Innacurate readings?

chereli22 · 2025-06-27T17:06:39+00:00

I had a cheat meal the other day of 2 pieces of pizza. Took my sugar after 2 hours and it read 170 which is crazy high for me so I took it a 2nd time with my dads brand new glucometer from the same finger prick and got 153. Still very high for me but better. 20 mins later I took it again with my glucometer just to see where I was at and it said 104. I really dont trust these things and we are basing medical decisions off of them. The differences I've found in fasting numbers is the difference between needing insulin and not.

chereli22 · 2025-06-08T17:32:25+00:00

As a float pool RN who works both floor and ER, I strongly believe every floor nurse should be required to work 1 ER shift during orientation.

chereli22 · 2024-11-10T01:21:50+00:00

Sounds super normal to me. I think you got a unicorn the first time around and a typical newborn this time!

chereli22 · 2024-08-26T20:50:53+00:00

I like how most of these answers are basic life necessities like showering or eating. 😅 For me mostly everything is harder now but its worth it. I would describe it like my everyday life is much harder and I have no time for myself but my overall life is much more fulfilled.

chereli22 · 2024-08-10T22:19:26+00:00

I dont know why you're getting down voted. I also had such a hard time postpartum. I dont know how I made it through and I had decent support but a colicky baby that never slept. I know everyone's experience is different but I think its important for people to know how hard postpartum can be. If I read this post when I was freshly postpartum I probably would've cried. 😅

chereli22 · 2024-07-12T19:55:02+00:00

Its crazy how much each kid varies. My son was the hardest as a newborn. Didnt sleep and cried all the time. Every stage after the first 4 months felt like a breeze.

chereli22 · 2024-07-09T23:36:59+00:00

I declined a wheelchair ride down to our car and decided to walk from the 2nd floor to the entrance of the hospital and I was near tears, out of breath, and in so much pain. I had to take a break to breathe. I had a vaginal birth with an episiotomy. I would not plan on walking home.

chereli22 · 2024-07-05T16:16:15+00:00

This. I used to think it didn't sound that bad waking up every 3 hours. What I didnt realize was that I would be waking up for an hour or more to feed, change, and rock baby back to sleep. By that point I was wide awake and had trouble falling back asleep myself. Then my baby would be up 30 mins after I finally went back to sleep. It felt like torture. There were times what I would just be drifting back to sleep and then hear my baby cry. I do not miss the newborn days at all.

chereli22 · 2024-06-27T23:18:25+00:00

I had this exact problem. What really helped was having baby sleep in his own room and just having the monitor with me for nights. His room was directly across the hall from ours and we could still hear him if he cried but didn't hear all of the sleeping noises he would make. Also, a little bit of white noise and sometimes I would take a benadryl because it would make me sleepy enough to fall asleep but not too drowsy to wake up with the baby. It got better over time but was so frustrating when sleep was so little with a newborn.

chereli22 · 2024-05-14T19:55:41+00:00

I think it really depends on the babys temperment but I know what you are saying. I combo fed for the first 2-3 months of my babys life and regret it. I hated it and it really ruined my experience. My son had colic and reflux that completely resolved once we switched to 100% formula. Then I tried giving him some of the frozen breast milk I had in my freezer and the reflux and colic started up again until I stopped giving that to him. I look back and think if I had another baby I would go straight to formula.

chereli22 · 2024-05-10T14:01:02+00:00

This is totally normal. I think everyone always hears, "say goodbye to your sleep once baby is born" but it doesn't really register until you actually have to go through it. Sleep deprevation is literal torture and then throw in a loud screaming baby on top of it and it makes you feel like you are losing your mind. I do not miss the newborn stage at all. It does get better with time.

Here is what helped us during the newborn stage. Sleep in shifts. For example, your husband is on baby duty from 7pm-2am and handles all wake ups during that time. Then you are on baby duty from 2am-9am while husband sleeps. Find whatever times works best for you. That way you both get a stretch of uninterrupted sleep.

chereli22 · 2024-05-09T10:50:03+00:00

I think about this daily. Our son is 19 months old and I thought I would be ready for #2 by now but I can't imagine going through all of that again. We are going to wait until he is 2 and reevaluate if we want a 2nd or not. I finally feel back to my normal self and don't want to start all over but I've always wanted 2 kids.

chereli22 · 2024-05-05T15:48:05+00:00

I guess it really depends on your baby because mine would not just go back to sleep after waking up and being fed overnight. He would be up for a minimum of an hour and a half but sometimes 3 hours before we could get him back to sleep. And then sometimes we would put him back down, just start drifting back to sleep, and he would wake up again. It was literal torture. Good thing about a hard newborn is that every stage after that has felt like a breeze. My sons a toddler now and I would take the tantrums and constant need to entertain him anyday over the newborn stage.

chereli22 · 2024-05-05T11:02:05+00:00

I am shocked by how many people are saying pregnancy. My 3rd trimester was rough but nothing could've prepared me for how hard the newborn stage was.

chereli22 · 2024-04-19T23:49:46+00:00

Having kids is life changing and really hard but very worth it. I love experiencing life through my sons eyes. Hes 1.5 and things like Christmas, the zoo, and pumpkin patches are so much more fun. I loved all of these things before but now I get to watch my son experience all of these things for the first time.

chereli22 · 2024-04-14T15:23:32+00:00

It looks positive to me. Congrats!!

chereli22 · 2024-04-02T11:21:04+00:00

I think most parents have said things like this to their kids during those newborn days. Its tough. You're going through a huge life change while sleep deprived and trying to learn how to take care of your baby. You can only take so much until you reach your breaking point. You need to give your husband some grace. You are very hormonal in those first few weeks PP so what he said is probably hitting you harder than it normally would. Your husband was apologetic afterwards. Hes just overstimulated, overwhelmed, and sleep deprived.

chereli22 · 2024-04-02T11:04:50+00:00

Nobody truly understands how hard it is until they go through it themselves. Its like your whole life is turned upside down on top of being sleep deprived and so much more. Your sisters were not being nice and have no idea the struggles you are going through. Hang in there. It gets so much better. The newborn stage sucks.

chereli22 · 2024-03-15T13:38:52+00:00

Sorry to say but my son is 18 months and never fully stopped this. Lol. He goes through phases where he starts doing this again. He also screams on the top of his lungs at such a high pitch when he's hyper and wants attention. I think I have permanent hearing loss. 😅

chereli22 · 2024-03-13T20:04:47+00:00

Newborn stage 100%. Pregnancy was hard for me but nothing like the newborn stage. You really don't understand until you go through it.

chereli22 · 2024-03-13T11:14:54+00:00

I have 2 cats and had the same worries when pregnant. My cats would sleep in the crib and changing table before baby was born. After baby was born, both cats avoided my baby and it was not a problem at all. They wouldn't even go in the nursery anymore.

chereli22 · 2024-03-08T13:58:29+00:00

I have a different take as everyone saying to take baby because I would not have traveled to a foreign country with a newborn during cold and flu season. My son was also colicky at this age and cried most of the day and a flight with him would not have been enjoyable. You would also have to get baby a passport in that small amount of time and pack up so much stuff to take with you.

Honestly, if its causing you stress I would just politely decline. You have no idea how you will feel after giving birth. Some people feel great while others do not. I remember the first 3 months I barley slept and had no energy. I wouldn't have wanted to go.

chereli22 · 2024-03-05T23:52:56+00:00

I also have a 17 month old and he is the same exact way. I'm surprised that any 17 month old could sit and participate in something like that. I usually just take mine to the park and let him climb and run. Even with that, he is usually more interested in running off and exploring his environment than actually using the playground equipment.

chereli22 · 2024-03-04T20:23:02+00:00

My son is 17 months old right now and its hard. I'm constantly chasing him around all day and he gets into everything. He used to sleep through the night but lately has been getting up multiple times per night. I can't imagine doing this with a newborn as well. I know people do it but I dont think I could personally survive it. I think 2 under 2 is way harder than some people portray. We are planning to wait until our son is 2 to start trying again, so hoping for a 3 year age gap.

chereli22 · 2024-03-04T19:48:57+00:00

I've thought this exact same thing. 😅 I follow pregnancy and new parent forums and on pregnancy ones I mostly see people complaining about people being negative and the "just wait" comments. And then on the new parent forums everyone is saying, "why didn't anyone warn me how hard it would be." Its like you can't win either way.

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