T1D Pregnancy Week 8: Super Sluggish Digestion & An MFM Unicorn
In Week 8, baby starts making their own insulin... and the mental battle with high blood sugars gets real, at least for me. In this episode, I explain the fascinating concept of immunotolerance that I first learned about in Ginger Vieira & Jennifer Smith's "Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes" book and how early pregnancy suppresses autoimmune attacks on maternal beta cells. I give an honest update on dealing with frustrating highs and pregnancy constipation and why reading one sentence in an MFM's online bio almost made me fall out of my chair. In the final few minutes, I open up about the…
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