Comments on: How to Get Pregnant with Type 1 Diabetes (All the Lifestyle Tips)

By: Alicia

Alicia — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:36:26 +0000

In response to Lauren K’s comment, I have Type I Diabetes, have only had it for 2 years, I am 29 now, and can’t wait to have children! I don’t believe that because you have this disease, which I agree is terrible, you should deprive yourself the chance to experience a baby of your own. There is no way to know that you will pass the gene on to your children, I bet your parents had no idea they would create a child with diabetes. I know my parents never thought they would have a child who developed diabetes, especially since it does not run in our family and I am the only one who has the disease. What if my kids are healthy and never develop Type I Diabetes? Adopting does not mean you are going to have a Type I Diabetes-free kid. They could develop it late into their 20’s or 30’s. Then what would you say, you shouldn’t adopt either?

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:12:03 +0000

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By: Claryssa

Claryssa — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:46:24 +0000

The most important thing to do while trying to get pregnant is to keep the faith and courage. Without both, we will give up quickly and the miracle will never come.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:26:59 +0000

By: p indumathi

p indumathi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:29:35 +0000

I get the diabetics past 14 yrs i get marriage before 2 yrs i went for pregnancy treatment but the result all negative now i did n’t went for treatment i want special doctors who treating for type 1 diabetics patient for pregnancy.

By: Diabetes Pregnancy

Diabetes Pregnancy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:23:00 +0000

An informative story, useful to everyone who has diabetes and wanted to become pregnancy, particularly important points are:
# stepped up visits to my endocrinologist for pre-pregnancy consults
# worked to get my blood sugar numbers into the tight ranges recommended for pregnancy
# saw my eye doctor to check my eyes for any longterm damage from diabetes and learned how pregnancy mightaffect them
# ate better and took prenatal vitamins

By: Ocean

Ocean — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:27:47 +0000

I am sooooooo glad I found this. I too experienced nothing but horror from doctors the moment I became a type I diabetic 10 years ago.
All POV’s expressed here are valid and reflect my thoughts and experiences, both positive and negative.

Cheryl, you rock, for your ability to express yourself and get it out there to make a difference for others. I am so thankful. Thank you.

I have been so frustrated for the past few years with the lack of facts, common sense, and bedside manner when it comes to Diabetes. I have had most trouble with insurance. I have lived under the poverty line for most of my life and many doctors stare in disbelief as I say I have no insurance….or had no insurance.

Then of course many doctors don’t know what they are doing.
Yes, the prenatal specialists just look sat you severely and basically all but says you will miscarry but “good luck”. Overcautious to the point of ridiculousness.

I am pregnant again and this time I don’t feel so alone.
My dream is to have a diabetes wellness center run by diabetics for diabetics. Without all the concerns of lack of healthcare, To be penalized for a preexisting condition? Are you kidding me?

I have a great health team of 4 people, one of which, my endo, is also a type I diabetic, who in fact became so 10 years ago as well.

It took me ten years to find these great people.
I hope that your book and the posts of all these courageous people become the shoulders others can stand on to live the best life possible.

thanks again.

By: Priya Srivastava

Priya Srivastava — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:26:26 +0000

I am 35 years old and have known about my type 1 diabetes for only 1 1/2 years. My husband and I are planning to have children as soon as we can. I understand that as a type 1 that you are considered high risk, but I would also like to believe that as long as you take very good care of yourself and have faith that we have the chance to have perfectly healthy normal babies. I guess anything is possible, but I believe in God and if he wants me to have a child then nothing…no disease will stop that. If I am able to have a child then my biggest dream will have come true and if I die from complications soon after then I will have died a very happy person. It’s very personal decision to have a child and we shouldn’t critisize others for their peronal decisions. Good luck to all of you.

By: Lauren K

Lauren K — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:49:26 +0000

Ruby, if it’s not genetic narcissism that drives people to have biological children, what is the drive to have them? When there are so many children in the world who need loving homes, why create more children, unless you want to propagate your own genetic lineage?

And yes, it annoys me when people say they want to have their “own” children. Any child that you raise and love becomes yours.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:16:05 +0000

Great post! For so many of us with diabetes (whatever kind) all we hear is the bad stuff. Let’s keep in mind that many of the horror stories we hear are from the past – before good home glucose meters, rapid acting insulins, pumps etc etc etc. I find what most people know about D pregnancy is all from “Steel Magnolias” which, while being a true story, is also not much relevant to how diabetic pregnancies go these days. A lot has changed. Yes, we may be more prone to complications, but really, look at those numbers, with good control they are still extremely small. Read the medical journals on the studies done and you will see that the risk of higher complications is minuscule with good control and a well monitored pregnancy.

I am so glad I chose to have my children. I have one perfectly healthy daughter and a son on the way in 13 days. I have had Type 1 for over 15 years. Not once did my excellent team of doctors ever tell me not to do it, or that I would be harming myself or my baby. We just made a plan and I have followed it, and everything has turned out excellent.

To Lauren – where in the world did you get “people feel that they are only capable of loving children with whom they share DNA” – that was not mentioned anywhere in the post. Also, your statement that you “don’t get the genetic narcissism that drives people to procreate even when there’s evidence that their genes are time bombs” is ridiculous on many levels. Genetic narcissism to want to have your own children? Hardly. And I am really sorry for you that you feel your genes are ticking time bombs. I’m sure that even if my daughter or son comes down with Type 1, they will still be happy to be alive, just as I am. Diabetes sucks, sure, but it doesn’t make me wish I were never born.