I took this medication for the first time last month without any noticeable effect on my BG, but since I had to do another round last night, I have been dealing with persistent super-high highs, which I NEVER normally have.
I’ve upped my basal, changed my pump site in the middle of the night and have been giving myself correction after correction – to no avail. I am at a loss and was wondering whether other women with T1D have had a similar experience with HCG and, especially, how long this period of highs lasted. Thanks!
In case someone finds herself reading this in the future: the crazy highs continued for about (under) 24 hours. They disappeared as abruptly as they had started. The joys of TTC while T1D! 
Hi,
I have done many HCG cycles. it took 6 cycles and 2 miscarriages to get my second daughter. I have tried to have 3rd child unsuccessfully last year with about 4 more attempted cycles and have now given up.
My experience with ovridel was that it did not noticeably affect my blood sugars. However, i do find that my blood sugars are typically a bit higher after ovulation than before it (with or without artificial progesterone supplements).
However, every time I have conceived - even those I subsequently lost, I have had high (and increasing) blood sugars starting within about 12 - 24 hours of ovulation. Much more so than usual.
For my second daughter… the blood sugar increase was pretty much the next day… and it continued for then next 9 months with insulin requirements increasing about 5x normal by the end.
I have also read of women with type 1 experiencing unusual lows… even experiencing early lows in 1 pregnancy and early highs in another. So I guess the only rule is that are no rules.
I have done trigger shots (iui and ivf) and it does make you insulin resistant. Anything with Hcg or progesterone or growth hormone. On the pump I got up to 120% on basal which is pretty standard for pregnancy. That usually covers it pretty well. Doing corrections never worked for me when I was changing hormones.
I’m currently 7 weeks alongs with ivf and I still have high insulin requirements. From what I’ve read, as the placenta takes over, you requirements go down for the end on your first trimester and then go up again after that. I always know when I’m pregnant before a pregnancy tests because my blood sugars shoot up and I have trouble getting them down.
