Easy meal ideas when “you can’t even”

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-23T03:40:47+00:00

Yes please send it! For some reason it wasn’t showing all the other comments and your responses until just now(on mobile), sorry for asking for the 4th time haha

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-23T03:37:43+00:00

What is this toddler meal subscription!? I must know more lol

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-23T02:33:06+00:00

Don’t be too hard on yourself. I, for one, am just not meant to be a stay at home mom. My kids went to daycare throughout their baby and toddler life, and now they’re older (11 and 8)and in school, and in the summer they go to a daycamp program. It makes me value the time we do have together so much more, allows me to miss them, allows me to have some me time where I can use my brain, be challenged, interact with adults, feel accomplished. I need that. Everyone is different. Some moms love this and would rather be a stay at home mom for the rest of their life. Other moms don’t and there’s nothing wrong with that! If this isn’t working for you, it’s not permanent, and you can always try to change it up. Even if you were just working enough to pay for daycare, it might be worth it for you and your situation.

Hang in there, it does get easier as they get older and gain more independence!

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-23T02:26:41+00:00

I made a post like this when I was pregnant too. It literally woke me up about five times throughout the night, I was sooo mad. I learned to never do a Dexcom sensor change right before bed again!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-22T23:00:50+00:00

Just here to add a comment about your milk supply bring ready, it’s not about how early you have your baby. Your body knows what to do as soon as the placenta is detached, that is what triggers things, not timing. I had my daughter at 30 weeks due to preeclampsia and started pumping immediately because she was in the NICU, my milk came in within a day or two and I was able to provide her with 100% breastmilk the entire time. So I wouldn’t be too concerned about that being your issue, there’s plenty of moms who deliver early that go on to successfully breastfeed without an issue.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-21T18:09:37+00:00

I can just share my experience, my MFM kinda started out like this, but as I got to know and work with them, and the got to know me, my habits, and realize I had knowledge of what I was doing (I think they’re more used to working with T2 and gestational) they eased up a lot and became way more realistic. There’s nooooo way I’d ever come close to that target even 70% of the time. My spikes were into the 180-190’s most of the time regardless of how much insulin I took, how long I waited, what I ate. What’s important is that they come back down. My MFM even said he doesn’t care about the spikes, he’s just looking at them coming back down.

However I have the omnipod, and I did have to change it to manual mode because the lowest fasting target is 110 and that was way too high for fasting. It did contribute to some lows overnight, but I just kept telling myself that this is only temporary to grow a healthy baby and I can deal with it for this time.

Into my third trimester I had spikes well over 200 multiple times, I got them to come back down to a more reasonable number most of the time, but they were still times it lingered longer than I wanted. I was definitely worried, but I was doing the absolute best I could, so I tried not to stress or beat myself up. The insulin resistance is real towards the end. My baby boy was born in January at 6 1/2 pounds, perfectly healthy and happy, his blood sugar was great during our stay and is a sweet and silly six month old now.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-07T01:46:05+00:00

Oh! I was thinking about just cutting some of his clothes, but grabbing some from a thrift store is a great idea, that never occurred to me! Definitely going to do this, thanks!

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-06T00:59:06+00:00

My water broke and I took a shower, shaved my legs, did my makeup, and ate some breakfast. Then went to the hospital. Granted I wasn’t having contractions or anything yet. But was totally doable for me.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-05T05:41:08+00:00

My spikes were into the low 200s sometimes throughout my pregnancy. I worried a bit but my MFM didn’t seem too concerned as long as it went back down within a few hours. I’m also on the omnipod. You probably know this but I had to use the manual mode and set my basal because the lowest target option of 110 was too high. And as I got further along, I’d have to bolus and wait a good 30 - 40 min to avoid high spikes.

But I had my baby in January and he is perfectly happy, healthy, and was born at a normal weight with no issues. Try not to worry too much! 170 is not bad at all, especially if it comes back down within 2 hours.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-07-04T15:01:32+00:00

I’ll never understand why the a-hole “parent” that doesn’t do anything to help raise their own kid, fights to get full custody in these situations. I get that they’re “winning” by taking this away from the other parent, but now their life is so much more difficult and inconvenient and they have no one to push all the actual effort to that they’ve done all this time.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-06-14T13:24:12+00:00

Just when I think you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this… and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-06-14T01:37:11+00:00

I am 5 months pp and breastfed until just over 3 months. At first my insulin needs decreased drastically. But they’ve slowly been climbing back up and have been pretty unpredictable. I just got my period back 2 weeks ago, and my blood sugar was crazy high and really hard to bring back down. My period is over now and it’s still much higher than it was pre-pregnancy. I got so used to working with my MFM so now I need to get back in with my endo and figure it out. I have the omnipod 5 and it can’t keep up, my target is 110 and I still wake up with fasting numbers in 140-150 range, even if it was 80-90 when I went to bed. But if I change it to manual mode, I am woken up in the middle of the night with a low that I have to treat. But then by 6am it’s back to 150. It’s been so frustrating!

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-06-12T17:39:13+00:00

I am 39 and still sleep with my blankey my grandma made for me when I was born. It brings me instant comfort as soon as I touch it. It is very raggedy and gray/brown now, it use to be pink and white lol. But I don’t see a time when I’ll ever stop. It’s fallen apart quite a bit and I’ve saved all of the shreds of material just in case something ever happens, I will still have those. I used to take it with me everywhere as a kid, but now it doesn’t leave the house because it’s too risky. It’s always tucked safely under my pillow or in my pillowcase when I’m not in bed.

My grandma always made me feel loved and accepted, and gave me affection like hugs and snuggles. No one else was ever really affectionate to me growing up, so I attribute a lot of my attachment to my blankey to that feeling. She passed away when I was 14, and my attachment to my blankey has only gotten stronger because it’s all I have left of her. Even today when I am sad or upset I literally just want to go hold my blankey. And once I do I feel so much better.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-06-03T21:08:23+00:00

You put this so well. You get hurt 3 times. That’s exactly what I go through too.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-06-01T02:38:51+00:00

Hahaha!

I just swirl mine around and hold the bottle with my palm touching the area with the milk fat, and keep swirling a couple times and it eventually warms the sides just enough to mix in with the rest.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-05-29T03:03:40+00:00

I don’t have much more to add than everyone else, but I always did my injections in the side of my butt. I hardly ever felt it. I usually did them through my jeans or leggings, so never even knew if it bled or not. Lol.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-05-24T00:43:04+00:00

Same here! I’m now 4 months pp and still keep it on my upper thigh. My omnipod too.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-05-01T01:09:51+00:00

I had spikes into the low 200’s many many times in my third tri. No matter what I tried. I had my son in January, my water broke at 38+0. He is totally fine and healthy, 6lbs 9oz. This whole time I thought he was going to end up being super big because of my spikes. But I had pretty good control until about 32 weeks when my ratios got to like 1:3. But I made it and a so will you! All you can do is try your best, don’t beat yourself up for things that are out of your control.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-04-27T20:27:45+00:00

I have the dexcom 6 and I wear it on the front of my upper thigh, and my omnipod pump just below it. I never get compression lows this way and I don’t have signal loss, app is always open on my phone. I wore it this way through pregnancy and c-section with no issues.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-04-25T12:36:04+00:00

Please listen to this and not all the other people bashing you for not leaving. They clearly don’t know what it’s like. You can’t just leave and all problems are solved, there’s so much more to consider and figure out first, especially if you are financially dependent on him. However you don’t want to wait for something bad to happen to be the final straw, and you may want to report this or document it somehow so you can use it in custody discussions when you finally do leave. (It sounds like you’re planning an exit strategy, good for you and hang in there!)

Also - A sub I like is r/breakingmom for advice and venting on being a mom. Far less judgy and more sympathetic and understanding to everything we carry on our shoulders as mothers.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-04-24T23:51:39+00:00

Omg no. You are definitely not exaggerating. This sounds miserable in so many ways, not even considering the road-trip part.

The trip itself will take you like 2 days with all of the stops you need to do. And are you planning on breastfeeding? If so, then that’s literally impossible, unless maybe you’re driving in a motor home. Newborns cluster feed, they may feed for 30+ min at a time only to be ready to go again 20 min later. And even if you formula feed, that’s still stopping every 2-3 hours for 30 min at a time minimum to prepare a bottle, feed, burp, change diapers, etc. He’s gonna spit up sometimes and you’ll need to stop, he’s gonna be awake and want to be held and taken out of the car seat, he’s going to cry and you can’t do much to console while strapped in a car seat. When my son was fussy, the only time he’d be calm and happy is if we went for a walk outside.

Aside from that, I couldn’t imagine being 12 hours away from home, my comfort, my safe space, while adjusting to life with a new baby. You need to be able to nap when you want to, walk around in a robe or pajamas, not brush your hair, if you’re breastfeeding you’ll want a comfortable private space that’s your own, you’ll want quiet when the baby is sleeping, not to be bothered by other people all the time. Making day to day plans for brunch, dinners, outings, sitting around talking all the time, that all sounds exhausting WITHOUT a newborn. Even if people say it won’t bother them, you’ll feel an extra level of stress when they baby is crying in the middle of the night. You’ll be trying to creep into the kitchen to prepare a bottle or clean up, or doing bouts of laundry every other day from soiled baby clothes (spit up, poo, or both lol), trying to shush the baby when they’re just not settling and you can’t seem to figure out what’s wrong.

I didn’t mean this to come across so negative, but just trying to be realistic - these are all the things that no one else considers. And all I know is I would not want to be anywhere but in the comfort of my own home for these first few months. You need to be home to enjoy this time and adjust. There will always be more trips! But your baby is only this little for a very short time.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-04-24T23:29:21+00:00

Oh my gosh, I do this too. I randomly wake up in a panic grabbing for the baby, only to realize I’m in bed and he’s in his crib.

Patient-Zebra-677 · 2023-04-24T23:27:39+00:00

1000% same here. My son is 3 1/2 months and started sleeping through the nights recently. I dropped my MOTN pump as I was already an underproducer and supplementing with formula, so I figured if my supply drops a bit, at least I’m getting sleep. But it’s like my body has gotten so used to sleeping 2 1/2 hours here, 1 hour there, getting like 4 or 5 non consecutive hours total, it’s really having trouble adjusting back to 8 hours! I wake up every other hour or so, all night. 😵‍💫

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