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At first, your blood sugar level may rise so slowl...

2008-07-24T07:58:00.000-06:00

At first, your blood sugar level may rise so slowly that you may not know that anything is wrong. One-third of all people who have diabetes do not know that they have the disease. If you do have Type 2 Diabetes Symptom, they may include: Feeling thirsty. Having to urinate more than usual, Feeling more hungry than usual, Losing weight without trying to. http://diets-diabetes.blogspot.com/

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2007-11-22T20:37:00.000-07:00

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Hi--I just read your post about breastfeeding and ...

2007-11-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

Hi--I just read your post about breastfeeding and type 2 over on Blogabetes, but the site won't allow me to comment (it keeps saying I need to log in and when I do, it says I'm not logged in).

Needless to say, I've had a frankly impossible time trying to boost my own milk supply with type 1. I've tried many of the galactagogues mentioned, including fenugreek, and nothing's made a change in my supply at all (and fenugreek didn't affect my blood sugar at all, as far as I could tell).

Like you, I've also looked for a lot of info about diabetes and breastfeeding and have found a bit of info about diabetes affecting milk supply, but no real answers on why. I'm still pumping, seven months later, but Baby L has gotten formula from the beginning since he lost too much weight when I tried to nurse alone. Don't feel bad about needing to use formula if you need to--it's available for a reason and without it, my kid and many more wouldn't be thriving. All best!