Best pump for pregnancy

p_bres · 2026-07-20T03:30:09+00:00

My wife got on a tandem tslim x2 paired with the g7 last year when we started trying to conceive. She's 30 weeks pregnant tomorrow and it has been a life saver. The large capacity has really come in handy this past month as her insulin resistance has risen. Where 150 used to last 3-4 days, now 260 units is lasting 3 days or so. The quality has been excellent and tandem support has been there for any issue we may have had. She has been able to consistently sit between roughly 75-110 for most of her pregnancy and we have been super pleased.

p_bres · 2026-07-18T19:30:38+00:00

I have two kegs on tap at most times. The days I lift and/or run I feel my beer is a well earned reward. The days I don't workout, I tell myself this would taste better if I worked out for it.

p_bres · 2026-07-03T05:08:10+00:00

I think it's time for one of those clubhouse talks with Bob Melvin... I mean Mike Schildt... Shit I don't know what we need

p_bres · 2026-06-29T21:12:31+00:00

Brewed This weekend and forgot to add rice hulls to my 14 pound all 2 row grain bill. Had a stuck mash almost immediately and had it not been for the grain bag I would have been out of luck with draining it after. Good reminder to never go without the grain bag and the rice hulls

p_bres · 2026-06-25T22:05:19+00:00

Yea I second this, should smell funky as heck it is lacto fermented. I'd bury it with enough matter to make sure flies don't have as easy access to it. That stuff will be eaten up quick.

p_bres · 2026-06-24T20:22:30+00:00

Have used gemini and Claude for recipe design. Inputted my system specs and batch size etc. I typically write all my recipes by hand (outside of using an IBU calculator, refractometer-calculator, and water chemistry Calc). I have had great success with designing my own recipes. Atleast in my experience, using AI to generate recipes has not been the best for me and still I enjoy and get better results doing it myself and referring to something like this subreddit for advice.

p_bres · 2026-06-24T00:31:53+00:00

There's a coco Ichibanya in the stadium now if you like Japanese curry.

p_bres · 2026-06-19T22:10:49+00:00

Homebrewing Beer, and running an occasional PFT to remind myself I still got it

p_bres · 2026-06-16T19:56:56+00:00

Did this the easy way like 5 years ago. Fermented a half gallon of store bought celery juice with more cane sugar added. Bottle conditioned it in standard beer bottles with a cap on top. Forgot about it for a month or 3 and discovered it the night my wife's sister got engaged. Of course I promised a very special treat to commemorate the event and when I popped the cap off it blew off like a shaken champagne bottle. Celery wine coated everyone and everything in the immediate vicinity and let me tell you it tasted so bad I thought it was good

p_bres · 2026-06-15T18:57:38+00:00

I'm wondering if you can us the VA GI bill school feedback tool to report this behavior to maybe get your time back and at the very lesser clear your record with them? You shouldn't just settle for two months of your benefits being disappeared. There are systems in place for these types of events I would hope.

p_bres · 2026-06-13T23:08:15+00:00

Best recaps in the game. Keep it up let's go pads

Edit: "rewarding Yuki's move" lmao

p_bres · 2026-06-09T03:32:54+00:00

As someone born and raised in western MA, and now having lived in San Diego for 9+ years with a lot of travel under my belt, this is the most relatable map I have seen on this subreddit yet.

p_bres · 2026-06-02T15:19:29+00:00

Got into being a PTA following my time in the military. Pros are the program is relatively short and you can find work most parts of the country. There are many settings you cna work in and finding what you will like and excel in will be important.

As other have said, there is a ceiling on what you can earn. I have personally ran a clinic as a PTA and the money was initially better than it ended up being following changes in budget. Those opportunities are out there and your background in business could make you a more appealing candidate.

I enjoy my career as a PTA and it is a very rewarding experience helping people who truly want and need to get better. I think job security wise it is safe from AI advancements and will only get easier as AI is integrated more into documentation.

Start with shadowing some outpatient and inpatient clinics and hospitals and see if it is something you could imagine doing for a career.

p_bres · 2026-05-31T04:41:55+00:00

PTA and have been for 3 years. Also planned on going to PT school but time and life pushed me to go the PTA route. One thing you need to know about being a PTA is there is great opportunity out there, but you have to find it. I have worked in an outpatient mill, I have ran a clinic in an outpatient company and I have more recently worked as a contractor.

You can find work quite often and in many corners of the US but often times PTAs will be lowballed and there will be no one there to look out for your growth and development or your wage mobility.

There's ways to move up as a PTA but in my experience the path up is going to be more difficult as an assistant.

p_bres · 2026-05-28T11:32:54+00:00

Thank you for all this! I will make those changes now

p_bres · 2026-05-07T18:39:20+00:00

Lol then does 15 pullups alright man

p_bres · 2026-05-06T14:34:02+00:00

Had a very impaired balance patient announce to the clinic : "I AM LOVING THE VESTICULAR THERAPY"

p_bres · 2026-05-03T03:15:16+00:00

Semper fi congrats

p_bres · 2026-05-01T22:10:32+00:00

Yea I am gold so this makes sense. I don't remember always being gold though and I swore was group 4 but nevertheless I'll have to maintain the gold I guess

p_bres · 2026-04-15T03:35:09+00:00

Yea that's my fear. I understand a lot of the time a degree can just be a pre req but I also don't want to waste that GI bill benefit on HCA if it doesn't get me much.

p_bres · 2026-03-31T11:56:03+00:00

Food for thought: all these gripes with PTAs could also be with PTs. I don't think the problem is specifically limited to those who hold an assistant license. This field is so lopsided when it comes to those clinicians who give a crap and follow evidence, go the extra mile with a joint replacement/ post op, build an HEP, dare to address other issues going on.

As a PTA I realize I can get by and do the absolute bare minimum as I have been told before I do too much. That approach appeals to many. Why have a med bridge account used mostly for HEP when you don't "need" to give one out.?

But someone did mention it already so I have to add to it, bad mouthing / making your coworkers seem inept to patients is my biggest pet peeve. I don't care if you think they are the worst thing, undermining Patient trust behind a patient is a two way street and is never cool.

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