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Has anyone in here ever been on Symlin while pregnant? Or TTC while on it? I just got put on it yesterday by my endo and he said it hasn't been testing on pregnant humans, but it's been shown to create birth defects in rats, but not rabbits, so I wanted to know if anyone here had been on it and...

Hey Amanda. So your doctor isn't crazy to suggest that you induce at 37 weeks. The larger the fetus, the greater the likelihood of post-partum complications for both you and the baby. He is not entirely accurate about the cause for the size of your baby. It is theorized that women with type 1 diabetes...

If I remember correctly, mothers with type 1 diabetes have a 3% greater chance than the general public to pass on diabetes to their children whereas fathers with type 1 have a 7% greater chance than the general (ie. non-diabetic) population. The cool thing is that now there are many studies that screen...

Hi Katie. Around week 10-12, the insulin requirement does tend to decrease. It is postulated that it is secondary to increased insulin sensitivity, possibly because of the decrease in the anti-insulin hormone progesterone. Conversely, as pregnancy progreses, contra-insulin hormones increase and cause...

I'll share my experience with having kids as a person with diabetes with a little medical insight as well (I'm also a physician - albeit a new one!). My A1Cs have always been <7 but my endo at the time wanted it <6.5. I was less educated my 1st pregnancy and CGM wasn't around so I did...