Back on track.

8 January 2010
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I dusted off my BG record-keeping sheets today, determined to write down some numbers for a whole week and stay on top of basal rates, carb ratios, correction factors etc. That’s the thing with pumping – if only you could put in the hard work at the very beginning then sit with those ratios for all time – not so! I always knew I’d probably slacken off a bit after about 16 months of hard yakka and conscientious monitoring and record-keeping over my pregnancy and beforehand. Heck, I reckon I deserved the break. But, it’s now 12 weeks after my baby was born and I’m determined to put some systems in place to make sure I keep up a good…

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By Nic on 8 January 2010 at 9.40 am
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So long, 2009 – and the decade of the noughties.

31 December 2009
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…. so what do we call this decade? If last one was the noughties, and the following one is the 20s, what is this one coming up? The teens?

It’s been a great year for BeingDiabetic. Visitor numbers have quadrupled, the community is growing and getting stronger, and we’ve had several face-to-face meetings (albeit only in Auckland and Nelson so far but it’s a start!). Keep up the awesome work everyone, and thanks again for being a great, interactive audience willing to help each other out.

On a personal note it’s been a pretty full-on year too and one I’m really proud of from a diabetes point of view. Only you lot (and maybe our partners to a degree) know…

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By Nic on 31 December 2009 at 9.43 am
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Pregnancy with Type 1 diabetes – the summary.

20 December 2009
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Hi all

Just for those of you who want to find all the posts I did on pregnancy with type 1 diabetes in one place, here you go:

1. Confessions of a pregnant diabetic

2. Things I’ve learnt about having T1 and being pregnant

3. Double trouble – being both pregnant and a T1

4. 27 week update

5. Increasing insulin resistance

6. 28 weeks and baby on the large side

7. 34 weeks

8.…

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By Nic on 20 December 2009 at 12.21 pm
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Chubba bubba.

19 August 2009
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I went for my 28 week scan on Monday – the first one I’ve had since the 20 week one, when bubs was all on track and looking pretty normal.

The good news is that he still looks normal, but not so cool is he’s tracking bigger than the average baby of his gestation. I watched as the guy did the scan and noticed immediately when he measured the baby’s head and it came up as the size of a 29 week 3 day old baby, and then he measured round the tummy which came in as a 30 week and 1 day old baby. He wasn’t going to be drawn on making a comment so I waited until I…

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By Nic on 19 August 2009 at 8.40 pm
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Cripes!

19 August 2009
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…. This insulin resistance thing in pregnancy is out of control. I just had soup and two bits of bread and had to bolus 17.25 units of short acting insulin for it…. Jeepers, that amount would have put me in hospital in a diabetic coma six months ago! And I’m told my resistance will increase yet. Crazy.

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By Nic on 19 August 2009 at 12.49 pm
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