TTC when diabetic

Joyful76 · 01-06-2009, 01:37 PM

I am wanting to ttc soon but not sure about my blood sugar. I am pre-diabetic but VERY close to diabetic. I lost weight hoping I could prevent this but my fasting numbers are not down. I watch carbs and am on byetta and metformin. My after meal numbers are good but my fasting is no different. I heard blood sugar should be in normal ranges before ttc. But if I am on meds, what else can I do?
My morning #'s aren't super high- 109-115. It's enough to make me feel bad (physically)though. I hate to go into a pregnancy with numbers like that because I don't want the pregnancy to push me over into being diabetic for sure.
My dr appt isn't until the 23rd. I'll ask her then but in the meantime does anyone know about this? Should I get those morning #'s down before ttc?

Jael · 02-12-2009, 09:37 PM

The better your control - the easier things will be for sure. What are you doing for exercise? weight training with a combo of cardio helped me to get better control of my fasting #'s.

The most important thing is that if you do decide to TTC now - keep track of your blood sugars closely, go to your doctor immediately if you notice your sugars going up - it can happen quickly - even over night. The more out of control your sugars are the more likely that birth defects and issues with cell division can be in those first few weeks.

Even if you do get your fastings down - you can still have trouble right away (I did with my first baby and my average HbA1c before getting pregnant with him was 5.1!!) This time my control was not near as tight before getting pregnant and I've been on much higher doses of insulin a lot sooner (which may or may not be totally related - they can't tell me for sure). The last HbA1c I had before getting pregnant this time was 5.9, still pretty good!).

For what it's worth - even without perfect control you can still have a healthy pregnancy so don't get discouraged! Just be as healthy as you can be and keep working on reducing those fasting #'s