Deborah E shares the challenges she faced during the first high-risk pregnancy as a type 1 diabetic. She recounts her interactions with her highly-skilled and highly-intelligent perinatologist who had some strange ideas about abilities to control insulin once it enters the body, leading to a ban on self-administration. 

Deborah also reveals the lengths she went to attend a family event, where she and her husband were to be honored, and the dangerously low blood sugar episode that the hospital was sure meant a trip to the morgue. 

Join us as we unfold the unique trials and triumphs of managing diabetes during another pregnancy in this compelling episode of DiabeticReal.

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 05:27 Doctor surmises the ability to expel insulin.
• 07:56 Challenges for tight diabetic control for baby.
• 15:31 Leaving hospital AMA for planned honored event.
• 21:13 Lab worried that Deborah had died.
• 23:35 Closing

Research Links

• Hugh Laurie Official Website || hughlaurieblues.com
• House (DVD - to purchase) #affiliate
• House (TV Show)
• Phlebotomy Technician - what it is (and how to say it!)
• What is a Perinatologist and when to visit one - The Mother Baby Center
• Medtronic Diabetes (Minimed)

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Episode Credits

Perfectly Wonderful World [Episode Music]

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• Perfectly Wonderful World, via the album on Amazon

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