Hi @JoSiBe84 Welcome! Unfortunately, your story is very common. Tragic, but very common. There is a Facebook group “LADA Support Group for People with Type 1.5 Diabetes,” and a huge number of the women there were diagnosed with autoimmune gestational diabetes, which really is just Type 1 diabetes that is unmasked by pregnancy. Insulin really is your friend, and of course can help you to have a healthy pregnancy (along with having an excellent medical team). I do know many women with Type 1 diabetes who have had successful pregnancies–I attend a Type 1 women’s support group, and over time the group has experienced many babies!!! Also, here is a blog that I wrote about autoimmune gestational diabetes that you may find useful. Best of luck to you!
That’s so interesting. My son is T1, and I was diagnosed with LADA after having severe lows and antibodies. But since then, the antibodies have disappeared (does that ever happen?!!) and I’ve been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia. I’m 6’ tall, 130 lbs (my BMI isn’t even in normal range) and T2 doesn’t seem likely, and without antibodies now my endo has settled on straight up hypoglycemia.
So I also wonder if this is LADA or if it will remain reactive hypoglycemia. But are highs also associated with reactive hypoglycemia? Makes me think you are indeed LADA, but as you can see, I’m rather confused myself.
Since wearing a CGM I can see that I go as high as 220 when I eat simple carbs (birthday cake, especially) but then I bottom out in the 30’s or 40’s.
I believe that antibodies do disappear after some time which is why it’s important to get the testing done early on to confirm type 1 or LADA. I’ve heard of quite a few diabetics who had hypoglycemia in the years leading up to their diagnosis so you may just be in the early stages and since your son has type 1 (in other words “family history”) then I would think that these are signs of diabetes.
Just keep a close eye on your BG’s so that if they start to consistently rise then you will be able to go on insulin or whatever meds your Dr. will recommend for you before damage is done. @David49 seems to have similar symptoms and is really knowledgeable about slow onset diabetes so maybe he would have something to add.
As others have said CGM is an enormous help in understanding your BG. In particular your endo has a far better idea by looking at the graph and other statistics and trying to tie it in with your carb intakes…
I have a website bgonmywatch.com which reflects the position here in the UK. It is possible to get a starter kit for £250 that will give you a few weeks of results.
The overall position about sensors and pricing in the UK and regulated and unregulated (cheaper) products are explained as far as I can understand it.