Hello. Never used a forum before but dont think we've ever felt so isolated, alone or frightened before, either.
I found out i was pregnant last week (6-7 weeks). My partner and i were over the moon but understandably, nervous as my family is very hostile to our relationship. We enjoyed a week of nervous excitement & worries about how to tell the family, then the diagnosis for diabetes came along.
Not sure if its T1 or2 but I've been given all the info for T1 and since starting insulin 2 days ago my blood sugars have gone down but are still reaching 17 two hrs after eating. I have been told that most of the damage to the baby is done in the first 6 weeks and since the diagnosis I have only heard horror stories as far as pregnancies are concerned. At each contact with the hospital the viability of our baby has been put in inverted commas.
I now refuse to let myself get excited about having a baby. I believe I have had diabetes for at least a year before diagnosis and feel so stupid for not going to the dr. cant shake the feelings of guilt for not giving my baby the best start and for putting my amazing partner through all this.
Dont really know what im asking for. a bit of hope i suppose. My partner and I have decided not to tell anyone about the pregnancy as we know we will face criticism from my family & may have some hideous decisions to make.
I found out i was pregnant last week (6-7 weeks). My partner and i were over the moon but understandably, nervous as my family is very hostile to our relationship. We enjoyed a week of nervous excitement & worries about how to tell the family, then the diagnosis for diabetes came along.
Not sure if its T1 or2 but I've been given all the info for T1 and since starting insulin 2 days ago my blood sugars have gone down but are still reaching 17 two hrs after eating. I have been told that most of the damage to the baby is done in the first 6 weeks and since the diagnosis I have only heard horror stories as far as pregnancies are concerned. At each contact with the hospital the viability of our baby has been put in inverted commas.
I now refuse to let myself get excited about having a baby. I believe I have had diabetes for at least a year before diagnosis and feel so stupid for not going to the dr. cant shake the feelings of guilt for not giving my baby the best start and for putting my amazing partner through all this.
Dont really know what im asking for. a bit of hope i suppose. My partner and I have decided not to tell anyone about the pregnancy as we know we will face criticism from my family & may have some hideous decisions to make.