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Permalink Reply by Sharon Fung on July 20, 2011 at 2:18am

yes, it happens. Talk to your endo. My endo made some changes to earlier basals which seemed to help me a lot. For the first trimester and even now (I'm 17 weeks) I have constantly changed my basals. For me it's been very strange because sometimes I'm battling lows, change my basals, everything is fine for a few days, then I get a random high and I need to go changing my basals all over again. I've accepted this as the nature of being pregnant. Perfection is not really possible as a type1 diabetic, the key is constant monitoring.

Permalink Reply by yotita on July 20, 2011 at 4:03am

Thanks for the reply!

I actually did not have to make a lot of adjustments to my basals up until recently. I guess I should be thankful the insulin resistance hasn't reared its ugly head yet...I'm surprised though, because normally the dawn phenomenon acts up around 5-7 am (for me at least). Is it normal to stop having insulin resistance in the morning during pregnancy?

Permalink Reply by Sharon Fung on July 20, 2011 at 1:27pm

What Desdemona says. The lows are weird, the whole body is weird while pregnant :) It is nice to have to deal with lows better than highs though, I think. I'm kind of dreading the insulin resistance. I'm hoping to be like Desdemona and hold out until I'm into the 20s :)

Permalink Reply by Desdemona on July 20, 2011 at 11:54am

I suffered the same issue but for weeks upon weeks. All the way to week 21.

My lows would start around 5am and what worked for me, (outside of drinking a Litre of orange juice through-out the night and constantly scaling back on my basals), was to make sure to have a high protein snack with some carbs before bed. As well, adjusting my basal two hours prior to the lows. I had to do this every 2-3 days for all of the first trimester and half of my second trimester. I literally was on next to nothing for basals at night. I thought the baby had cured my 22 years of T1 Diabetes :)

Hang-on tight though once you hit the insulin resistance! It can be a real challenge.

best of luck!

Permalink Reply by yotita on July 20, 2011 at 1:44pm

Thank you, Desdemona!

I was starting to feel like a freak... No one seemed to have experienced something similar... I'll try the protein snack before bed... I wish the same happened to me throughout the day too...Now, THAT would be a cure :)

Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on July 20, 2011 at 7:20pm

I found in my first pregnancy that I would wake up around 60 and start to rise with my morning coffee and morning hormones. By breakfast, without treating, I'd be around 90, so I just let it be. But no, you're not crazy.