We’ve talked about this group before on the blog but I was sent this article about it and thought I’d give it another plug.

In short, a group has been set up in Auckland on the last Monday of every month for T1 women planning a pregnancy, who are currently pregnant or who’ve been through a T1 pregnancy. It’s run by a specialist diabetes psychologist and a specialist diabetes midwife (both of whom I’ve met and both of whom I rate very highly).

Unfortunately I work on Mondays as I’d love to go along and give a little back… but I would have been doing whatever I could have to get the time off work before I had my baby – it’s so much better to be able to talk to people going through the same thing as you.

Speaking of sharing stories and asking questions: I’m off to speak at the Diabetes Youth NZ Conference in a week’s time. My presentation is not completely locked down yet. I’m speaking on diabetes and pregnancy. If you were at the conference, what questions would you want to ask me? Pop them in the comments box below and I’ll see if I can address them.

EDIT – one more thing. I’ve had an email from a BeingDiabetic reader who has just found out she is 5 weeks pregnant. She’s looking into getting an obstetrician. Anyone know one (in the Auckland area) who has knowledge about/experience in T1 pregnancies?)

Cheers

Nic