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It depends on how sophisticated you are and your approach to therapy. I ate whatever I wanted, when I wanted. It takes foresight and progressively longer lag times. I used Symlin for my last two trimesters and it made a tremendous difference as I became more and more insulin resistant. One tool that...

Oh I cannot imagine upper arm! I wore a pump for two pregnancies, have 2 healthy boys, 1 of which tested positive for the higher risk gene only. Children of mothers with Type 1 diabetes have a 3% increased risk of developing the disease whereas children of fathers have a 7% chance. At least those were...

Manuela - All are very good questions. I had both of my children at 37 weeks and 3 or 4 days for that reason. In mothers with diabetes, the placenta ages more quickly than in one without diabetes, despite the glycemic control throughout pregnancy. As the placenta ages, it proves increasingly suboptimal...