With Diabetes in Mind

To all my blog followers that have read along with my pregnancy journey, introducing Lillian Grace born on July 13!

Lillian is pictured with all the insulin and omnipods I used during my second and third trimesters of pregnancy. I didn’t start saving these until a few weeks into my second trimester so if I would have saved them all from the beginning, it would be even more!

The insulin vials and pens here total 16,000 units of insulin, but I used even more than that throughout my entire pregnancy. When thinking about this in terms of cost (from insurance claims), these 16,000 units of insulin cost about $5,000 and the 53 omnipods here are about $2,600. I was also using Dexcom so those sensors and transmitters add up to about another $2,500. This is before insurance coverage but highlights the expense that is having diabetes.

Stay tuned for a blog post sharing my diabetes management during delivery and through the hospital stay coming in the near future!