I remember sitting down to watch this movie, not knowing how it ended. “How scary can it be? Julia Roberts has such a big laugh. Mom likes Sally Field. Diabetes in it, too? That’s cool. Let’s make some popcorn.” record scratch Narrator’s voice: Yeah, that was me, around the age of 10. I didn’t know anything about the movie Steel…
The One About Steel Magnolias
Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetic Mommy, Infertility and Pregnancy, Real Life DiabetesFrom NOPE to Yes.
Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetic Mommy, Infertility and Pregnancy, Real Life DiabetesMy friend Susan is a huge part of the Postpartum Progress group, and on her Facebook feed I saw an article that she had shared. I like to see what my friends are working in and sharing in and out of the diabetes space, so I clicked. Reading through the postpartum depression list had me nodding a little bit. But…
This whole mom thing is a little easier, in some respects, the second time around. And it’s simultaneously harder by a frigging long shot. It’s easier because my son’s arrival wasn’t as jarring as his sister’s. Going from no kids to one kid was like WHOA. Going from one kid to two kids was lowercase whoa. Chris and I are…
There’s another kid in my house now, and he’s two weeks old as of this afternoon. But how did he escape, you ask? Sunroof exit! Here is some of the how and why my son came a bit earlier than expected. That Tuesday morning two weeks ago came with the promise of another long drive to Beth Israel hospital in Boston,…
Dear Baby Boy, Hey, you. You came into the world at just the right time. There’s a lot to say about your arrival – the path paved by infertility and issues, the details of a diabetic pregnancy, the specific chaos of the c-section surgery that brought you into the world – but those moments are so ten days ago. There’s plenty…
Back when we first talked about a second baby, Birdy was about three and it took us a few months to wrap our heads around the possibility of another kid. But once we landed on “Let’s do it,” we assumed it would be a short process to conception. We did not anticipate the wait that was on tap for this…
Captain’s Log, Day 224 I have been in this womb structure for over 32 weeks, and all is well. In weeks past, I’ve allowed the creature they call “Mother” to dictate many of our decisions, but boredom and a diminishing return on leg room is giving me the desire to kick things up a notch. Ha! Kick. I know that’s a…
Ten weeks left until the little man arrives, which means I’m in the third trimester and ready to fast forward through the summer. FAST. FORWAAAAAAAAARD!! Swelling. So far, so good. I don’t have any swelling to speak of, which is a far cry from my first pregnancy, when I was in StayPuft mode starting around 28 weeks and stayed there…
t:slim with a Twist.
Blood Sugars, Diabetes Products, Diabetes Tech, Infertility and Pregnancy, Insulin, Pumping Insulin, Real Life Diabetes, Robot LifeSeveral months ago, I switched insulin pumps. (Here is the post about the switch, and please read this post about the disclaimer that initiated the switch. My full disclosure page is here.) My first impressions of the t:slim pump were drummed up over a year ago, after trialing one for a few weeks, but my real t:slim immersion came once…
Prebolusing the Sh*t Out of Things.
Diabetic Mommy, Diet and Food, Infertility and Pregnancy, Insulin, Pumping InsulinNow, at the halfway mark of my pregnancy, insulin resistance is becoming a bit of a thing, and is going to progress into an Actual Thing as the weeks go on, which happened last time and I’m prepared for but it still a bit whoa and this sentence is a run-on. Which means that basal rates are creeping up ever-so-slightly…