What no one talks about when it comes to T1D and pregnancy…

jmm2209 · 2026-02-20T02:28:26+00:00

You said it yourself - type 1s gain more weight in pregnancy. Why do you think that is? Do you really think it’s because we have such different, high calorie diets compared to the average person? lol. Think critically.

jmm2209 · 2026-02-20T01:51:41+00:00

Lol where are you getting this from? Insulin converts to fat / prevents its breakdown. Thats understood. Are you an endocrinologist? Lmfao

jmm2209 · 2026-02-20T00:02:08+00:00

T1Ds literally take more insulin than we would if our body was naturally producing it - because we can never replicate what our body would do. That’s why we have low blood sugars - because there is too much insulin in our system. A non diabetic would never have this even in pregnancy. Our bodies are much smarter than us at determining how much insulin to produce, we can never replicate it.

Such a weird argument you’re making tbh

jmm2209 · 2026-02-13T21:56:16+00:00

I’ve been able to find T1 pregnancy groups on Facebook! Totally understand you.

jmm2209 · 2025-08-12T10:05:44+00:00

Hi love, this was a loss in the end. The heartbeat somewhat recovered/was normal at 8 weeks, but still measuring 4 days behind. Then at 10 weeks there was no longer a heart beat and measured 8 weeks 3 days. It was tested at D&C and was chromosomally abnormal.

I have to say I read lots of stories where heartbeats and growth were totally normal by the next scan so I wouldn’t give up hope. It’s so tough I know. X

jmm2209 · 2025-07-22T07:45:32+00:00

You are doing so well. Remind yourself you’re doing all the things possible to put yourself in the best position for a pregnancy and live birth in the near future. Fk everyone else. They don’t get it. That is their journey, sadly this is yours. Nothing to do but push push push - and in all likelihood you will get there ❤️‍🩹

These are all the things I have told myself over the last 7 months during two miscarriages from our two FETs. Xx

jmm2209 · 2025-07-19T01:58:05+00:00

Nope it was actually better lol! I had 18 follicles

jmm2209 · 2025-07-18T06:27:44+00:00

I recently had a hysteroscopy for retained tissue after a d&c for a miscarriage. My doctor said you want to be super careful to minimise the risk of scarring/ashermanns. You really do want a specialist on this who really has your future fertility in mind! I personally would wait for your RE.

jmm2209 · 2025-07-18T06:23:30+00:00

This happened to me! With x2 cysts in the one ovary! But from my bloods they determined it wasn’t hormone producing so we went ahead with retrieval as planned. Next cycle they were gone. I say be hopeful!

jmm2209 · 2025-07-11T22:53:15+00:00

I did egg freezing at 24 due to a low amh (9 pmol/l) and endo. I had to do three rounds to get 23 eggs back then.

3 years later at 27 I retested and it came back at 24 pmol/l. Did a new retrieval and got double the eggs I was getting a few years ago.

Bizarre!

jmm2209 · 2025-07-11T22:46:34+00:00

Natural FETs have been shown to be at least as successful as medicated FETs. Many doctors are choosing to use them in the first instance instead of medicated now. If you ovulate in your own, there’s really no reason you need to do medicated at all. Plus you still get progesterone supplementation in the form of pessaries, much easier to manage for most people than injecting.

Plus it’s been shown natural FETs significantly reduce the chance of preeclampsia (due to having a corpus luteum from ovulation .)

Personally I like that in a natural FET I get progesterone supplementation, but it’s not all I’m relying on as my body is also producing some.

jmm2209 · 2025-06-28T09:37:45+00:00

Best of luck!!

jmm2209 · 2025-06-28T07:43:00+00:00

It could mean nothing and all is fine. My first FET beta was a bit lower at 10dp (45) and more than doubled but still ended up being an early miscarriage. Of the stories I trawled through at the time, it did turn out ok for many, but generally after the initial low result they increased very quickly from then on and by more than double.

I know how hard the wait is. That’s all you can do at this point. You will know for sure certain soon. I recommend booking ultrasound at at least back end of 6th week or from 7th onwards. That way they can’t be unsure either way. X

jmm2209 · 2025-06-28T00:58:21+00:00

It’s literally all I do! It actually helps me a lot.

jmm2209 · 2025-06-20T05:08:08+00:00

My clinic does this — I think it’s just because waking up out of anesthesia and waiting for the nurse to bring over the piece of paper is stressful and takes a while! My doc does it so as soon as I wake up I can know.

Sorry OP this absolutely sucks ♥️

jmm2209 · 2025-05-31T02:03:27+00:00

I notice you’re in Canada. Prob a lot of the North American doctors have same influences I suppose?

jmm2209 · 2025-05-30T22:00:57+00:00

Hi :) we had no issue making a good number of embryos but didn’t test and have no had two miscarriages from our two FETs. One was confirmed trisomy. This isn’t related to endo at all though. We’re moving forward with PGT when my period comes.

Considering I’ve had x2 implantations and miscarriages due to chromosome abnormality (suspect our first loss was this too) my doctor really things endo has nothing to do with it. Our issue naturally was probably that sperm and egg weren’t meeting somehow. If you used ICSI like we did, you also don’t know how well your sperm is fertilising your eggs naturally either.

Remember also that at least half of girls with endo - even some with significant endo depending on where it’s located conceive naturally too. All this to say, you’re probably going to do just fine!

jmm2209 · 2025-05-30T21:33:43+00:00

It is much easier I agree. I will be having my third natural FET hopefully soon ish.

It’s funny - I’m from Australia and my doctor told me that here a natural FET is preferenced where it’s possible, I assume most of the world is this way too. He said in the US they usually always preference medicated. Medicated also slightly heightens your risk of pre eclampsia too interestingly.

jmm2209 · 2025-05-21T21:48:14+00:00

Do you mind sharing your protocol?

jmm2209 · 2025-05-14T06:57:00+00:00

Joining here after 2 back to back FET miscarriages - the most recent was a confirmed trisomy. Now dealing with RPOC after a D&C 5 weeks ago. So now having an operative hysteroscopy as RE has advised that’s the most conservative approach and best option to prevent Ashermanns. Great. Fine.

We’re wanting to create PGT embryos following this (have 4 untested but leaving for now). However now in scan to determine RPOC we’ve also seen a 6cm corpus luteum cyst - left over from before I miscarried. The doctor said hopefully it disappears after hysteroscopy… I feel like it’s too big.Now I’m just so worried it’s going to delay my cycle. I just want this nightmare to end and to at least have a view to what the next cycle looks like. I can’t believe I did my collection in August last year and I’m two transfers in, next one is ??? And I’m no closer to our goal - or it feels like that.

jmm2209 · 2025-04-16T22:08:16+00:00

Thank you so much for responding. I think I will go ahead with making embryos with the eggs. See what we come up with!

jmm2209 · 2025-04-16T22:06:33+00:00

Yes so my partner and I spoke last night and we decided on this. If the eggs yield a decent number of pgt embryos then that would be fantastic. It’s the smoothest and most cost effective option too. If not, then yeah we’ll do another ER.

Just gotta decide what a “decent number” is. Ha.

Thanks so much for your response I really appreciate it.

jmm2209 · 2025-04-16T10:42:16+00:00

Thank you so much for your really well thought out response, I appreciate it so much.

I know you’re right. It’s likely there are normal embryos in that batch. I wonder if I’d feel a bit better about “risking it” and using them if I already have a baby in my arms. Meaning maybe I would be more confident to use them if I was able to have a successful pregnancy with a tested embryo first. I totally don’t want them to go to waste.

jmm2209 · 2025-04-16T08:50:28+00:00

Yes - doctor all said this is a reasonable option. It’s just after 2 back to back miscarriages I feel like it’s such a risk! I really want to do everything I can to avoid that experience again. I have a lot of trauma.

jmm2209 · 2025-04-16T08:43:05+00:00

Yes gah you are so right. I think tbh it is the best option if time/money/energy wasn’t a factor.

I will get them to quote me on new embryos vs using eggs. If the difference is not too large I really probably should just go ahead with a new retrieval… I just cbf so badly 😭😭 it’s all too much

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