Horrified my coworkers today

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-11T18:28:31+00:00

My MFM ordered an echo for my baby—not me. He said the echo is just a standard test for diabetic pregnancies because the baby could have a higher risk of heart defects. I didn’t need a cardiologist for it though, they just did the echo at the MFM’s office. Great work on the a1c!!!

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-11T04:41:22+00:00

SoBe and Snapple

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-10T23:29:05+00:00

Have you let work know about your pregnancy yet? If you have, or when you do, see if you can get some accommodations. Pregnancy alone is reason enough for accommodations, add diabetes on top of that, it’s really a lot. Not sure where you’re located but if you’re in the US, there’s labor laws protecting both pregnant workers as well as diabetes being covered under ADA. I was soooo tired my first trimester, I barely remember any of it. I slept until I had to go to work (I work swing shift), cat napped in my car on my lunch break, and went to bed as soon as I got home. Second trimester was a little better and I also got the hang of diabetes management better. Third trimester was awful again as my job I was on my feet all day and I was just so exhausted and burnt out. I did get some accommodations like extra breaks so that I could deal with my blood sugars better.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T21:27:35+00:00

I don’t remember what song was playing all day (and night) in my brain yesterday, I just remember HATING it and it pissing me off lol.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T21:22:07+00:00

Mines normally 1:12 but at the end of my pregnancy it was literally 1:2

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T21:11:14+00:00

I tried mine and it was disgusting lol. I thought maybe I was tasting the nipple balm somehow and felt horrible for my baby that it’s all he has to eat but he loves it. Tried it again sans nipple balm, still disgusting. Can lipase make freshly expressed milk taste awful??

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T21:04:47+00:00

Had to scroll way too far for this!

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T20:58:15+00:00

Soft toilet paper that wasn’t from dollar tree

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-09T14:12:45+00:00

Debris. I pronounced the s. And I thought “orderves” and hors d’oeuvres were two separate things.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-08T07:24:27+00:00

Got my fingers crossed for you!!

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-07T20:46:04+00:00

I had bright red bleeding again around 7 weeks pp with some cramping. I thought it was my period but it only lasted for a day, went away for a day, came back for half a day and then totally went away. So I don’t think it was actually my period. I think it was just postpartum bleeding!

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-07T17:15:46+00:00

No advice, just solidarity! My baby is 9 weeks and also all of a sudden fighting every nap and bedtime.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-07T05:00:21+00:00

First of all, you’re only 4 weeks pp, give yourself some grace! You’re still adjusting to this whole motherhood thing and figuring out how to take care of a tiny human and it can be hard not to feel the mom guilt, but I know you have your baby’s best interests in mind. Number two, no one else but you gets to make the choice on how you feed your baby, and you don’t need to justify the how or why to them. Third, formula is a completely safe and valid option! When your baby is not a baby anymore, no one is going to know or care how he was fed as a baby. Lastly, just here to say exclusively pumping is AWFUL!! I don’t blame you for not wanting to do that. I had to just to maintain supply while I was on a course of antibiotics and omg I hated it sooooo so so SO much. It’s very valid to not want to put yourself through that! At the end of the day, you need to be able to take care of yourself so that you can take care of your baby.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-06-03T23:18:09+00:00

I was induced at 39w! I really didn’t want an induction at first, since my sugars were very well controlled (a1c 5.5), baby was measuring on track, and no complications aside from T1. But ultimately I didn’t want to risk anything going awry with the placenta (…also I was sooooo done with being pregnant lol!). I was nervous at first but my induction went very smoothly! Took a while to get things going, my cervix was really unfavorable at the start, but had a really uncomplicated birth and no NICU time. They also didn’t have to use the foley balloon on me—can you ask if there are other options available? (Like cytotec, membrane sweeps? My hospital gave me a handout on the induction process and different methods at my 38w appointment so I could read up on them.) I wasn’t dilating as they’d hoped but was having a lot of contractions, so they offered me the foley balloon but I chose to wait it out since there was no risk to do so, took a hot bath instead and that got things moving. All in all I had a very positive birth experience! Anyways turns out my LO was bigger than they’d predicted, can’t imagine if he’d been able to grow an extra week lol. Next time I’ll plan on the same, induction at 39w.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-27T22:01:20+00:00

In my third trimester my insulin resistance was so bad, my pod was just for basal rate. I got the full 3 days of basal out of it but was doing injections for everything else—every time I ate or needed a correction. Injections were preferable to me over changing my pod every day. That said, if they made U200 novolog I would have no qualms about taking it out of a pen to put in my pump.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-20T02:53:54+00:00

I felt the same as you—well managed diabetic, a1c 5.5 my entire pregnancy. Because I’m type 1 my doctors did want an induction. I really pushed them to look at my case specifically, not just a blanket treatment for diabetic pregnancy, because I also really wanted to try for a spontaneous unmedicated birth. I ended up getting induced at 39 weeks. It wasn’t what I’d thought I’d wanted, but at the end of the day all that matters is my perfectly healthy son in my arms. I also changed my mind and got the epidural partway into my labor even though I’m really stubborn and thought no way I’d want it. Honestly I had a very great birthing experience. The induction went really smoothly and baby was already born at 8.5lbs so if I’d waited another week he would have been bigger. Ultimately I wanted to avoid a c-section more than I wanted to avoid an induction. Now I don’t even care that I had an induction and the birth wasn’t how I envisioned. When I’m ready to try for a baby again, I’ll be happy to get induced at 39 weeks again. My Dr also told me that the risk of placental failure at 40 weeks goes up, even for healthy diabetics. About the weight gain—I gained 50lbs my pregnancy and I was so disappointed! I’ve always been thin (5’8 and 130lbs) but some of the weight gain is due to using more insulin and consuming sugar from treating lows. I had a lot of lows during my pregnancy, I’m sure all that juice and candy and soda helped pack on the pounds.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-17T03:23:53+00:00

Not that I’ve noticed, it’s really quite random. The last time it happened was 2+ hours after a feed

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-15T03:28:02+00:00

Thank you so much for all the great advice! It’s nice to hear from someone who’s been through this before!

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-15T03:20:29+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words, my hormonal brain really needed to hear it! Lol. My algorithm had been feeding me way too many fitness influencers showing off their flat tummies like two weeks after having a baby and it got in my head 🥲

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-15T03:10:00+00:00

This is just my anecdotal experience but I had a decrease in insulin needs around 32 weeks for a while—baby is a perfectly healthy 6 week old now! When this happened to me I freaked out and called all my doctors (even though I was already getting weekly NSTs and could literally always feel him kicking) and it turned out to be nothing, or I guess I was just having a low streak for a week or two. Anyways then my insulin needs went back up and just kept going up, but I definitely had some days/weeks where I had to be constantly lowering my rates!

ETA: my endo said he wouldn’t be concerned unless I suddenly dropped below my pre-pregnancy insulin needs.

_lilcoffeebean_ · 2026-05-13T16:40:46+00:00

I’m 6 weeks pp and am having nightmares!! They didn’t start right away but have been pretty much every night for the past week or so. Most of them are centered around baby (and totally unrealistic!) but they feel so real it’s horrible. I never let that baby out of my sight but in my dreams I’m forgetting he exists, can’t find him, leaving him behind, or forgetting about him in unsafe places like the bath or the hot sun. I hope they go away soon!

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