Do You Have Any Positive Anecdotes of Pregnancy With Type 2 Diabetes?
Question by gerlawgoody1: Do you have any positive anecdotes of pregnancy with type 2 diabetes?
My husband is leery of attempting a pregnancy because I have type 2 diabetes. I have read about it, and while it is considered high risk, the success rates appear very positive.
Your ideas please.
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Answer by Billme
Hi,
You might want to read this book, and see how you do with a better diet. You might actually start to see a more stable blood sugar level, and this can lead to your decision.
Dr. Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes.
While you will not be “Cured” of diabetes, it can make a insulin resistant diabetics health much better, and improve the insulin acceptance in other people as well. You don’t have to be diabetic to begin eating good for you food.
I would say get a A1c test done. If this is below 7%, then your risks are much lower than for a diabetic that has a higher reading. Through diet changes, Dr. Barnard’s test patients have A1c tests lower than 6% in a few months.
Then talk with a dietitian that deals with pregnancies. Be sure to monitor your blood sugar level as often as they recommend.
Give yourself say 4 months to get ready, and at least 2 months without birth control pills before making the final decision. You want to be in great health before you start eating for two!
Happy New Year.
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I just had my 10 week ultra sound and we saw 2 babies. Just the shock of that was enough.Then I went to the Perinatal clinic [ in the same hospital ] and the nurse was looking for the doppler to listen for the baby’s heart beat. I said I just had the ultra sound and guess what, It’s twins !
She gasp and said, “great , that’s just what I don’t need. You are a high enough risk anyway just having diabetes ”
It was so funny. Like it was her pregnancy.
It is a lot of work being pregnant with type 2 diabetes. I ended up taking a very high amount of insulin.And there are loads of tests.
You should see a perinatologist prior to becoming pregnant to know each other and get in the best possible diabetes control you can.You will have to get off of oral meds and go on insulin.It’s not really that hard.
My A1c through out was 7.5 and all was well.
Good luck and best wishes.
Visit http://www.diabeticmommy.com it’s a web page started by a type II mommy. There are many, many positive stories of great pregnancies that the mom’s just happen to have diabetes of both types.
My only other advice is make certain that you have a doctor that will work with you about using insulin, even before conceiving. The evidence is that the major birth defects are caused by very high blood sugars (250 plus for days on end) early on, sometimes before we can even know we are expecting.
There will be additional tests at the end. But I’d rather have that, than not, what mommy wouldn’t.
Make an educated choice, but don’t let the diabetes decide for you.
If you are eating a nutritious, healthy diet, getting adequate exercise, keeping your weight in control, and maintaining good glucose numbers, there should be very little reason to worry. The stuff you read that indicated it might be high risk, is referring to the TYPICAL type two diabetic who is not doing all of the above adequately. If you can successfully control it without drugs, then the worry becomes negligible.
In December, ’07 I managed to quit the Metformin after years of struggle. Finally, I found a simple plan that works… mostly raw, natural foods and plenty of daily exercise. Read more in my profile or check out Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s “Eat to Live”. Barnard’s plan is very similar. As is Patrick Quillin’s and John McDougall’s. They’re all basically the same thing. Eating foods our body was designed to eat and getting moderate amounts of exercise.