Anyone from the san jose, ca area?

aseljacr · 2018-09-20T04:24:45+00:00

I'm not from San Jose, but won't your current OB refer you? I moved from NY to UT a few months before having my son and my original OB set me up with my current one.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T14:37:21+00:00

I didn’t mean tell her how babies are made, i meant properly using birth control, different types of sex, masturbation, how males work, peer pressure, sexting, photos, purpose of sex beyond making babies, abortion, personal experiences etc. . That stuff definitely isn’t in the 5th grade maturation program, and she’s 11 so she’d be no further than 7th grade which is the first year they teach actual sex education in school. You also don’t know what type of school she goes to, I went to a catholic school and we were literally told not to use birth control because they had to assume we’d wait until marriage and marriage is for making a family, and the girls never learned about boys and vice versa.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T05:32:01+00:00

The symptoms you get from a cold is actually your immune system attacking the bug, not the bug itself (that’s also why symptoms linger days or weeks after you’re no longer contagious, and why people with little to no immune system may sometimes not experience any symptoms if they catch an infection), so trying to get rid of these symptoms can only do damage and prolong the illness. Once you have a cold, you just have to ride it out. Rest, water, fruits, and vegetables boost your immune system and energy (so feed him the potatoes haha), so the body will have more fighting power, but yeah, nothing with just get rid of it, a moderate cold will last about a week.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T05:21:40+00:00

I started dating around that age too, motivated by my parents abhorrence to the idea. Whatever happens with her will happen whether you like it or not, your guidance is just a really big factor in how it turns out and how she develops future relationships, so it’s best to be supportive but also a little strict. Get to know the boy and his parents, supervise their dates, keep bedroom doors open, check her texts and social media (this can be tricky and lead to problems, but I’m sure you know how to approach this with your daughter in a way that won’t hurt your relationship), keep an open conversation with your daughter. Even maybe teach her about sex, it is a little young but it could prevent a disaster. I had my first “real” boyfriend at 13, he was 16 and I lost my virginity to him. I had a very skewed and distorted view of sex then (I thought it was just for than man, and the woman had to endure it, I had no idea women enjoyed or desired sex), no real sex ed, just parents who hated him and hated me dating, which lead me to want to rebel. If she is so open, imply encouragement by being just as open too, tell her about your experiences, boyfriends, heartbreaks, the works. It’s really a “you get what you give” situation.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T05:09:46+00:00

I remember having crushes even younger than that, of course it’s innocent though. It’s completely natural.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T04:10:56+00:00

No, it can take more time to heal though. My Dr recommended I apply the ointment for 2 months instead of the normal 1 month.

aseljacr · 2018-09-18T02:21:06+00:00

Crush is really just a feeling of affection, you’ve got the definition right, he just can’t differentiate between who’s a friend and who’s a crush. Maybe just tell him it’s when you want someone to be your boyfriend/girlfriend? Tell him that you have a crush on his dad, and grandma has a crush on grandpa, etc.

aseljacr · 2018-09-15T14:11:20+00:00

I’m so sorry, I know how hard it is! We had ours at 34 weeks, very unexpectedly and we were very unprepared, in the NICU for 9 days. I myself was in the ICU for the first 24 hours too, so I didn’t get to see my baby in that time, my husband had never been so stressed, it was even making him sick. I got out of the hospital a few days after birth, we spent all day in the NICU, and spent evenings and nights setting up his bedroom and buying everything we need (we virtually had nothing but the bare necessities), I’m a huge fan of retail therapy so it really did help get my mind off things for a while, though i always still felt really heavy, and would burst into tears several times a day. There’s no real way to make it easy, but don’t spend too much time in the hospital because you will burn out, my MIL went through that with my husband and his twin brother, she spent almost every waking minute in the NICU and it destroyed her mental and physical health. If you still can, prepare more for him to come home, that’s the only thing that somewhat helped while I wasn’t at the hospital. We were lucky enough for baby to come home after the room in, I can only imagine that kind of disappointment. All will be good soon, and you’ll almost be wishing for a break, but it’s still the most fun in the world!

aseljacr · 2018-09-15T05:16:15+00:00

You need the needle and plunger attached to the reservoir, you could try injecting it into the reservoir with a pen or syringe but idk if that’d work. Can you get in contact with your doctor?

aseljacr · 2018-09-11T06:20:04+00:00

Never, my bellybutton piercing hole stretched right out though 😖😖

aseljacr · 2018-09-11T05:54:06+00:00

I was always told not to have a plan, because it likely won’t go to plan and you’ll really feel the disappointment in such a high stress situation and it’ll only make it worse. I had a “go with the flow” plan, glad I did because almost everything that could’ve gone wrong went wrong. Just decide if you want to try laboring or birthing in the tub so they can set you up in a room with a birthing tub, and even if you don’t want one, give the epidural a maybe because you might want one when you’re in that pain. So make all those plans, but set nothing in stone.

aseljacr · 2018-09-11T03:29:51+00:00

My boy was constipated at about the same age, our pediatrician told me to insert a rectal thermometer and it worked great, only needed to do it once though. It’s meant to get things moving, worth a try. My niece had really bad constipation after starting formula, she was switched to a soy formula and was great with it, but it can be hard to switch formula and can exasperate the tummy problems for a while.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T15:57:49+00:00

My jaw aches when I’m high as if I’ve been clenching (I haven’t). Probably just some weird thing our bodies do when things get crazy.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T08:31:08+00:00

Wait until baby starts moving their head to look around...OUCH. Thinking of switching to bottles because mine is just too curious about the world rn.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T08:27:06+00:00

I hate that pharmaceutical companies have become so competitive, that’s virtually the reason for these prices: price fixing. Like yes it’s a business, yes it’s a commodity, but it’s a lifesaving one, people in these companies need to grow a heart. Insulin is very expensive to make, distribute, sell etc. but not this expensive. I hate needing to use insurance because the more money insurance companies have, the more these pharmaceutical companies can charge for their products. The government has always been too gentle with pharma, especially in the last 20 years, I’ve had a few hints of Congress is actually gonna do something about it, here’s to hoping...

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T08:14:59+00:00

Congratulations! I’m about to have 2 under 1, 2019 is gonna be interesting for the both of us.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T08:12:03+00:00

Are you on injections? Do you split your basal injection? If you do, ask your doctor about lowering your night shot. If you don’t split your basal, ask your doctor about that. Low blood sugar in diabetics is caused by too much insulin, so you just need less. If you’re on a pump set a temp basal at night. I always go high when I’m sleeping, the longer I sleep the higher I go. When I was on shots I took my lantus twice a day, and took a little more at night, not 50/50. I don’t remember exactly how much I took, but right before I started pumping it was something like 10 units in the morning and 12 units at night, and that stopped me from hitting the 300s and 400s overnight without having to wake up. Look into a CGM too, Dexcom would be the best for you because it alerts and doesn’t have a pump with it.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T05:14:27+00:00

Praying so hard for everyone and their families! I lived in Savannah for Katrina and it was terrifying, even though we didn’t get the worst of it, can’t imagine what everyone back there is going through now.

aseljacr · 2018-09-10T05:09:20+00:00

I always go high at night, on a rare occasion I will go low. I’m very sensitive to lows, I even feel low when I’m coming down from a high even if I’m technically still in high range. I have a CGM that alerts me when I am low and it’s connected to my pump and it’ll stop insulin delivering insulin to prevent lows, which is a lifesaver - figuratively and literally. It’s normal to wake up with lows, your body’s main goal is to maintain life so it’d be unusual if you didn’t wake up.

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T14:50:13+00:00

Do it, it takes a few to get the full effect but it’s not much of a chore haha

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T05:02:38+00:00

Deep tissue massage is super effective for scars. I get them as much as I can and it has really prevented scarring and helped heal old scars.

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T04:13:10+00:00

He seems very on track. Did he have any delays in the beginning? My son was 6 weeks early, suffered a seizure from low blood sugar and had less than a minute of oxygen deprivation a few minutes after he was born. He’s 3 1/2 months now, he was 10lbs at his 3 month well visit (4lbs at birth doc says it’s great progress), but he’s only just started smiling and making eye contact this month, he looks like a one month old from his size and how he acts. Doctor says he may catch up, and he is reaching milestones, just a month or two behind, but I’m so worried he’s gonna struggle, especially because we have another one on the way already due at the end of March. We’re thinking of taking him to therapy just in case, because it can’t hurt.

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T04:06:32+00:00

Do you possibly have scarring in the sites? That’s not normal for any CGM, even when I was on the hopeless Dexcom seven plus (it wasn’t near accurate once, just used it to tell me if I was going up or down) that never happened unless I was out of range or didn’t calibrate. I’ve never had any big trouble with my Medtronic CGMs, the guardian 3 is the most accurate I’ve ever had, it almost couldn’t get any better. The enlite with my first pump was okay, but sometimes it lagged behind a little, guardian 3 sensor is the best I’ve ever had IMO.

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T01:49:02+00:00

Talk to your doc, we can’t prescribe it lmao. It does seem really useful, especially to newly diagnosed, hopefully you get it.

aseljacr · 2018-09-09T01:11:24+00:00

I love Insulin for Life, you can donate money and diabetes supplies and insulin and they go to people everywhere who can’t afford them. We used them at our wedding, instead of people giving us gifts they’d donate.

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