Type 1 diabetic and FTM
Is anybody a type 1 diabetic and given birth to a healthy baby? Care to share your birth story?
I’m a type 1 diabetic since I was 7 years old, and I’ll be 30 when I give birth to my first child. Before getting pregnant, I was hitting the gym 6x a week, eating right, and weighed 125 lbs at 5’5 so pretty average but I did have muscle. I’m 23 weeks pregnant now, and I’ve gained like 25 lbs even while maintaining my same lifestyle. That’s the only red flag I’ve noticed. Also, besides raising my insulin intake slightly on account of entering the 2nd trimester, I’ve had very minimal pregnancy symptoms like not even cravings tbh. My diet has stayed the same for the most part. However, my DR wants me to be induced simply because I’m a diabetic? My concern is I don’t want to be grouped into the usual birth plan for type 1 diabetics, I want my pregnancy to be analyzed individually. My baby’s test and anatomy scans have all come out perfect thank God, and I haven’t had any complications thus far.
After our last talk, it seemed like she was trying to coerce me to induce by saying “your baby has a high risk of dying if you don’t” and “you will have complications the longer you wait and give birth to a stillborn.” However, I was really hoping for a natural vaginal birth and really want to do my best to give birth without medications or very minimal medications at least. I really don’t take anything besides my insulin tbh. Also, I was already planning to give birth at the hospital to be safe, but I really don’t want to be induced or on pain killers, etc. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, sure nothing like giving birth, but I still want to try it my way.
Can anybody who has given birth to a healthy baby and also a type 1 diabetic share their birth stories please? Did you have to be induced or did your Dr allow you to give birth at your own time?