Comments on: Things I’ve learnt.

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:55:26 +0000

Andrew – thanks for your comment, and I couldn’t agree more – that is why I didn’t know the stats already, to be honest I just thought I’d see if I could find out to shut people up when they asked. If they have diabetes I’ll be sad for them but at least they’ll have a mother who understands to the deepest degree, and not only that they will probably see a cure in their lifetime, even before they get to my age.

Kathy – lovely to hear from you too and hear your story. The fact that you’re on this site shows how dedicated you are to the cause, and that you also have a great attitude! Thanks for the best wishes, I’ll continue to keep sharing my stream of consciousness with you all!

Have a great Friday and weekend all.
Nic

By: Kathy Scott

Kathy Scott — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:15:15 +0000

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I’m an ‘oldie’ with T1 – had my children before diagnosis. However, my 34 years of T1 have taught me a lot. I am an RN and work as a tutor in diabetes community education. All I can give you is encouragement. Where I live we have an excellent ‘Diabetes Team’ to look after diabetes and pregnancy. They are brilliant – the results are brilliant and I know many young and not so young women have come through their pregancies really well with lovely healthy babies. Keep up your wonderful attitude and enjoy preparing for your baby.
Kathy.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:19:56 +0000

As a type one (ok adult onset, so sort of cheating) and a Dad of 4 wonderful little humans – 3 of which turned up AFTER I was on insulin, I stressed for a while about the chances of them being diabetic – and you know what – WHO CARES – If they are we will deal with it and love them even more

remember that all population statistics are just that – population based- they are general indicators – you cannot statistically apply them to yourself

don’t worry about what you cannot control

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:33:55 +0000

I’ve seen those figures on the odds of having a diabetic child being much lower for a mum T1 than a dad T1 – and it is referring to T1, not T2.

I had to groan when I read item 10 on the list – when will people learn to keep their comments to themselves!

By: Nic

Nic — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:41:03 +0000

Hi Carrie, thanks so much for your comment – all very interesting stuff and thanks for filling me in on the odds of having a diabetic child, do you know if this is the odds of having a type 1 child, or does that include a child who could be predisposed to type 2 later in life?

Always interested to hear people’s points of view, feel free to email me at nic@beingdiabetic.co.nz if you want to give me your ideas on management of diabetes and pregnancy.

Good luck for your own journey, your HbA1c is certainly in very good shape so good work on that! Stay in touch my dear x

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:18:12 +0000

Great news Nic!
I have a friend who is a pregnant type 1 in Christchurch, and is around 15-16 weeks ish. I’ll have a chat to her and see if she is up for getting in touch. I hope to be joining your club soon, and am physically ready (latest HbA1c of 6.5%) but am waiting for a few more ducks to line up…
As a midiwfe and lactation advisor I have my own ideas around the management of diabetes for pregnancy and particularly for labour, but rather than me writing an epic here, just let me know if you are interested, and we can chat sometime.
The risk of a male diabetic passing it on to his child is much higher than a woman’s risk. One site I’ve seen says 1 in 17 children with a diabetic father, 1 in 25 of a diabetic mother birthing before she is 25 years old and 1 in 100 if she is over 25 at time of birthing. Both parents as type ones can put the risk as high as 50%- I have a friend in London, trying to get pregnant now who is in that category!
Once again- congratulations!
PS: No need to be so apologetic for the pregnancy posts- I think it is a good think for all people with an interest in diabetes to be aware of.