BS dropped to 16, passed out and hospitalized :/

Korfhage5512

so i know low blood sugars are common for T1D during the first trimester, but 16? and it just hit me all of the sudden. First i passed out, paramedics got there after i woke back up and tested and it was 20, ate a PB&J, drank 2 cups of juice mixed with 2 tbs sugar each and BS was 16! then drank MORE juice and ate more and it only went up to 30, so they took me in. worst night ever. going from 16 to over 300 in a matter of 4 hours is no fun is anyone else having issues getting their blood suagrs to stay up or having to adjust their correction factors/carb to insulin ratios? im not on a pump and am hoping to not have to get one (i was on one for years, hated it). i take a daily dose of lantus and novolog injections throughout the day, i test 10-13 times a day (and throughout the night) and its just not enough it seems like. im getting extremely overwhelmed and i'm only 5w6d along in this

cewilliams7

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I have no experience or advice but wanted to offer thoughts and prayers that you and your docs can work this out. I know it's early but hopefully it's something that will work out once they figure out how to keep yo

E&RMommy

Oh no! That's terrible.

I'm not a diabetic but one day I felt really bad at work at 10 weeks.  I went to my doc's office.  They sent a chemistry off to the lab, gave me some crackers for a headache.  The next day they called

kmcd23

In my first tri, I was in the middle of teaching a yoga class, and my sugar plummeted. I sat down, pounded a banana, then tested, and it was in the low twenties. That was the lowest I got but it definitely scared me! I realized quickly that I had to ch

lattelady2

Yikes! So scary but glad you are okay and they are keeping an eye on you. I am currently pregnant with my second and have T1D. I started having severe lows (like 20s) when I was 5 weeks each pregnancy.

It takes a lot of work (I know you are alrea