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Birth and Diabetes

4/14/2019

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Before I start talking about myself and the work I had to do during the birth of our amazing son I have to say that Kate is the real hero here.  After a nearly forty-five hour labor she deserves all of the credit!!

I must say that I thought I had control of my diabetes before the birth of our son and I do.  Nothing prepared me for the adrenaline rush of childbirth however.  I learned that adrenaline is not nice to those that live with diabetes, I had known this before but my mind went to other places while in the labor room.  I also made some rookie mistakes, my blood sugar shot up to 300 three times while Kate was in different stages of delivery.  Each time I took a little bit of insulin and when our baby was not born my blood sugar would crash and I would have a low of about 60 that would need attention.  

What I learned was that I can go almost two days without food and my blood sugar would be fine.  I owe that to accomplishment to my insulin pump.  Paired with my CGM the insulin pump did all of the work and kept me in range.  I overreacted when I saw my blood sugar start climbing but for the most part I was hanging out in my normal range while waiting for the little guy to enter the world.

A special thank you to a close friend for all of the help and suggestions before, during, and after the birth of our son.  Your words of wisdom helped so much.  A note to anyone living with diabetes that is helping their wife, always have a snack bag with you!!  The last thing you want to worry about is a low or high blood sugar during the birth of a son or daughter.
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