u/beefcanoe

For those who have/had the mockingbird stroller, which option did you go with for the newborn stage?
-newborn insert
-car seat attachment converter
-bassinet

I love the look of the bassinet, but don’t like the idea of having a whole extra clunky item to store. Does anyone absolutely swear by getting the bassinet and can explain what huge difference it made for you? I talked it over with my husband and we feel like just getting the newborn insert is most practical. Haven’t 100% decided on a car seat yet, but I don’t love the idea of HAVING to buy one that’s compatible and moving different pieces around…plus I’m leaning towards an Evenflo car seat, which is not compatible! Please weigh in since this is my first baby 🙏🏼

32F, FTM, type 1 diabetic since age 9…12 weeks pregnant!

Ok, I’m feeling a bit discouraged by this process and dealing with mixed signals from doctors. My OB is telling me the following: she wants me to wake up with a fasting BG of 90 or below, be 140 or below 1 hour post meal, and 120 or below 2 hours post meal. I told her I wake up in the morning around 110-120. At my appt a couple days ago, she literally said “there’s no way you’re going to have a vaginal birth if you stick with those fasting blood sugars, OR your baby will have to spend time in the NICU.” Her perspective, from what she has shared, is that if I can keep my blood sugar completely low and controlled, then my baby won’t be at risk of any more complications than someone without diabetes would be. Well guess what, I AM diabetic and I can’t trick my body into believing it’s not. I know she just wants me to have the healthiest pregnancy possible, but it’s really stressing me out and I’m going to be starting with MFM in the next week or so as well.

Meanwhile, my endocrinologist has been super supportive and says I’m doing the best I can. We meet every 2 weeks and make adjustments to my ratios. My last a1c was 6.5, which is the lowest it’s ever been in my life. I started the pregnancy around 7 a1c and have been trending downwards with the healthy changes I am making and tighter control. The biggest thing that’s causing my craziness is that my endo says all of the guidelines and data that OB’s and MFM’s base their blood sugar recommendations off of are based on studies done in like the 70’s before we had CGMs and pumps…aka just had data from random finger pricking and couldn’t see the whole picture of time in range, etc. Has anyone else been told this? She said there is no data to support different outcomes for a baby with mom waking up at 110 vs. 90. She also mentioned that since I’m on Omnipod 5, the algorithm is going to keep me as close to 110 as possible and you can’t really “trick” it into keeping you lower without risking doing a bunch of extra stuff that would ultimately lead to many hypos (which also isn’t good for baby or mom).

I just feel stuck between two doctors and two different philosophies….getting anxiety from my OB and hoping my endo is right. Please weigh in with your experiences and thoughts because this is my first rodeo!!