from such a young age and the risk of complications....personally for me it was the best decision....if I wasn't diabetic I would have aimed to have children. For those who are diabetic and have children it is the best decision for them. But it isn't an easy decision.
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I do understand what you are saying AJ.
She, Hannah Waterman, may have been given wrong information or as someone else said there maybe other complications. Wherever the information came from, it's certainley not true for thousands of women and could cause alot of worry and anxiety. best wishes Sheena
 
Hi AJ, I understand what you are saying too, and it is a good point, you wont offend anyone! All I meant was that it would be sad if she hadn't been given enough info to make that decision. Personally I am undecided on whether I want to have children or not, I want to but I am scared of all the complications etc, but I have time to think about it thankfully xxx
 
As a mum to a 7 month old, who is definitley planning on having a second baby, this makes me quite sad, and annoyed. I really hope reading this does not stop anyone with diabetes considering having a baby. It will probably make a lot of relatives of pregnant diabetics v worried.
 
I just remembered there was someone on my DAFNE course whom was diagnosed with type 1 whilst pregnant. I still don't agree with the comments about it saving her life and not having anymore kids though.
 
hope the poor baby dnt come out lookin like its mum pmsl

I think you prob can be diagnosed with t1 in pregnancy tho, sure we have a member on the forum that was in the same situation? maybe somewhere else tho...
 
You'll never stop some people being as thick as several short planks so don't let it annoy you, LOL Mind you it annoys me too.

When I was diagnosed in 1972 it was my pleasure (I mean that!) to have Professor John Malins as my consultant. Between 1946 and 1979 he transformed the lives of diabetic pregnant women (I never was one of them) in Birmingham and Kidderminster by delivering their babies by C-section and thus saving the infants lives and the mothers. BG control in those days was a tad (LOL) hit and miss and the babies would of course normally all be huge by full term. Unfortunately if they were allowed to go to term, one or other would normally die, the vast majority of the babies perished, poor little souls.

So looks like he more or less wasted the last 35 years of his working life, then, did he?
 
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