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Feeling so beyond frustrated with Dexcom G7. I have had SO MANY issues with them since becoming pregnant.

I always have to insert my sensor at least 24 hours early to get accurate readings, otherwise I have 24 hours of absolute anxiety over my blood sugar and 30+ finger pricks a day because Dexcom has me second guessing myself.

I just want to go to bed and I have a Dexcom that is saying I am 158 trending up, and my blood sugar has been 120 for the last half hour. I do not want to deal with the alarms all night, nor do I want to deal with the anxiety/uncertainty that I am high and harming my baby all night long. Pre pregnancy I could just silence alarms and live with being 150 all night, now I am unable to sleep because I am riddled with guilt and anxiety.

Does anyone else have this issue? Genuinely considering a complete overhaul and getting an eversense CGM and swapping to TWIIST.

I feel so silly for being so concerned over this, but it’s genuinely been so hard to cope with.

I am still early in my first trimester and have already gained 5-10lbs. I feel like I am correcting so many lows (insulin sensitivity is really kicking in) and I have such little energy to exercise like I normally would.

I am genuinely terrified of dramatic weight gain. Everyone always has something to say about how much weight people gain during pregnancy and I have so much fear around judgement over this. What’s worse is I have little control over treating lows and can only do what I can to prevent them.

Has anyone else experienced this? I am trying to just accept my situation and embrace pregnancy but I am horrified of what is to come. My last pregnancy I didn’t gain much weight but I also wasn’t diabetic at that time, and actually developed it mid pregnancy. My blood sugar was so high (I had zero clue and had a horrible experience with my OB/GYN being extremely negligent) so I actually weighed less after pregnancy than I did before. I can’t imagine this pregnancy will be anywhere near the same experience because I wasn’t forced to eat sugar at any point like I am now.