Hanniegator
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Hello, I’m Hannah and I’m 9 weeks pregnant, age 36. I was diagnosed type 2 about 10 years ago after a period of depression and anxiety. I have carried a lot of shame about my diabetes over the last 10 years and ultimately it’s led to being very poorly controlled. I went to see a private endocrinologist in April and was about to start Mounjaro as he said my body was ‘not ready for pregnancy’ due to high BMI and HBA1C. Lo and behold my body disagreed and 2 weeks later I found out I was pregnant - a very happy surprise!
As soon as I found out I got in touch with the GP and the diabetes midwife team at my hospital who took me off gliclazide and empagliflozin and put me on insulin, metformin, folic acid, and gave me a libre sensor. It has been an absolute whirlwind getting my sugars under control and in 6 weeks I’ve got myself from spending basically 100% of the time at 13+ to now 45% in range and the rest of the time in 7-12 range. I had a scan at 6 weeks and saw a little heartbeat which was a relief but not scheduled for another scan until 12 weeks so I’m going for a private one today.
For the first few visits I had with the diabetic team at the pregnancy clinic they were great about everything, they explained the potential concerns but were very happy with the progress I was making (week by week 0% in range then 12%, then 24%, now 45%). But when I went to the clinic yesterday I saw both an obstetrician and an endocrinologist who were really negative and the endocrinologist just kept saying my numbers were ‘scary’. I know they have to do their jobs and tell you the risks and things, and obviously I know I still have work to do - but I’ve also had other members of the team tell me that my sugars coming down too quickly can also be a problem so I ended up feeling utterly terrified yesterday.
Between this and the fact that I’m (trying not to be but) really stressed about a problem with the sale of my flat/financial concerns I’m feeling very anxious and I’m concerned it’s affecting my sugars as last night they came down to 6 after dinner then went back up to 9 and stayed there even though I didn’t eat anything.
I don’t really know anyone who’s been through this before and my partner is super supportive but trying to play catch up just like I am. I guess I’m just looking for a bit of support, any advice or thoughts anyone has. I feel like I’m trying my best, but it’s just not good enough.
As soon as I found out I got in touch with the GP and the diabetes midwife team at my hospital who took me off gliclazide and empagliflozin and put me on insulin, metformin, folic acid, and gave me a libre sensor. It has been an absolute whirlwind getting my sugars under control and in 6 weeks I’ve got myself from spending basically 100% of the time at 13+ to now 45% in range and the rest of the time in 7-12 range. I had a scan at 6 weeks and saw a little heartbeat which was a relief but not scheduled for another scan until 12 weeks so I’m going for a private one today.
For the first few visits I had with the diabetic team at the pregnancy clinic they were great about everything, they explained the potential concerns but were very happy with the progress I was making (week by week 0% in range then 12%, then 24%, now 45%). But when I went to the clinic yesterday I saw both an obstetrician and an endocrinologist who were really negative and the endocrinologist just kept saying my numbers were ‘scary’. I know they have to do their jobs and tell you the risks and things, and obviously I know I still have work to do - but I’ve also had other members of the team tell me that my sugars coming down too quickly can also be a problem so I ended up feeling utterly terrified yesterday.
Between this and the fact that I’m (trying not to be but) really stressed about a problem with the sale of my flat/financial concerns I’m feeling very anxious and I’m concerned it’s affecting my sugars as last night they came down to 6 after dinner then went back up to 9 and stayed there even though I didn’t eat anything.
I don’t really know anyone who’s been through this before and my partner is super supportive but trying to play catch up just like I am. I guess I’m just looking for a bit of support, any advice or thoughts anyone has. I feel like I’m trying my best, but it’s just not good enough.