What a day we've had!
I'm 9 weeks pregnant with an 8 month old that I am still breastfeeding. My BG levels have been excellent since I adjusted my insulin needs to cover the initial highs. Lately however I've been fighting lows like crazy. I've also been extremely hungry and I've been trying to eat as much as possible despite the nausea.
This past week I went out for the day with my little girl (I'm a stay at home mom and most days I've been either sleeping or resting when my lo naps) This day however neither I nor my lo got to rest and I returned home completely exhausted and still fighting lows. I continued to feel exhausted on Thursday and on Friday night I was so tired I could hardly move and fell asleep at 9pm. I woke at 4am, my BG levels were fine (4.3mmol)but I was starving! I went downstairs and made myself a snack (feeling kinda nervous doing this because overnight snacking tends to do my BG levels no good) I went back to bed and still couldn't sleep because I was still hungry. My daughter woke early at 6:30am and I was still exhausted and starving. I ate a huge breakfast (usually I limit my carbs in the morning, but now this morning)I put my daughter down for a nap then told my husband that I was napping and to pick up my daughter when she woke.
I woke 4 hours later with paramedics overhead. I had a major hypoglycemic reaction and my husband couldn't wake me when he came to check on me.
I think this happened because I'm glycemically deprived or something, along with my insulin needs reducing led to this horrible experience. Has anything like this happened to anyone else here? Has anyone here experienced constant hunger and exhaustion while pregnant and breastfeeding? Any feed back would be appreciated. I need some encouragement!