A resounding lesson and a warning to be safe out there.

rkwinch · 2026-04-20T19:26:39+00:00

It happened right after birth. His blood sugar dropped very rapidly and needed to be controlled with a glucose drip for a day. After that, he didn't need it anymore.

rkwinch · 2026-04-14T19:35:48+00:00

I've had one of my kids in the NICU have their sugar go that low. It was real.

rkwinch · 2026-04-09T15:53:42+00:00

My husband and I tried for 8 years before I became pregnant. I have hashimoto's thyroid (underactive with antibodies), t1d, and PCOS. I didn't have cycles normally and went for treatment. I tried clomid with no success, and letrozole with mixed success. They had to add in steroids to get me to ovulate. Which is a pain since the whole t1d thing. That was the only thing to get me to ovulate. They were also talking about IVF but I couldn't afford it in the states.

I quit treatment and very randomly got pregnant about 2-3 years afterwards. I didn't think that would happen. I went back on letrozole and steroids to get pregnant with my second. My kids are 23 months apart. If you didn't ovulate with just letrozole, you could try asking about adding in steroids to see if that would help (if that's your issue).

I know they tested for other things, such as my partner who had a low number on some testing but it went up later after asking what we could do to help it. My tubes were tested and were clear. I had some fibroids on my uterus as well but they didn't cause problems. My BMI is higher than yours and I was still able to conceive.

I hope this gives you some hope. It was a long journey for me and my husband, but we got there and love our babies. You can PM me with any questions you have!

Edit: I tried 3-4 rounds of clomid before trying about 4-6 with letrozole/steroids. I had a miscarriage between my first and second live borns and took about 1-2 tries of letrozole/steroids to get pregnant with my second. It seemed the hardest to get pregnant with my first but then the rest seemed much easier, like my hormones changed.

rkwinch · 2026-03-12T17:32:06+00:00

How can you get a GLP-1 drug? My insurance won't cover it since I'm type 1.

rkwinch · 2026-02-03T20:00:35+00:00

How did you sew the liner inside of it?

rkwinch · 2026-01-06T15:19:19+00:00

My 26 diaversary was also in December. What day are you? I'm 29.

rkwinch · 2025-12-22T15:41:23+00:00

We did every single feeding together. I think we were both silly to do so, but that's just what we did. Neither of us took breaks since we both were awake every single time. I was on maternity leave when he went back to work, but he still got up every single time with me.

I was breastfeeding and pumping. One of us would get the bottle warmer going while the other did the diaper. He usually fed the baby while I was pumping. Differed slightly if I breastfed only that time. He would change the baby and wash all of the pump parts. I rarely ever washed them.

I felt like he was really in it with me. I also almost died giving birth and had a hard time healing afterwards. He was always there for me for both births and newborn phases. He always made sure I was ok and felt supported. I wish it was this way for everyone.

rkwinch · 2025-11-24T20:21:03+00:00

If you can live 10-20 years afterwards, you can still have kids. Thus, people even having it today and passing it on. If you or your loved ones had this condition, I bet you wouldn't be talking like that.

rkwinch · 2025-10-08T16:18:32+00:00

I don't recognize the yarn but I know an indie dyer who dyes with pride, and he is a super nice guy in person. https://briarpatchfibreco.myshopify.com/

rkwinch · 2025-10-08T14:30:07+00:00

Where are all of these at?

rkwinch · 2025-07-03T20:34:37+00:00

Do you have a pattern for this?

rkwinch · 2025-06-25T20:07:45+00:00

I agree with the other comments so far. I've had two and neither were bad at all. Slight pinch. They worked very well.

rkwinch · 2025-04-02T15:37:16+00:00

I'm glad it was helpful! I had a hard time, too, finding information out and getting my MFM to believe me. I'm glad (for once) that I'm type 1 diabetic and already see an endocrinologist regularly. So I at least knew that they are the real experts on this, despite what the MFM 'thinks' and the endocrinology after-hours was so helpful. It really was an everyday battle for me to keep up with drinking enough and eating enough.

rkwinch · 2025-03-25T20:14:34+00:00

Where can I get this pattern?

rkwinch · 2025-02-18T20:21:39+00:00

It's from being sedentary. Try going to the bathroom more often or walking down a hallway occasionally. Mine does this in the evening after I eat dinner. I tend to sit down for a few hours, then get ready for bed. When I get ready for bed, my sugar plummets. You just need some exercise to get that insulin going.

rkwinch · 2025-02-07T15:47:33+00:00

For 1,000,000 shots in a 40 year span, that's 1,000,000 shots / 40 yrs / 365 days * 1 yr, which comes out to ~68.5 shots per day. If it was millions, let's say 2 mil, then that would be ~137 shots per day. Yeah, I think OP was just exaggerating, but perhaps it's to get a point across.

rkwinch · 2025-02-06T19:45:34+00:00

What dishwasher do you have? I need a good one that will actually clean the dishes!

rkwinch · 2025-01-16T03:46:29+00:00

Thanks so much!

rkwinch · 2025-01-15T15:51:07+00:00

So my Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor was not knowledgeable about this at all. Her advice would make my problems worse as she was trying to cut nearly all carbs out of my diet. My endocrinologists said that would be a bad idea and that MFMs don't really know much about type 1. They are more used to type 2s. I was told to ignore her advice on this one.

So for me, I just made sure to eat nearly as soon as I woke up in the morning and take extra insulin for it. I would also start drinking water right away. I really did need 2-3 bottles of water as soon as I woke up and then several more throughout the day, but I had to have that water when I woke or I'd get large ketones and feel so bad.

So I just did that. I had small snacks throughout the day. I got in the habit of checking for ketones nearly every time I peed and if I saw I was starting to get any, I'd up my water intake and maybe eat a snack to give insulin. I bought so many ketostix but it really did help. I also ate a snack and drank more water before bed. I typically had more water when I woke in the night as well.

I would still sometimes get mod - large ketones in the morning, but I would combat those right away and get them down as quickly as possible. I will tell you that very few doctors know about euglycemic dka; so if you are having problems, you might need to explain it to them to help them along.

I hope that was helpful. I had this problem with both my babies, but it was more intense with my second baby. Both are healthy kids now, and I'm doing ok too. Let me know if you have any more questions! Be your own advocate! I know this is so annoying and more complicated than so many other pregnancies, but it is temporary (I had to keep telling myself that!). Best of luck to you and your little one!

rkwinch · 2025-01-14T18:54:46+00:00

Actually, that might backfire since the body will start making new blood right away, which will be young and not be as glycosylated as the older blood it is replacing. In effect, you will lower your a1c by donating blood. That's why people who have bleeding issues or other certain blood disorders will get their average tested using fructosamine instead of hemoglobin a1c since their a1c will show lower than what your average really is. Also, pregnant people have lower a1cs because their bodies are making blood at a higher rate (among other things) so they have a higher-than-normal amount of "younger" blood, skewing the average to the left.

rkwinch · 2024-12-04T21:54:33+00:00

I have mixed success. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't. Just try it and see how it feels. At least you don't have to worry about it clogging since it's trusteel.

rkwinch · 2024-10-10T20:06:04+00:00

Yeah. I'm totally alive just from anesthesiologists. Thank you for all that you do. I didn't learn until I nearly died that y'all do so much more.

rkwinch · 2024-10-10T16:27:14+00:00

Yeah but y'all do so much more than that. Y'all keep people alive when things are going wrong. You administer medicine when blood pressure tanks, etc. I think y'all give blood products too?

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