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Support group for T1 pregnancy.

Nic — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:26:01 +0000

We’ve talked about this group before on the blog but I was sent this article about it and thought I’d give it another plug.

In short, a group has been set up in Auckland on the last Monday of every month for T1 women planning a pregnancy, who are currently pregnant or who’ve been through a T1 pregnancy. It’s run by a specialist diabetes psychologist and a specialist diabetes midwife (both of whom I’ve met and both of whom I rate very highly).

Unfortunately I work on Mondays as I’d love to go along and give a little back… but I would have been doing whatever I could have to get the time off work…

New BeingDiabetic article added.

Nic — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:41:29 +0000

I’ve been meaning to put this up for a couple of weeks…. in the latest national Diabetes magazine was an article I wrote about T1 and childbirth. To read it, go here.

If you’re interested in the topic of T1 and pregnancy, you can also see a full list of my posts on the topic here.

Finally, if you’re reaaaallly interested, I am speaking on the subject at the Diabetes Youth NZ conference in Rotorua at the end of August. There’s still a small amount of time to register, I believe – you can go here to do so.

Have a good week y’all.

Nic

Carb count question, plus good news!

Nic — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:14:26 +0000

…. just a quickie for you all. One of our readers wants to know what you should bolus for for mandarins and feijoas…. what sort of carb count are you all using, please?

The good news is… Michelle (who did a guest blog last week) gave birth to a healthy baby boy last week, Tyler Murray. Congratulations from all of us, Michelle!! Tyler was 10 pounds 7 ounces. I wanted to make note of his weight because Michelle had HbA1cs in her pregnancy of around 6, so ladies – don’t beat yourselves up if your baby gets bigger, there is only so much of this condition we can fight…. even if you do…

Guest blog: and soon there’ll be three.

Nic — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:16:54 +0000

Michelle (a fellow T1) is a new reader of the blog, and to my absolute amazement she found the time last week to write a guest blog. Amazing because she has two littlies and was 37 weeks pregnant at the time! Tomorrow, Michelle goes in for an elective c-section for her third baby. We wish her all the very best! Here is her story.

Hi all, my name is Michelle Cunningham and have been living with T1 diabetes since age 9 (23 years). My husband and I decided to start a family about 5 years ago. Following discussions with my specialist here in Whangarei over the previous months I tightened my control and started the old folic acid 3…

Poorly.

Nic — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:58:30 +0000

Bleeeurgh. I was feeling a little average last night and took myself off to bed early. Without going into any more detail, it seems I’ve caught a vomiting bug, and spent a good part of the rest of the night either trudging up and down the landing by the bathroom/toilet, or sitting on the cold tiles in said toilet, praying to the god of porcelain (except we have an old skool Caroma toilet which isn’t even porcelain).

A couple of good things: one – no-one else in my household has got it yet (touch wood) and two – my husband was able to take a sick day today to look after our little boy, because I feel so weak today…

Diabetes New Zealand conference 2010 – Destination Unity.

Nic — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:37:59 +0000

I got back from conference on Sunday night, absolutely exhausted. I always find it amazing how tired you get just sitting there at conferences… and it didn’t help that we had our six month old son in the room with us both nights either I guess – gosh babies can make some noise even when they’re sound asleep! (Actually add to that the fact that it was our first flight with him: I encourage any of you who are not already parents but are planning to be to take at least one aeroplane flight before you have children, and sit back, relax and do what you want – that is currently something I imagine I’ll be able to do again…

The mama diaries continued.

Nic — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:54:49 +0000

My little boy Hugo is now 5.5 months old, and in the last week I’ve been treated to six nights with him sleeping right through the night. Hurrah! I think it’s not til you actually start to get some sleep back that you look back and wonder how you did all those night time feeds in the first place (there were definitely times when I felt totally exhausted and zombie-like, that’s for sure…. but you just keep on trucking).

My last update of motherhood with T1 was at the eight week post-birth mark. My sugars were largely under control and when people asked me how my diabetes had been post-birth, I’d smile and genuinely say…

Blatant consumerism.

Nic — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:57:47 +0000

I went out to brunch with Aaron and another friend Flash yesterday. My husband was looking after the baby, so I left him with the nappy bag and all the other baby paraphernalia, and packed myself a separate bag (normally I keep all my stuff in the nappy bag too to save taking more than one bag). Unfortunately, I also left my BG tester in the nappy bag.

I remember times long ago when I would regularly go out without my tester, but since all this pregnancy malarky I guess I’ve gone a bit OCD with the need to know my BG, so not having my tester was playing on my mind a little (and I was planning to be…

Return of the night spikes.

Nic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:37 +0000

The great thing about being pregnant most of last year was that the dreaded overnight BG spikes I was struggling with (which lead me to getting on the pump in the first place) disappeared. I’m not sure it was a complete win, because with all of the other pregnancy stuff all of the rest of your blood sugars go haywire… but I have to say – there is something doubly frustrating about going to bed with a perfect BG and waking up in the morning with a sky-high one. It just seems really unfair. During the day if you have a crazy spike you often blame it on food, exercise or stress (rightly or wrongly) – but I just get…

Articles

Nic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:49 +0000

A few of you have asked to see the articles I’ve had printed, so here they are below, in reverse chronological order.

A childbirth ‘more medical than holistic’ – Diabetes July 2010

Off the Rails – DYA Press June 2010

Diabetes and Alcohol – DYA Press March 2010

Minimising Risk – Before and During Pregnancy – Diabetes September 2009

Moving to a pump – Diabetes May 2009

Kids Camp part one and part two – Dia-log March 2009

Glucose Watchdog in Action – Diabetes November 2008