Pregnancy is a life-changing event for any woman, but being pregnant when you have diabetes carries its own set of challenges. Our researcher, Dr Jenny Myers explains how her Diabetes UK-funded research is aiming to improve pregnancy care for women with diabetes in the future. Why we’re researching diabetes and pregnancy Most women with diabetes have…
Having a baby is a big decision for any woman. But when you have diabetes, there’s a bit more to think about. Emma, our Clinical Advisor, pictured above, is here to answer all your questions about being pregnant and having diabetes, to help improve your chances of a happy pregnancy. Can I have a baby…
Tweet Sadly I’m not a brilliant example of a diabetic. I’ve had Type one diabetes for the last 28 years, since I was 15. Over the years, it’s fair to say that my control has been widely variable, ranging from “almost perfect” (during my second pregnancy) to “quite frankly, pretty appalling” (two young children, demanding…
Tweet After thirty-eight weeks of growing in what could easily have been a compromised environment, (salvaged only by managing my diabetes carefully) my healthy baby girl was born. Weighing 8lb 6oz, with ten tiny fingers and toes, and a headful of dark hair, I fell in love at first sight – and yes, I still…
Tweet A few months ago I thought making a birth plan and having any opinion about labour was a pointless affair; that diabetes would make these decisions for me. But this is not true. In the throes of a diabetes downer (and we’ve all been there) it’s very easy to let our life-long disease take…
Tweet One of the most frustrating things about Type 1 diabetes is not the constant finger-pricking and testing of blood sugars; it’s not the injections or carb counting; and it’s not even the hypos or hypers. All of these we can handle; it’s just part of the package deal that is diabetes. No, the most…