Pregnancy Posts

  • Preparing for Pregnancy : How Did You Do It? One question that I noticed was being asked a lot when I attended the DiabetesSister’s conference in Raleigh this month was “How did you do it? What did you do to control your diabetes and get prepared for pregnancy? How did you get your A1c below 7 for pregnancy?” While I’m not here to give medical ...
  • The Big ONE ONE. The big one. ONE year old. That’s twelve months…. 52 weeks…. 365 days….. 8760 hours…. My sweet, adorable, loveable munchkin, you are ONE year old. This past month, I have been remembering our steps up until this day exactly one year ago. From the agonizing swelling that made my feet look like marshmallows to all the way to the ...
  • Calorie Sink WWOLately, I’ve noticed that I’m gaining back some of the weight that I lost after I had Kip. I’ve been really depressed about it, but I just didn’t know what to do. The thought of exercise is great, but with school and everything else going on, I just don’t know when I have the time ...
  • 9 Months 9 monthsNine months have passed. While I still see the baby that you were the day I had you, you’re slowly morphing into this toddler. A kid with his own little personality. One thing above all that I simply love and that melts my heart is how happy of a child you are. There’s hardly ever a ...
  • Two Front Burners You know, I get that losing weight has an impact on insulin needs. And I have done that. Not only has it been two months since BabyK was born, but I have continued to lose weight and am now down to my lowest weight during the 1st trimester, which was 10 pounds lower than my ...
  • After The Birthday (Part 3) I was kept on the critical floor for that day and a half because not only was I on a morphine drip, but I was also on a magnesium drip because of my blood platelets. They had dropped yet again. Not to mention, my blood sugars went on a wild ride right after delivery, dropping ...
  • Birthday (Part 2) So sorry for the delay in this post. We have been on an adventure ride with lack of sleep, dirty diapers, diaper rash, and bottle cleaning all along with managing diabetes and the loop that is thrown right after baby delivery. But, more on that later. Here’s part 2 of the birthday story… I laid there ...
  • Birthday (Part 1) I had been called Friday morning at work and was told that I needed to go to the hospital as soon as possible to have more blood work done because my labs from the doctor’s office Thursday indicated that I had a very low platelet count and it needed to be redone. So, off to ...
  • Blessed I plan to do a several-parter blog about the birth of BabyK, but today, I wanted to just let you guys in a short post know how things are going currently. Words can never fully describe the feeling you get when you hear your baby cry for the first time. The whole nine months of worry, ...
  • Congratulations to Sarah and Erik…. Hi! I’m not Sarah. My name is Cherise.  I hijacked her blog to let you know Sarah and Erik welcomed BabyK into the world  yesterday at 3:37 PM. He is 8lbs 3 oz and 21 1/2 inches long.  Sarah, Baby K and Erik are doing great.  I will leave out all of the details. Sarah ...
  • Precious Things Gifts that are received while you’re pregnant for your baby are always appreciated… Even the ones you don’t need right away. You know the person wants to help out and do what they can for you, whether it be bottles, diapers, wipes, or clothes. But then there are the gifts that are even more special… ...
  • Platelets Hey guys. I realize that I usually post on Fridays, and I promised one on my Google+ page about a blanket we had received (and I guarantee it will be up soon!), but today didn’t quite go as I had planned. While getting settled at work, I received a call from my OB’s office that my blood ...
  • Considering? Okay, so remember yesterday I talked about being on all these loops?? Well, I was thrown for another one this morning. Last night, my OB called to tell me that all my blood work and my 24hr urine collection results came back great, and that he was actually shocked given my history with diabetes and renal ...
  • Looped I’ll have to say that this last leg of the pregnancy journey has really thrown me for a loop… or, well, several of them. 1) I knew that with pregnancy comes swelling for about 80% of the pregnancy population. And knowing my luck, I knew I’d be smack dab in the middle of that 80%. Case ...
  • Resemblance. Wordless Wednesday – 6  
  • Marshmallows What resembles marshmallows on sticks? But with baby marshmallows on the ends of the big marshmallows?? …………. ………. …… … . MY FEET! From Beach2011 Now granted, my legs aren’t the skinniest around either, but they’re also a bit swollen. But with all the swelling and uncomfortableness, I am still enjoying being pregnant. That or I’m really trying to convince myself of that. I really just ...
  • Nearing the End 35 weeks and 5 days. We are getting close to the “end”. Saturday, (by the pregnancy calendars), I’ll be 9 months pregnant, and will have yet one more month to go. BabyK will be technically “full term” on the 16th… which there is a full moon on the 15th, so we may have a baby ...
  • Counting 3 to 6… 25 to 46… Counting the weeks and days left until mine and my husband’s lives will be changed forever. Sure, our lives have been completely changed since the day we first knew, but it will be real… it will be amazing and scary all at once. I can’t help but sit an contemplate how ...
  • Pictured This Saturday, my cousin did my maternity photo shoot. She is a great photographer and ever since I saw some of her first projects on Facebook, I wanted to see if she would do some of me and the hubby to have as a keepsake. While I do hope to have another child, you never ...
  • Stockpiling! Wordless Wednesday – 6  
  • Going Co-Ed I have often wondered why it is that women have to be the ones putting on and going to showers, whether they be engagement, bridal, or baby showers. After all, we aren’t the only ones involved in the process of why we are having the shower in the first place.  But this weekend, my inlaws ...
  • Cuteness. Wordless Wednesday – 5   (Today’s Wordless Wednesday is brought to you by… the letter J.. for Jaimie (@JaimieDOC). Thank you soooo very much, Jaimie, for the cute outift!!! I LOVE it!!! Love and hugs from me, Erik and BabyK!!!)
  • Monitoring Contractions My DiabetesSisters post is up for this week. Here I talk about contractions, monitoring, and all that fun stuff. So go on over and check it out. “It has been a wild weekend for sure. Going from realizing I’ve only got between 5 and 9 weeks left of pregnancy to thinking we may be meeting this ...
  • Sarah’s Story–You Can Do This Last night, I did my video for Kim’s project – You Can Do This. So… here it is.. (But be forewarned… I get a little emotional.) If you’d like to know more about this project, you can go to Kim’s page (which I have hyperlinked above), check out the YCDT Facebook page, or simply search for the ...
  • I Simply Refuse To Be   I have been irritated by my bgs lately to say the least. I am doing what I can do keep my numbers lower, but it seems like nothing I do works right. Case-in-point, the picture above. I had about an hours worth of good readings and I was back up above my line again. I ...
  • Maternity Shoot So, if counting by calendar months, I’m now officially 7 months pregnant. If by counting by the 4-week-being-a-month rule, I’m 7 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days pregnant. Isn’t it amazing how there’s a difference? I think they should redo the calendar and have 13 months in 4 week intervals, with one month only having ...
  • Wait… What? So yesterday was my last 4 week OB appointment before bumping me up to every 2 weeks. I had already been to the eye doctor (the Ophthalmologist, not optometrist) and got the “all clear” from him that my eyes look wonderful and that my eye health should not inhibit me from having a “normal” (sorry, ...
  • The Weekend Yesterday I posted on Diabetes Sisters a little bit of what we had going on this weekend, but not everything. See, Erik had been out of town on a business trip all of last week – something I’m not used to – so when I went to pick him up Friday, I was excited and ...
  • Hormones are Evil See this bottle? It’s a free one I asked for through a special offer on the internet. To be honest, I had forgotten about it really until this morning when I checked the mail and saw the box…. then the next thing I did was cry. Yup. I cried because I got a bottle. Our ...
  • Just a Simple Inconvenience Yesterday did not start off very well at all. It seemed everything was working against me and I was bound for a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day…. The night before, I planned it all out. I had all of my readings and charts printed and ready to go for the endo’s office. I had ...
  • Just Doesn’t Make Sense. This was going to be my Wordless Wednesday post, but I simply can’t contain this into a picture. I am both elated and dumbfounded at the same time this morning. See, yesterday, I called my OB’s office to see if they had gotten my A1c result back yet from the lab. I had to leave ...
  • Style I get that there are some things that I simply can or cannot do while pregnant that I used to do… like eat sushi, or use a tanning bed like mad the few weeks before our beach vacation, and, when I  get to a certain belly size, I just simply cannot wear some things anymore ...
  • Which Led To… …. led to….. …which led to…. …which lead to…. More basal rate changes… more insulin-to-carb ratio (ICR) changes…. and a more stressed-out momma-to-be. Oh joy!
  • Confusing Pregnancy so far has been pretty good. From a “normal” person’s stand point, the baby is growing right on track, I’m gaining weight as I should be, and am in full awe and love with the kicks, punches and rolling around this little kid is doing inside of me. All clothes (save one dress) are ...
  • Wordless Wednesday – 3
  • Weighing Options If someone were to offer you an apple or a slice of pizza, what would your thoughts be? They would probably be something along the lines of “Am I hungry?” or “How long as it been/will it be since breakfast/lunch/dinner?” or if you’re dieting it would be “How many calories/points will that be towards my ...
  • Re-Thinking Food Erik and I have started buying food more responsibly. Before, we used to go when we wanted something and would end up spending $40-$50 each trip, a few times per week. Now, we are going once every two weeks to the grocery store and stocking up on sale items (diapers, anyone???) that we may need ...
  • BabyK Kicks!   Sorry for the blur. I may have to re-film later to get a better quality picture, but this is as good as I could get last night while he was kicking. Edit: I revideo’ed this afternoon… hopefully you can see him a little better here:
  • Setting A Timer Prebolus: v. To give a bolus (short burst) of insulin given via shot or insulin pump prior to a meal, often given 10-30 minutes before, depending on the person. Dawn Phenomenon: n. The lovely thing that happens when you wake up and your body releases it’s own glucose for energy to get you going since you ...
  • Wordless Wednesday – 1
  • It’s A Boy! Just in case you missed the news yesterday, we found out that we are having a little boy. And trust me, we – along with the ultrasound tech – are very sure… like 99.9999999% sure. Only a few minutes into the ultrasound and her checking his position (where his head, heart, legs, etc…) were, she ...
  • Did You Guess Right? Did you participate in the “Boy or Girl” poll? Watch below to find out if you guessed right!  
  • 20 Weeks I’m now 20 weeks along as of Saturday. I can’t believe how this is going by so fast! Today is ultrasound day and I am excited and nervous. Excited because we get to see this little baby that’s been kicking and rolling around in me. Nervous because I know they’re going to be checking things like ...
  • Diabetes Sisters Disclosure time again! A few months back, I was talking via email with some of the ladies from Diabetes Sisters about the upcoming conference. This conversation lead to them asking me to be a blogger for them in the T1 section when their current blogger’s contracted time was up. At first, I was reluctant because I ...
  • A Mess Are we sure it’s not Monday again? I woke up late this morning from oversleeping. Why? Oh, I don’t know… could have something to do with the fact that I stayed in the 140-180 range all night even with corrections, and woke up to a 164. Highs give me out just as much as lows ...
  • Halfway I’m now 19 weeks and 2 days pregnant. By books and online places, this means I’m in my 20th week, which means I’m at the halfway point of the pregnancy. Boy has time flown! Looking back, it went by so slow, but that was because I was anxiously awaiting the feeling of my baby kicking ...
  • Diabetes and New A Phone Sorry the video is shaky. I was trying to one-hand hold the phone while I did the video. Overall, I like the phone for videos, though it does take a while to upload to YouTube. And don’t forget, only 10 more days to cast your vote if you think the little one is a boy ...
  • I Sowwy I didn’t want to do it. I don’t want to ever be thought of as “disabled”. Yet, because I requested it, I feel as if I have said that I am.   Yesterday, I bit the bullet and tried to cancel my gym membership because to be honest, while I can still exercise, I can’t exercise like ...
  • Letter To The Little One–18 Weeks 18 Weeks. Wow. It really doesn’t seem that long, little one. You’ve grown from this little thing, barely even a peanut, all the way to be big enough for me to feel you moving and rolling from one side to the other. I listened to you kicking me last night with my stethoscope. You must have ...
  • 17 So, I’m 17 weeks (+2days) along now. BabyK has been moving up a little storm in there over the past week, but today he’s been quiet (I’m saying “he” only because saying “He/she” is a little weird and saying “It” just… well, doesn’t sound right). I will have to say though, music is beginning to ...
  • Just a Swimmin’ One thing that I looked forward to when I found out that I was pregnant was not just the cute 5-7 month basketball-shaped belly, but finding out what it actually feels like to have a little person inside of you swimming around. There were times as early as my 14th week that I felt little ...
  • 16 Week OB Appointment Monday we had our 16 week checkup at the OB’s office. Things are looking good so far. I actually gained back a pound of what I had lost according to the scale, but I’m not sure if that’s right or not since all of my appointments have been first thing in the morning and this one ...
  • In Spite of Diabetes When the topic for this month’s blog carnival came up, I immediately had a flood of things come to mind. There are a lot of little things I have done despite the fact that I was a diabetic, but diabetes always followed me through my journey. There were a few things, however, that I was ...
  • Jiminy Cricket! Yesterday, after church and lunch, we went home so Erik could get some work done and relax a little before going to evening service. A couple of hours later, I sat in my recliner with my heating pad on my neck (darn headache again) and no sooner did I get comfortable and Erik started battling ...
  • Swishy My sister-in-law is a medical assistant and works in a cardiologist’s office, so when we need or want a random blood pressure check, we usually take the 2-3 minute ride over to her house and have her check for us. The other night, while they were doing their Wii dancing, I noticed she had laid ...
  • Choose Your Poison?… And Dance. Hey everyone. Sorry I’ve been “missing” for a few days. I’ve just been busy at work, and when I’m not busy there, we had revival at church, and then I was 9 times outta 10 asleep in bed. I swear, the whole thing of the first trimester exhaustion is still with me, and it was ...
  • 13 Week OB Appointment The OB appointment today went very well. I’m actually kind of in love with the doctor I had to see today. He was also the one I saw when we had our scare, but today was the regular checkup. We didn’t have to wait very long, and when we got to a room, they did ...
  • He Held Me 1:30 am. Heart racing. Weird dream. Where am I? I must be low again. *click-click* (light turns on) “You low?” “Yeah….” Beeep Beeep… 27! “Crap! Yeah, I’m 27.” Get to the kitchen… juice….. oh crap I feel sick. “Get the glucagon!” “Where is it?” “On my night stand.” Things are going yellow. I gotta sit down. “If I pass ...
  • Endo and OJ Yesterday afternoon, I made my second monthly trip to see my endo, Dr. C. I have found from the late appointments, you don’t have to wait as long, so I may start getting late afternoon appointments instead of early morning. I sat down, snapped a picture for George’s Waiting group on flickr, and within just ...
  • Just Talkin’ Hey y’all! Monday, Chris (@iam_spartacus) asked me to be on his podcast show, Just Talking. I agreed, and last night we did the show. There’s an hours worth of us “just talking” about my diagnosis, growing up, and now growing this kid all while being diabetic. Oh, and we threw a little bit of the ...
  • 12 Weeks Wow. Today marks the completion of my 12th week of pregnancy. I’m excited to have made it this far, and will be even more excited to reach 13 next week because, by most places online, that will be the start of my second trimester. I am already growing a baby bump, so night I drug ...
  • Whaaa? Whaaa?–Minion from Despicable Me   That was me this morning… after seeing this: And again when I saw this:   These were taken an hour apart. Granted, the one at 9:45am was sort of accurate with my meter reading, but I attributed it to the fact that I had eaten a Special K cereal bar and I figured it caused ...
  • Taking Shape I am well into my 11th week of being pregnant and things are really starting to change and take shape – the shape of round. As of this morning, I officially weigh 10 pounds lighter than I did before pregnancy, yet, I measured my belly and I have gained 1.7 inches around my “bump” (I used ...
  • Old Chick Lately there’s been nothing but doctors office visits, doctor faxes, doctor phone calls, you name it. Which, I know, is to be expected, but even I am getting tired of saying the word “doctor”. Anyway, this morning, I decided to try to Google to find out what exactly the name of the clot area was ...
  • Ten Weeks See? I told y’all he/she had gotten bigger since the last ultrasound!  Though I can’t help but think each time I see the picture of how it looks like a little monkey! I feel terrible for thinking that way, but I can’t help it. Of course, most of the time, all I do is stare ...
  • Scared My feet hit the cold floor as I make myself crawl out of the bed. It’s not a day I’m looking forward to as the first ice storm of the year has hit overnight and has everything wrapped in a thick layer of clear frozen water everywhere. As my hubby is getting ready to leave, ...
  • Dex Shut Down It has been with much debate that I have come to this conclusion. I have to shut down my dexcom for a while. I hate to do it. I really do. Because that will be my safety net gone. But to be honest, lately that safety net has been so off target that it’s not ...
  • 31 More To Go I debated on doing pregnancy belly pictures because I wasn’t skinny as a rail to begin with, but after seeing some soon-to-be mom’s pictures that are on the net, I’m not as ginormous as my minds-eye had made myself out to be. So, I bit the bullet and did it. I took a picture at ...
  • What I’ve Learned I go for my second OB appointment tomorrow and I really don’t know what to expect. Some people, from what I read on the internet and talking with friends, got a second ultrasound at this checkup. Some just got measured and was told to come back in four weeks, while others went in every two ...
  • Magical Breakfast I am pleased to say that I am currently 8 weeks, 5 days along in this pregnancy and am starting to see some relief in the morning 24×7 sickness that has been hitting me pretty hard and steady the past few weeks. It’s now kind of a hit and miss, come and go kind of ...
  • An Almost White Christmas I hope everyone had a nice vacation/holiday/Christmas! I enjoyed being able to stay at home with Erik with nothing much to do other than sleeping (which has become my favorite past time!). We did our yearly Christmas rounds and watched most of the 24 hour “A Christmas Story” special that comes on every year starting ...
  • Say Cheese! Here’s a picture of the sonogram from yesterday. You can’t see much here, but you could definitely see it on their high-resolution machine there. (For those of you who have never seen a sonogram picture before, the baby is the little bean in the middle of the black circle!   I finished the 24 hour collection ...
  • Celebrate Now After our families found out about the pregnancy, things started to really settle in. Everyone was excited for us. My sister-in-law works at a little gift shop and she even picked up this very cute ornament for me: Celebrate now… You’ll be too tired later! Merry Christmas! Although I don’t have a baby bump yet, nor is ...
  • Getting Stuck (Originally written on 12/1/2010 in my journal) We knew the next step would be to call the doctor’s office and get the blood work done. So, I called first thing Monday morning to get the appointment scheduled. I thought there would be a wait, but they asked me to come in that morning and scheduled me ...
  • It’s Positive! Pregnancy is something that Erik and I have talked about since dating. I never wanted to really try for my own children, but after meeting Erik, and him pleading with me for us to try just for at least one, that I decided to open my heart to the idea. It was after speaking with ...

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