So, recently I thought about my future. And I was thinking of what will happen if I get married and have kids. Btw, I have type 1 diabetes and I am a female. So, I looked at the consequences of passing it down and oddly enough if I have kids before 25 I have a 1/ 25 chance of passing it down, but if I have kids after 25 it’s 1/100 chance. However, I had diabetes since I was 1yrs old. So, I think my chances double to 1/50 and my grandfather from dad side also had diabetes. So, maybe it’s even higher.
Anyways, not only did I think of that. But, I decided to research how my diabetes would affect pregnancy. And, I wasn’t ready for this one. Why in the world did I look this up? I’m not even thinking of getting married yet or having kids smh
It said I have a high chance of birth defects, an extra large baby, C-section, high blood pressure, early birth, baby could have low blood sugar after birth, or miscarriage/stillbirth.
I regret looking at it, since pregnancy already scares me but it scares me even more now. But, at least I know now what might happen.
At the end, they tried to make me feel better by saying you should plan 6 months ahead or take care of my blood sugars more and keep it at a target rangeView attachment 74543
And I thought about it and legit I never managed to reach these goals in my life. Are they expecting me to be perfect for 9 months. Pregnancy already seems difficult why make it more difficult.
I guess I have to look at other possibilities in life like not getting married and having kids. However, I once saw this old Somali lady struggling because she had no kids to look after her. And I don’t want that. So, what am I supposed to do?And are there other ladies who have type 1 diabetes with successful pregnancies? Did they actually follow this target range and how can you never have a little up and downs during the whole 9 months?
Anyways, not only did I think of that. But, I decided to research how my diabetes would affect pregnancy. And, I wasn’t ready for this one. Why in the world did I look this up? I’m not even thinking of getting married yet or having kids smh
It said I have a high chance of birth defects, an extra large baby, C-section, high blood pressure, early birth, baby could have low blood sugar after birth, or miscarriage/stillbirth.
I regret looking at it, since pregnancy already scares me but it scares me even more now. But, at least I know now what might happen.
At the end, they tried to make me feel better by saying you should plan 6 months ahead or take care of my blood sugars more and keep it at a target rangeView attachment 74543
And I thought about it and legit I never managed to reach these goals in my life. Are they expecting me to be perfect for 9 months. Pregnancy already seems difficult why make it more difficult.
I guess I have to look at other possibilities in life like not getting married and having kids. However, I once saw this old Somali lady struggling because she had no kids to look after her. And I don’t want that. So, what am I supposed to do?And are there other ladies who have type 1 diabetes with successful pregnancies? Did they actually follow this target range and how can you never have a little up and downs during the whole 9 months?
