On this special episode of Diabetics Doing Things, Rob and Eritrea tackle episode two of our Women’s Health Series for National Diabetes Awareness Month. The team interviews Dr. Sarit Polsky, Director of the Pregnancy & Women’s Health Clinic at the Barbara Diabetes Center for Diabetes. This episode explores: -

• How she became a subject matter expert in Women’s Health and Diabetes

• The research and experiences that fueled her passion to Women’s Health and Endocrinology

• Eritrea’s experience having her period for 18 days

• How menstruation impacts blood sugar levels with Type One diabetes

• The phases of menstruation and how they impact diabetes as well as temp rates that can be set with CGM/Pump technology

• How your body’s insulin needs can change based of what phase of life you are currently in (menstruating, pregnancy, menopausal, etc)

• Defining what the goal of your life is while menstruating, whether its trying to get pregnant or avoiding pregnancy

• The most important thing to do in pregnancy with diabetes can be planning ahead

• All the important planning and work that is valuable when considering pregnancy with your healthcare care provider.

• Your diabetes pregnancy team and what it should look like

• The main diabetes pregnancy message being that you can do it, but you need help

• Pregnancy and Diabetes Stigma; how modern medicine has debunked much of it

• How to best support your partner if you are someone without diabetes

• Hyperemesis and Diabetes, how difficult that can be

• Dr. Polsky article links - https://diatribe.org/managing-your-glucose-and-using-continuous-glucose-monitor-during-pregnancy https://diatribe.org/need-automated-insulin-delivery-systems-during-pregnancy-women-type-1-diabetes