I was 21 and a planned pregnancy w type 1 diabetes. My a1c averaged 7 while pregnant and I delivered at 40 weeks (induced) and she was 7 lbs 2 oz. I actually lost 20 lbs during the whole pregnancy. She is healthy 8 year old now. I did it without the pump, just the basic h&n. it wasnt easy but it's attainable. Good luck.

Reading all your post make me really strong. I was diagnostic when i was 15 and the first thing my dr said was u might not be able to have kids & after that I was so scared. Now I'm 28 and my dream is to have a baby! :) take care....

yuck, I hate it when people assume that women with T1 can't have kids! I had a fellow student nurse say that to me when she saw me checking my BG in class "aww that's so sad, you can't have kids!" I told her she might want to educate herself a little more on the subject if her goal is to be a competent nurse. that just angered me so much!

no babies here, but this thread is helpful. I'm sort of in the beginning stages of just thinking about it - want to see how low I can get my A1c now (currently at 7.6%) and then maybe in 3-5 years I'll consider having a kid. (only been married a year - want to enjoy my husband first)

I am T1 for 25 yrs. I have 4 children ages 1yr-5yrs. Manage the best you can. Your baby will inspire you to do that. PS: high risk doctors are wonderful, but most do not understand the unpredictability of T1. Trust your endo to tell you if your bs's are under enough control! Best of luck!

Hi I'm T1 diabetic for almost 18 years. I recently found out that I'm pregnant. I need help. I have been monitoring my glucose levels very closely checking before and after meals monitoring my carbs but yet I still find my glucose levels to be on the higher side especially in the morning. I'm terrified of this and don't know what I need to do. My drs are giving me an appointment at the end of this month and I really don't want to out my child's life in jeopardy due to this. So whoever went through a pregnancy pls help me an tell me how you managed your levels and what did you do. Thank you Naz

congrats on the pregnancy!

question - was this planned? if not, you might want to talk to your Dr about what your last A1c was like. typically, women with T1 need to have a below 7% A1c BEFORE getting pregnant. I don't want to scare you, but you're 4x more likely to have birth defects if you have an A1c higher than 7%. (that's what my Endocrinologist says anyway, and my Ob/Gyn agrees). it has to do with the developing brain and spine of the fetus - here's an article I found

http://www.news-medical.net/news/201...aby-Study.aspx

as for the morning highs, your hormones are probably screwy because of the pregnancy, but it could still be something called Dawn Phenomenon - are you familiar with it? you need to talk to your Dr about this before adjusting your insulin. I would honestly try to see someone ASAP, not wait 2 weeks, if you can.

you're definitely a candidate for an insulin pump - I would look into it since it gives you way more flexibility with hour by hour basal rates - helps for when you're too nauseous to eat, or when you need to adjust your basal rate because your hormones are raging.

good luck!! wishing you a healthy/happy pregnancy and baby!