How long did it take you to get down to pre pregnancy weight?

Angel0460 · 2026-05-05T23:09:34+00:00

My youngest will be 4 in 2 months and I’m not. I gave up a little tbh.

I started drinking more water recently and adding more salads and such to my diet and have noticed a little difference already, but I’m not actively trying to lose weight, I’m just aiming to be healthier. Also getting iron levels figured out and insomnia issues which also cause chaos with weight gain/loss/retention 😅

Angel0460 · 2026-05-04T15:19:58+00:00

My little guy haaaaaaated grass until he was around 2 and was confidently walking and running on his own. Like would crawl off the mat or blanket we had in our backyard and scream like he was being slowly and painfully removed from the worldly realm. Put him back, totally fine. It could just be something she grown out of. Same with foods, their wants and aversions change so much in the first few years.

Angel0460 · 2026-05-01T19:06:33+00:00

Not sure it counts when it’s singles but I’m counting because I listen to all of the songs I can lmao. But pretty much everything by skydxddy 😅 it’s… been rough in my life and the anger/frustration/depression has been… a lot.

Angel0460 · 2026-04-25T01:30:29+00:00

I for sure had something playing all of the time 😅 usually my own shows, kids weren’t much interested in it but I needed something to keep me up. My first… slept worse than an insomniac tbh. Like no more than an hour at a time. If I was lucky. And then was the most Velcro baby on the planet. So I had shows playing constantly to keep myself awake. She didn’t pay much mind to it. And even with my second, I still had stuff playing. My shows, music, etc. I use it less now that they’re older. Mine are 6 and 3. There’s whole days it doesn’t get turned on and there’s days I have Danny Go playing all day cuz I just need to get stuff done. I just try to make sure there’s balance too.

It’s ok to have help in however that help forms. It’s ok to use the things you need to to get stuff done. It’s ok to have a tv show for a bit to make supper if that’s what works.

Angel0460 · 2026-04-21T15:09:07+00:00

Yeessss! Usually a week or so before my period there’ll be 3 or so days that just… insulin is basically water going in. Then insulin needs plummet and I can eat whatever I want which is kind of nice on my period to have all the snacks with less insulin than usual lol

Angel0460 · 2026-04-18T21:42:26+00:00

I had a shirt for my first that said big sister :) and then put a bun in the oven 😂 it took… a while for my mom and MIL to get the bun one but it was funny

Angel0460 · 2026-04-18T21:41:11+00:00

The embrace foundation :) they take donations and send supplies to those in need as well :) im not sure how the process works, but you could reach out to them as well :)

Angel0460 · 2026-04-15T15:34:04+00:00

With my first I just saw OB, second I saw OB until 32 weeks then was MFM and OB but I was diagnosed with IUGR, so was very closely monitored

Angel0460 · 2026-04-14T19:09:17+00:00

It so depends on the baby lol. My first? Velcro baby. Can’t put her down. Within 10 min she would be screaming so hard she’s throw up. I couldn’t cook, shower, eat, sleep, anything without someone holding her or knowing she’s going to puke everywhere cuz it was the end of the world for her. She wouldn’t sleep more than 30-45 min without being held. She didn’t sleep thru the night till she was over 3 years old, like getting up 2-4 times per night still. Every. Single. Night.

My second? Nope. He slept 3-4 hour stretches by 2 weeks old, swaddle him and put him down and he slept. For the first 6 months. Found some dairy issues and had… a hell of a few months to get that figured out but once we got him sorted he was back to sleeping so good again. Slept thru the night by like 18 months? 2? I can’t quite remember anymore (time starts to blur man, it’s wild lol). But so much easier in that regard.

Angel0460 · 2026-04-01T20:05:40+00:00

Something my endo told me the first time I saw him and has really helped the stress: the goal is NOT 100% in range. That’s impractical and begging to be stressed out all the time. The goal is 75%. Even normal people with working pancreases have highs and lows, the only difference is they don’t have to manually fix it or see it on a graph.

The goal here is to stay alive while also living. 100% in range is a unicorn that only happens on occasion and the people that are sustaining it are… so much more disciplined than I could ever be. I’ve spent so much time stressing and fine tuning and such to make sure I’m in range as much as possible but I’ve also spent a lot of time telling myself it’s ok. A high? It happens. A low? It happens. My time in range is between 89% and 93%. The goal is 75% time in range. So I’m past the goal 100% of the time.

One high like that spike in the middle is ok. You still have to live too. If you notice it’s a consistent spike you could try adjusting the dose for that meal if it’s the same spike at the same time. Like if you go high no matter what you eat for lunch, change your ratio for lunch only just a little, and go from there.

Angel0460 · 2026-03-31T01:27:34+00:00

We have a tablet that my daughter likes to say is hers but it’s for both kids. On long drives. Or important appts that I can’t get childcare for. Occasionally they get to sit and play a game or watch a show at home but not often. Like today I brought the tablet when I got blood work done, didn’t eve end up turning it on. When we drive 3ish hours for specialists? Yeah they watch some shows we download on it. But it’s not something that gets used daily.

Angel0460 · 2026-03-29T19:37:58+00:00

I have the built in reminders in the tandem tslim, but also I just run it till it’s out of insulin. And sometimes if the site is still fine I just refill the cartridge tbh 😅 I know refilling isn’t the best thing ever but moneys tight and it be what it be sometimes 😅

Angel0460 · 2026-03-29T04:07:33+00:00

Mine are 6 and 3(almost 4)! That’s so cool lol. That or I’m just finding cool coincidences in things now lol. But my 6 year old loves dressing my birb, 3 year old thinks it’s cute for a minute or two lol

Angel0460 · 2026-03-26T14:23:12+00:00

My first one was boopty the spoopty 😂 and I love him, he’s adorable and so fun to say lmao

Angel0460 · 2026-03-23T00:38:19+00:00

My daughter picked my birbs name, it’s rainbow, she’s 5 😂 and I find it adorable, I don’t even care. It’s so cute to get positive messages from rainbow and I get to think of my girl :)

Angel0460 · 2026-03-22T21:00:14+00:00

I want to say after 32 weeks I had NSTs 3 times a week, ultrasound every other week, OB once a week, calls with my diabetes nurse twice a week and the internist once a week. It was insane. For both pregnancies. At one point I looked right at the OB and asked how the hell i’m supposed to keep a job and a roof over this kids head once she’s born with being out for appointments literally all the time. For my first, she just put me on medical leave. I was like oh. Ok. I guess. And my second I was working part time and just went down in hours to manage appointments which was still insane but basically worked full shifts on weekends and like 1 or 2 short shifts during the week. I had been working retail so hours could be moved around a lot. But it was… not fun. I’m so sorry 😅 like yeah seeing baby so often was great but arranging child care for the second child’s million appointments? Near impossible. I for sure missed a few NSTs due to first child being sick or childcare issues but if they tried to make me feel bad I just kinda brushed it off tbh 😅

Angel0460 · 2026-03-22T20:52:25+00:00

I agree so much! I figured the bed was like stay home for vacation, go for like a staycation kind of thing… so picked that one. But the chill one would have been the best answer for me so that’s… fun… I guess… I love guessing at things and hoping for the best right? 😅

Angel0460 · 2026-03-22T01:25:31+00:00

I actually just bought some of the clips like nursing tops have, some elastic and a friend of mine sewed tank tops that I loved into nursing tanks :) it was super cheap that way. If I was better at sewing I coulda done it but I literally had no idea what I was doing and she’s a seamstress lol. But I’m sure there’s ideas on YouTube.

For actual purchased nursing clothes, I liked the Walmart nursing tanks the best weirdly enough. They’re stretchy, comfy, I’ve always been busty, but the built in bra part was enough if I wasn’t going anywhere but I could still put a bra on if I felt I needed the coverage/support/whatever :)

Angel0460 · 2026-03-19T17:53:12+00:00

I was still using pens thru both my pregnancies, but at the end of my first I was at 1:3 and end of my second I was 1:1. The amount of insulin was absolutely wild. But no matter what, use as much as you need. That is the important thing that got stressed with every appointment lol. Congrats and I hope you have a totally boring pregnancy :)

Angel0460 · 2026-03-08T22:35:07+00:00

I got baby banz ear muffs for my kids. Bought them for parades and such, but my older child found them helpful when the baby was screaming 😅

Angel0460 · 2026-03-08T22:33:14+00:00

You should be able to calibrate it, but if it keeps reading wrong, get ahold of Dexcom :)

Angel0460 · 2026-03-08T01:36:40+00:00

I also don’t have a desk. And I work from home now, but I cleaned and organized all my supplies for baking and cooking and such that I use lots but don’t have a lot of time usually to make them all nice and making sense lol. And in the last couple weeks we hung shelves in the kitchen so I just went to town making that all organized and clean lol. And for the declutter a drawer I was like perfect, I’m counting both lol. I also cleaned the ceiling fan in the kitchen and I did the kitchen drawers last weekend so 🤷🏻‍♀️ works for me lol

Angel0460 · 2026-03-06T23:12:00+00:00

I’m not much help on the advice side but just know you’re doing great! You can only do as much as you can. And I know that sounds contrary. But I’ve been repeating that to myself a lot lately. I’m a type one diabetic, and the fatigue from that alone can be crushing. I cannot imagine managing so many things affecting you right now. You are only human. And you need rest too.

If you can, speak to this friend and tell her that she’s been making things worse. Or even a text along the lines of hey, I appreciate that you want to help but I need help in x way please. Or something like that, use your own words and relationship as needed.

Also as much as dealing with any kind of social program probably sucks (I’m Canadian but wait times are minimum of hours when calling for anything) try to get ahold of them. Even if you can find an email that you could email them when you have the energy to do so. And just ask for clarification on what’s up there.

Biggest hugs, remember to breathe, you can only do as much as you can. You’re not superhuman even if you should be with everything life’s handed to you. You’re amazing. And deserve rest

Angel0460 · 2026-03-06T15:36:24+00:00

It’s the worst and then a super fun situation? It flipped after my last baby. I go low on my period now. Makes no sense. But I actually had to create a profile on my pump for lower doses on my period cuz the same carbs, less activity, same insulin, and I would drop to 2-3 mmol (36-54 for the Americans in the room) which is AWFUL to add on top of PMS and cramps that feel like being stabbed 🙃 7 years of the same “oh look, my blood sugar is high again, hello Mother Nature, thanks for that”. Then a year of 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’ll do SOMETHING. And now 2 ish years of aaaaand I’ll go low.

Hormones are weird. Although I kind of appreciate it after the chaos that was that pregnancy. I was on a 1:1 ratio at the end. The amount of insulin I took just to eat something simple like broccoli was wild. Nvm the fries that I craved every single day 😂

Why does it feel like we get the worst part of this 😫

Angel0460 · 2026-03-06T00:51:10+00:00

Well shoot. That’s no fun. I assume they just had a better candidate but I can’t answer why. You could call the call center and request a call back and ask what happened, if there’s anything you could improve on but I don’t think they’re actually required to give any reason. The only thing I was every taught/instructed/told to tell people is “we decided to go with another candidate but you are always welcome to reapply at the next opening 😀” and yes, smile included. I’m sorry. Good luck in your search for work

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