The first time we saw him (or her), it was at the emergency room back in Connecticut. We were only seven weeks into the pregnancy and barely had caught our breath from finding out when the bleeding happened and I panicked. We spent five hours in the emergency room, poked and prodded and with an IV line at the ready,…
For a few weeks, I had a tough run with the Dexcom. Out of the five sensors I’d used in the last three weeks, three of them had gone kaput on me. And by “kaput,” I mean that I’d put in a new sensor after Las Vegas and it instantly gave me “???” instead of blood sugar results. I’ve seen the triple question…
Sorry for the late post, but we were meeting a friend today for lunch. A new friend. A little friend. Internet, meet BSparl. We won’t find out if it’s a boy or a girl until late November, but BSparl is getting big and growing along at a healthy and safe pace. More later, but now it’s time to celebrate the Hallween…
The flight to Las Vegas from Boston is a long one – six hours on the way there and five on the way back. I talked with my doctors before taking the flight, and being pregnant, I’m dealing with an increased threat of deep vein thrombosis. The Factor V Leiden gene in my body is also a red flag, so these longs flights…
Do you know how hard it was to not tell you guys I am pregnant? Sitting on that information for three months was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. There were SO MANY questions I wanted to ask, and so many stories I wanted to share, but I knew it was best to keep my mouth shut until…
Dear Baby, I’ve been thinking about you for a long time. My doctors told me it would be a challenge to have you. They said that diabetes would be a tricky hurdle as I planned for you. They said you might not happen. There were so many reasons to be scared and so many reasons to doubt, but I never gave…
We’re at the 19 week mark with our baby, and things are starting to change again. My belly is hard and high, completely obvious now and forcing me to rock NBF’s maternity jeans. (She rocks, because she can provide some very useful hand-me-downs these days. And NBF is due any day now!! Ahem – sorry, I’m so excited!) Pregnancy symptoms,…