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Permalink Reply by Hollie on October 17, 2010 at 4:42pm

and I meant possibly. sorry for the typo!

Permalink Reply by Megzway on October 17, 2010 at 5:03pm

Talk to your doctor. Find out what your most recent A1C is. Than go from there. Best of luck to you.

Permalink Reply by Hollie on October 17, 2010 at 5:13pm

My plans exactly. I just went to the doctor at the end of September and my A1C was 8.2 then.
Seems as if I am quite irresponsible if this is really happening.

Thank you, all the support and luck is needed.

Permalink Reply by Kathy on October 17, 2010 at 9:17pm

I don't think that you are irresponsible. At 18 years old my A1c was 12 and I'd skip my endo appointments all the time. I had really, really bad control. I would've been thrilled to have an 8.2 A1c. You are responsible enough to know you have to work on your sugars and thats all that matters!

Permalink Reply by Rachel Howard on October 17, 2010 at 5:16pm

I think that you need to go and makes sure that you really are (but with 4 positive tests I would be really, really, really surprised if you weren't). But then you need to make an apt with a high risk obgyn asap and take your mom with to that apt. Even though your numbers are high, I think there are a lot of women who have had kids that were higher than that.

With that being said - as far as terminating the pregnancy, I think that you need to go see a high risk doctor first. I don't think that you having a baby is even remotely as dangerous as your mom thinks.

Just so you know - I am pro choice, but I think that you should go into it with an informed decision instead of things like 'Steel Magnolias' as a point of reference (which is seriously over dramatized for the movie and out of date with modern medicine).

Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on October 17, 2010 at 7:33pm

False positives are not common with home tests, so you probably need to wrap your head around the fact that you're probably pregnant.

MANY women have QUICKLY brought their numbers into range starting with an 8.2% A1c at the beginning of the pregnancy. What is important is that you caught the pregnancy quickly and that you now start aggressively managing your blood sugars.

There is no reason to jump on the idea of terminating solely on the basis of possible blood sugar problems. Until the embryo has been evaluated by a high risk doctor, I wouldn't start assuming the worst. Our bodies are amazingly viable when it comes to protecting the baby. If you wish to terminate for other reasons, that's your own business. But I can tell you that there are diabetic women who have started with worse odds stacked against them who have had normal, uneventful pregnancies.

You should work with your endocrinologist and a high risk OB to determine your own personal BG targets, but I can tell you that my doctors wanted me 70-90 before meals, no higher than 140 at 1 hour after a meal, and no higher than 120 at 2 hours after. Your doctors will make adjustments to your insulin doses to help with those targets.

Permalink Reply by Kathy on October 17, 2010 at 9:09pm

It's true that an 8.2 A1c isn't ideal for pregnancy but it also isn't a nail in the coffin that dooms your child and your pregnancy to automatically having complications. I've heard of women with 12 and 13 A1c before after and during their pregnancies who's children came out perfectly healthy. I saw a show where a T1 woman escaped from the hospital to eat popcorn and candy after being admitted for high blood sugars. She was completly wreckless with all 3 of her pregnancy and had blood sugars of 300+ all the time. The interesting thing is that all of her kids were fine. On the other hand, my sister's friend (who isnt diabetic) had a baby with serious medical problems yet she did everything right. Ate healthy, took prenatal vitamins and saw her OBGYN regularly. So....my point is that pregnancy with or without diabetes is hard and there are many unknowns. It's risky business for all moms to be.The only thing you can do at this point is try your best to get your sugars down. My A1c was 7 before getting pregnant and now i've gotten it down to about a 6.3 i'm still working at it and it's hard but it's completely do-able. You're young so you'll have extra challenges but thats not a reason why you couldn't be a great mom. I'm a social worker for teen moms and I see them win over hardships everyday. What state are you in? If you decide to continue the pregnancy I can give you the contact #'s for the National Teen Parent Program that I work for. Don't let a less than ideal A1c be your only determining factor in terminating the pregnancy. An 8.2 isnt stuck in stone forever. You and your Endo know what steps to take to get it down. Feel free to contact me anytime and Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Hollie on October 18, 2010 at 4:23am

I really appreciate all this input ladies! I am going to see a doctor today and find out for sure, I will be sure to let you all know what is up. I thank you all for helping me out.

Permalink Reply by Hollie on October 18, 2010 at 4:24am

I live near the Kansas City area in Missouri.

Permalink Reply by Kristin on October 19, 2010 at 5:50am

Hope the appointment went well!

Permalink Reply by TheQueenFIVE on October 19, 2010 at 8:20am

Hi! I am diabetic and at the end of my pregnancy. When I started this unplanned pregnancy my A1C was 10.7!!! I immediately got it down by working closely with my endocrinologist. I don't agree with your mom when she says that you need to get rid of the baby because of your sugar levels. These days technology and medicine is more advanced and the doctors know how to monitor us better so that we can have healthy babies...even if we start off "bad."

My advice would be that your decision to keep the baby should be YOUR decision and try not to let your A1C level be the deciding factor...yours is way better than mine was when I started my pregnancy. Besides, having uncontrolled diabetes doesn't mean automatic complications with baby and pregnancy...it just means that your risks are increased. My OB told me from the begining that MOST of the diabetic women that come in there pregnant with high A1Cs go on to have perfectly healthy babies...so don't be discouraged by the A1C. As a young woman, just consider all of your other factors and make the decision that is right for you. Your health proffessionals will do all in thier power to make sure you have a healthy baby if you decide to keep it. I have been seing my endo faithfully every two weeks during my whole pregnancy, along with my regular OB and an additional high risk OB... I had to meet them all half way by being consistent with checking my levels and eating better and for the most part, I did it. The lowest I got my A1C has been 6.8... right now it is 7.2 and baby is doing wonderful!

Good luck and if u decide to keep baby...Congrats! :-)

Permalink Reply by TheQueenFIVE on October 19, 2010 at 8:21am

Oh and if your not on a pump yet then explore getting a pump..it will help you dramatically during your pregnancy. :-)

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