Comments on: Confessions of a pregnant diabetic.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:48:56 +0000

It was really encouraging to hear your story…Thanks for sharing. I am 9 weeks pregnant and was nodding and smiling along to lots of things you said. I have felt discouraged about the lack of support in these early stages of my pregnancy when i’ve particularly needed it (ie, high blood sugar levels that just won’t come down!) I used to live in ChCh and had great support there but i now live in a small town and the care just isn’t the same as in the city so we’re kinda stuck with the limited support avaliable. My husbands been amazingly supportive though and often will work out calculations for me to get the levels down when i can’t think straight because of the high levels Honestly maths was never my strong point but he’s like a walking talking human calculator – it’s great!

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:42:40 +0000

Thanks Sara-Maria, and Erin I really wish you the best of luck – I felt quite alone when I was at that point so hopefully you won’t feel as bad because there are a few of us on here who’ve managed it now…. just keep pestering the hospital and nurses etc – best of luck!!

By: Sara-M

Sara-M — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:28:39 +0000

aaaaaa, I always get excited when hearing of babies on the way.

Bit of a battle for you, but woop woop so so worth it.
how flippin cool!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:39:47 +0000

Congratulations Nic – I’m at the point where you were in May last year of trying to get my BGs at a good level before trying to conceive. I’m currently trying to get an appointment with the diabetic nurse in Wellington to get some help/pointers on getting myself sorted – exercising is my biggest problem but by the sounds of it the opposite of yours where my BGs go down overnight (at which point I overeat) so by morning they are really high.
Hopefully I have the same success that you have

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:54:08 +0000

Nic, as a bloke I can’t even begin to understand the effort you need to put in to make your body ready for conception (refering to blood sugars – keep it clean!!) But as a dad, I can confirm that you are embarking on the most rewarding, frustrating, humbling, exciting and humourous journey around.

Enjoy enjoy enjoy, and don’t sweat the little stuff

Andrew

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:09:34 +0000

Thanks so much Chris and Kris!

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:31:38 +0000

Congratulations Nic, what great news! And the best of luck for the pregnancy too.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:42:23 +0000

Nic, I am very pleased for you in that all your hard work is paying off. Well done, and keep it up! It is a huge pity that mainline diabetes management does not seem to teach carb counting, correction ratios, etc, etc.