My Experience With Pregnancy and Insulin Dependent Diabetes
posted on 21 December 2011 | posted in
Health and Beauty
With my last pregnancy at my normal screening for diabetes my doctor told me my result was high. He diagnosed me with Gestational Diabetes. I was immediately scheduled for a consultation with a diet specialist to help me with the right and wrong foods to eat in order to try to avoid insulin. For two weeks we monitored my blood sugar levels. They were high. I had to then go to a specialist, a Endocrinology Doctor. HE started me on Insulin. At first I was terrified, but it wasn't so bad really. The needles were very thin and I could barely feel them. I was at this point 33 weeks pregnant and already in my maternity briefs, so only a few weeks to do this. I developed a complication of diabetes at 34 weeks of low fluid and my baby needed to be induced early. They needed to try to wait until I was 37 weeks for safety. I was getting daily ultrasounds to monitor my fluid levels, seeing my diabetic doctor three times a week and seeing my regular OB/GYN doctor two times a week. At 35 weeks along, my placenta separated from the uterus causing massive bleeding. Less than 4 hours later, I delivered a healthy baby girl weighing 5 pounds and 8 ounces. Considering the ordeal we experienced, we both survived it and were doing well.
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