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Diabetes New Zealand conference 2010 – Destination Unity.

5 May 2010
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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…

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By Nic on 5 May 2010 at 9.37 am
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The mama diaries continued.

29 March 2010
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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…

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By Nic on 29 March 2010 at 9.54 am
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Blatant consumerism.

28 March 2010
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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…

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By Nic on 28 March 2010 at 10.57 am
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Return of the night spikes.

11 March 2010
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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…

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By Nic on 11 March 2010 at 6.44 am
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Articles

9 March 2010
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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

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By Nic on 9 March 2010 at 6.37 pm
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