Hi all,
It's been a while since I've last blogged but needless to say that I've had my hands and feet full :) My all day sickness (aka morning sickness) eventually subsided in my 2nd trimester and I felt a lot better BUT hello insulin resistance!
Source: http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/140/3/365/F3.expansion.html
I could look at food and it would increase my blood sugar! Even food that I could eat previously, e.g. proteins, without giving insulin now required insulin. Not small doses, actually LOTS of insulin. My gynae was concerned because I showed some ketones in my urine despite taking all precautions to keep my blood sugars normal.
My HBa1c was still within a normal and safe range but my pump kept beeping for high levels and high predictors almost all times of the day! It was annoying and worrying so something had to be done!
My solution - I would inject 20 units of Apidra (my insulin) at 11am every day. Failing to do this my blood sugars would run 'high' (e.g. above 8.0) most of the day. So even though I wore a pump, I was still injecting and using a lot more insulin just because I needed so much more to control my blood sugars.
I couldn't wait until 3rd trimester for my blood sugars to get back into it's usual range and my body to respond in the way it did previously..... only time would tell though as I've learnt that not all people react in the same way and no 2 pregnant women seem to be exactly alike.
The main thing though was ensuring that my baby was safe and not affected by high blood sugars. So I did what any mother would do - everything it took!
It's been a while since I've last blogged but needless to say that I've had my hands and feet full :) My all day sickness (aka morning sickness) eventually subsided in my 2nd trimester and I felt a lot better BUT hello insulin resistance!
Source: http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/140/3/365/F3.expansion.html
I could look at food and it would increase my blood sugar! Even food that I could eat previously, e.g. proteins, without giving insulin now required insulin. Not small doses, actually LOTS of insulin. My gynae was concerned because I showed some ketones in my urine despite taking all precautions to keep my blood sugars normal.
My HBa1c was still within a normal and safe range but my pump kept beeping for high levels and high predictors almost all times of the day! It was annoying and worrying so something had to be done!
My solution - I would inject 20 units of Apidra (my insulin) at 11am every day. Failing to do this my blood sugars would run 'high' (e.g. above 8.0) most of the day. So even though I wore a pump, I was still injecting and using a lot more insulin just because I needed so much more to control my blood sugars.
I couldn't wait until 3rd trimester for my blood sugars to get back into it's usual range and my body to respond in the way it did previously..... only time would tell though as I've learnt that not all people react in the same way and no 2 pregnant women seem to be exactly alike.
The main thing though was ensuring that my baby was safe and not affected by high blood sugars. So I did what any mother would do - everything it took!
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