I am looking for some ladies who are trying to get pregnant and reduce their A1C at the same time. 🙂 I figured we could support and cheer each other on. Who’s with me?
A little about me – I was diagnosed with Type 1 at age 26 (12 yrs ago) and have been pumping for about 5 years. I’m on Humalog and using a Minimed 722. I have the REAL-Time CGM, and plan to start using it again as soon as my order of sensors arrives. My A1C was always really great (5.8, 5.9) right before and after I started pumping. However, the reason for this stellar A1C was that my BG was a complete roller-coaster – averaging out to look good, when it really wasn’t. I decided to switch Endo’s and they did take care of my frequent lows, and now I need to work on my part to not let my sugars get to high. Unfortunately, my A1C over the last 6 months has crept up to 7.3. I talked to my Endo about planning to become pregnant and they want me to get it down to 6… Yes, I have some work ahead of me! Right now I’m writing down everything I eat and will be sending my sugars in for review by the diabetes educator every other week.
Planning to become pregnant is my motivation to get my sugars under control again. We have a 3 year old son through adoption and had previously tried fertility treatments. I had a tubal pregnancy in 2001 and lost one of my tubes, but the doctors were not able to determine any additional reasons on why we couldn’t conceive. I figured now that we have our son, the pressure is off and whatever happens, happens! 😉
Sorry to go on and on… Looking forward to hearing from others about their challenges and achievements! 😀