Type 1 diabetic Mamas.

Hi everyone,

I’d just like some advice on being a mum and having diabetes.

My son is 4 months old and I’ve managed to keep my blood sugar levels in range for the best amount of time, however it’s now getting to the point where my son needs CONSTANT stimulation otherwise he has a complete meltdown, which means I’m doing less for my diabetes and I also feel like I’m on the edge of diabetic burn out. To be honest I can’t be bothered to weigh my food or calculate carbs and insulin etc.

I guess I am also traumatised from a past episode of DKA where my ketones were 9 and I had to be resuscitated… my husband works 6 days a week at a job I can’t really contact him and I also have no family around. So what happens if I have an episode like that again? Or if I have an extreme low? I don’t want my partner to find me one day on the floor and my baby to be stressed and hungry if that ever did happen.

Has anyone got any advice.

Thank you.

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Honestly had the scariest moment of my life yesterday..

I went out with my partner and children to a zoo for my daughters 7th birthday on the way there i started getting pain in my left side which once we got there and had only been in the zoo for 5 minutes (we didn't even get past the entrance) the pain became unbearable and resulted in me being in the zoos stored cupboard screaming in pain. An ambulance was called and I was given morphine and gas and air, they took my ketone levels and they were 2.5 then only around 10 minutes later I was in the back of the ambulance being blue lighted to hospital with my ketones up at 3, i also lost consciousness during the ride to hospital and honestly I've never been so scared in my life.

Turns out I have kidney stones.. my ketones have dropped now although I feel terrible but I honestly didn't know what to do i felt helpless and traumatised my children 😭

Where all the t1d moms at? Hi