Week 34: Trusting Your Gut
I think it's appropriate to call the title of this post "ironic." I'll explain that in a minute.During my last two pregnancies, I focused on resting my body and eating a little less. This served the...
View ArticleWeek 35: The Gift of Tears
A few weeks ago, you could probably tell I was kind of mad at the perinatologist. I may still have some reason to be mad, but the justification for my anger is more likely...slim. As I'm discovering...
View ArticleCGM Trial and Error
At the beginning of pregnancy, I wrote a little bit about choosing settings for my CGM. What kinds of goals would I set for my blood sugars? Coming up with rules for diabetes management is not an easy...
View ArticleWeek 36: Hello, Full-Term!
I am officially full term today. Should labor begin tonight, no one would try to stop it. Hooray!I visited my OB on Friday. Over the last few weeks of pregnancy, I'll be meeting several of the doctors...
View ArticleWeek 37: A Week Full of Contractions
I had a lot of contractions this week! There's still always something new to experience with each pregnancy, I suppose. I've always had a good number of contractions towards the end of each pregnancy,...
View ArticleGoogle is Celebrating the Inventor of Insulin Today!
I had no idea that this guy first had the idea to try insulin to control diabetes in humans. I actually know precious little about the development of insulin therapies except the fact that I'm grateful...
View ArticleBaby is here!
Our newest little man flew into the world last night in what I can only describe as both a very short and a very long labor! His blood sugar is a little low (as almost always seems to happen to my...
View ArticleWeek 38: A Week Full of Tears...and More Contractions
The last two weeks of this pregnancy, I had spells of contractions every day that lasted several hours. For the most part they were far apart and short, except when they weren't. For the most part they...
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The Author's Birth Story
When I posted about my fifth son's birth on Facebook, a friend of mine told me she had a very similar experience with her fifth. She remarked that she couldn't tell if her labor had lasted three weeks...
View ArticleFour Months
Hello from the other side of baby fog! This one was especially sweet. Pregnancy was so psychologically miserable, and I think the physical recovery took longer, too. The fact that he was out here and...
View ArticleWeek 5
Diabetic victory of the week: I went out to dinner, ate a little more than usual, and still had a great, stable blood sugar 3 hours later.Diabetic failure of the week: I woke up in the middle of the...
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Diabetic victory of the week: My A1C was 5.7! I think that’s probably the lowest A1C I’ve ever had at the beginning of a pregnancy.Diabetic failure of the week: Against my better judgment, I accepted a...
View ArticleWeek 7
Diabetes victory of the week: I avoided excessive anxiety about and excessive correction boluses for persistent highs occurring every day that ultimately required 2.0-5.0 units to bring down. I even...
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Diabetic victory of the week: I made some changes to basal rates and bolus ratios last weekend that got me through a good three days. Sometimes that’s all the success I need to keep me...
View ArticleWeek 9
Diabetes victory of the week: None. Well, except maybe that I did finally figure out FOR SURE that the Dexcom sensor reading undercuts my postprandial peak by 30-50 mg/dL. I'm worried about how often...
View ArticleWeek 12
Diabetes victory of the week: My Dexcom numbers look pretty good, and by that, I mean pretty low. I’m happy with them. I’ve consistently aimed for 60-90 fasting blood sugar and below 130 for two hours...
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Diabetes victory of the week: Not freaking out about a few blood sugars over 150 mg/dL, and giving it an appropriate amount of time to come back down.Diabetes failure of the week: My insulin...
View ArticleWeek 17
Diabetes victory of the week: Not suffering a paralyzing amount of anxiety about gaining a (rather normal amount of) pregnancy weight and supposedly not exercising enough (as I was told to do more of...
View ArticleWeek 18
Diabetes victory of the week: After transcribing an interview in which an Australian man was emphatically criticizing the eating habits of diabetics, I admitted that I probably could do more to cut out...
View ArticleWeek 21
Diabetes victory of the week: My A1C is 5.3, without any life-disrupting lows, and my baby's growth percentile is 50th percentile. This is a major win for me!Diabetes failure of the week: Nothing? I'm...
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