How to Read Nutrition Labels Effectively
Understanding what is on food nutrition labels and what it means to help with blood sugar management and eating a balanced diet.
World Diabetes Day: Celebrating Insulin’s Impact
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is a global diabetes awareness campaign marked on the 14th of November which is the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting who discovered insulin in 1922 along with Charles Best. WDD was created in 1991 with becoming an official United Nations Day in 2006. Each WDD has a theme and the current…
Understanding Health Insurance Costs With Diabetes
Commercial health insurance in the United States is health insurance that is employer sponsored or privately purchased and not provided by the government (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, etc). Every fall, the time comes once again to select your health benefits for the next year which can make you want to pull your hair out in…
C-Section Delivery and Hospital Stay with Type 1 Diabetes
This blog post shares my personal birth and hospital stay experience with type 1 diabetes. If you have diabetes and are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, I hope my own experience can help you with yours, but please note this experience may not be your own based on your health history, diabetes management, doctors,…
Made with Love and Insulin
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…
Third Trimester of Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes
As I sit here writing this at week 38, I can confirm that the third trimester does feel like the longest! I’m feeling uncomfortable and ready for this baby to come out, but also emotional in thinking how the time is almost here and how our lives are going to change. My pregnancy care regimen…
Review of Using the Omnipod 5 Insulin Pump During Pregnancy
This blog post is sharing my own personal experience in using the Omnipod 5 insulin pump during pregnancy. This is not affiliated to Insulet Corp. in any way. Please discuss all blood sugar management and insulin therapy options with your personal diabetes care team, but as always, I hope this provides information to help with…
Second Trimester of Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes
This post shares my thoughts and a review of my second trimester of pregnancy with type 1 diabetes. This is my own personal experience except where a source is cited. If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, please only take diabetes management guidance from your personal diabetes healthcare team, but feel free to…
First Trimester of Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes
I’m happy to share that my husband and I are expecting our first child in July 2023! As I sit here and write this I’m already half way through my second trimester (time flies!), but wanted to reflect back on the first trimester and share what I’ve experienced, what helped me prepare for pregnancy, and…
Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) vs. Time in Range (TIR): Measures of Blood Glucose Management
Life with diabetes is filled with numbers: blood sugar values, insulin units, carbohydrate grams, carbohydrate to insulin ratio, basal rates, and the list could go on and on, but 2 numbers especially important to understand in terms of overall blood sugar management are Hemoglobin A1C and Time in Range. The Hemoglobin A1C test is a…
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