That's great Melinda! If you provide your email address (can do it from the website if you wish) I will add your name to the monthly contact list. This will inform you of upcoming meetings. Merle

thank you

Hey! I just got on here and got your message. We moved on June 27th... BOOO! I wish we could of gotten together! Hope you're doing okay! I was wondering if you've even had problems wityh your thyroid?

Happy Birthday Melinda! By the way....your photos are beautiful. What a lovely family you have.

Hey! I'm doing good. We'll be here for about another 2 months and we should get together. The kids have gotten so big and I didn't even get to meet your daughter. I'm so glad that I found you on here!

GIRL! Is this really you? Do you remember me?? I'm from Forest City... How are you?

Hi Melinda,
I thought you may be interested in either one of these events in Hawaii:
http://tudiabetes.com/events/taking-control-of-your-1
http://tudiabetes.com/events/taking-control-of-your-2

Melinda, thanks so much for the info on your experience with pre-e. I've been trying to learn as much as possible about it since I'm at risk, given the length of time I've had T1. I can't believe they didn't deliver your daughter before 37 weeks! Thank goodness you are ok. I know that pre-e can be really dangerous so I am glad you're healthy now.
I'm going to add you as a friend so we can keep up with each other!! If you can think of any other pregnancy advice/info that you wish someone had told you, I would love to hear it!
Katie :)

Hey Melinda, thanks for the details about your experience laser treatment, etc., during pregnancy. I guess you just never know when eye issues will creep up on you, but I have definitely heard that pregnancy can aggravate it all. I've gotten my eyes checked once per trimester so far, and go in for my next check next week, for the third trimester. I am thinking I should also go in at about 6 mos after the baby comes (or maybe even less, depending on what my endo recommends) for another check. That's interesting that you didn't see any changes until well after your first pregnancy-- I will definitely keep that in mind.
If you don't mind me asking, could you let me know if you happened to have any experience with preeclampsia/high blood pressure during your pregnancies? My docs are keeping a really close eye on me for that, since I have had T1 for so long.
Anyway, thanks again for the info. It is so nice to be able to ask another T1 for pregnancy info, since you've been through it all already!! :)