In the past I have written about my experience of Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy. That post really focussed on what happened for me, but everyones diabetes is different, as is every pregnancy. There is no one solution that can make being pregnant and having diabetes plain sailing. It just doesn’t work like that. But […]
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One of the really “fun” parts about Type 1 Diabetes is how unpredictable it is. Food, exercise, stress, hormones, the weather – you name it, it all has an affect on blood glucose levels. If you have T1D and are pregnant then you are in all honesty all over the place. Your insulin requirements are
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One of the first things that was said to me when I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes was “Are you planning on having children?”. I was fairly taken aback. I had just been diagnosed with a lifelong disease and here we were discussing a future family. A family I knew I wanted but I
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Diabetes is something I’ve touched on in some of my previous posts, and will continue to talk about in the future. I have Type 1 diabetes, but how many of you actually know what that is? I mean REALLY know. What is Diabetes? Diabetes is when you’re body isn’t able to regulate the level of glucose in
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