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Hi ladies!

I post here so infrequently that I thought I should intro myself again.  I do lurk from time to time and don't want to feel like I'm intruding if I join in.

I just turned 38.  My son just turned 2.  I've never been called a grandmother and would probably fall over if someone did call me that.  Being an older mom is relatively common where I live.  I would love to have a 2nd LO, but my son's birth triggered some truly awful health problems and we've had to keep putting off ttc.  To cap it all off, I've found out that the GD I had with DS's pregnancy turned into full blown type 2 diabetes.  I'm working really hard to control it and get myself into great shape but who knows what the future will bring.  I may end up 1 and done.

Guess that's it.  Anything else?

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  • anchibaanchiba member

    Hi and welcome!

    I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Putting off ttc because of my health issues -- I'm a type 2 diabetic too! I was diagnosed a few months before I got pregnant. Many doctors told me that it was the Metformin that helped me get pregnant in the first place. Don't know whether that's true or not, but I'm not complaining, lol!

    I'm even older than you (turned 40 this year), so I sometimes think I'm crazy for putting off ttc again, but if this turns out to be our only child I'm totally okay with that. My husband's the one who really wants another child. I'm good with whatever comes our way.

    I'm trying to lose weight too, just to get my A1C to the pre-pregnancy levels. Sometimes I'm terrified that I won't be able to do that. So far I've lost 5 lbs. but have about 15 more to go. I tell everyone I need to lose weight for health reasons, but that's only partly true ... I also just want to get back into my old jeans because I don't want to spend more money on new ones!Big Smile

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  • Cheekers2010Cheekers2010 member

    imagehijoi:
    Welcome!  I was a type 2 before I got pregnant with either of my kids, and my A1c was high before I conceived them.  Other than a lot of extra monitoring and being labeled as high risk, I had great pregnancies (ok, well, with my daughter I had BP issues too, so I had to go on bed rest).  They are both happy healthy wonderful kids.  Good luck to you when you decide if you're ready to TTC again!

     

    Thank you!  Do you mind telling me a little about what it was like being pregnant with diabetes?  How high were your A1Cs?  I'm so freaked out by the idea.

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    Hi and welcome! Good luck with getting the diabetes under control and more good luck with your decision to try for #2 or to be one and done!

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    Thank you!  Do you mind telling me a little about what it was like being pregnant with diabetes?  How high were your A1Cs?  I'm so freaked out by the idea.

    Sure! And let me apologize for not getting back to you sooner... When I was pregnant with my son, I went to both my OB and a MFM doctor.  Between the two of them, I had appointments every two weeks.  (More with the OB.)  I had to have a lot more ultrasounds than "normal" women and I had to have a fetal echocardiogram done as well. That was done at 24 weeks.  At 30 weeks, I had appointments twice a week. The first was an NST (Non stress test where they listen to the baby's heartbeat and monitor it for accelerations when the baby moves) and the second was another NST and a BPP (Biophysical profile where they do an u/s and check for 4 things that I can't remember right now.) But I got to see my baby each week.

    When I was pregnant with my daughter, I had pretty much the same thing, but I developed high blood pressure too, so when I was 24 weeks I was put on bed rest.  I then had to go every week to the doctor for monitoring.  It sucked, but at least I got out of the house once a week. I had the same amount of NSTs and BPPs with her as I did with my son.  I was in L&D a few more times though for extra monitoring that was related to the blood pressure.

    For both kids, I was switched to insulin while pregnant. The first time was at 16 weeks and the second was right when I found out I was pregnant.  I gained more weight the second time, which sucked, but I partially blame the insulin.  I watched what I ate as best I could and my kids were both small to average birth weight (Nathaniel was 6 pounds 6 pounces and Veronica was 7 pounds 8 ounces) so there's no reason that you would have a larger baby just because you're diabetic.

    And finally, my A1c was 10 when I got pregnant with my son and an alarming 11 when I got pregnant with my daughter.  I am not proud of that at all, and am actually quite embarrassed to be typing that.

     Thank you so much!  I really appreciate you telling me.  I incline toward fairly crunchy pregnancy and childbirth (that sounds weird but I don't know how else to say it).  Being monitored that much would be very upsetting to me but I can see that I need to get over it.

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    imagestever:
    Hi and welcome! Good luck with getting the diabetes under control and more good luck with your decision to try for #2 or to be one and done!

    Thank you! 

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    imageanchiba:

    Hi and welcome!

    I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Putting off ttc because of my health issues -- I'm a type 2 diabetic too! I was diagnosed a few months before I got pregnant. Many doctors told me that it was the Metformin that helped me get pregnant in the first place. Don't know whether that's true or not, but I'm not complaining, lol!

    I'm even older than you (turned 40 this year), so I sometimes think I'm crazy for putting off ttc again, but if this turns out to be our only child I'm totally okay with that. My husband's the one who really wants another child. I'm good with whatever comes our way.

    I'm trying to lose weight too, just to get my A1C to the pre-pregnancy levels. Sometimes I'm terrified that I won't be able to do that. So far I've lost 5 lbs. but have about 15 more to go. I tell everyone I need to lose weight for health reasons, but that's only partly true ... I also just want to get back into my old jeans because I don't want to spend more money on new ones!Big Smile

     

    I hope you get your health issues under control, too! 

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  • StrunellaStrunella member

    Welcome back, lady!  

     
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