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On Friday I mentioned I would talk about #diabetes

On Friday I mentioned I would talk about #diabetesand our future.

Like every other diabetic I will be waiting for a cure! In the mean time I am doing my best to keep myself, Tyler and Emma as healthy as possible. When the cure is finally available I don’t want anything to stop us from living a healthy and diabetes free life!

I am really looking forward to what the future holds for my family! We just moved into our new house this weekend. I will get to watch Emma grow up here, she will leave for the first day of school from that front door, her first dance recital, her first sleep over, her first date, her prom, her graduation, and eventually college!

We will live through a lifetime of memories here and I am so happy to be doing that with the two people I love most in this world!

Emma’s development has been great since starting early intervention. She has learning everyday and making huge steps and progress. I am so excited to see what the future has in store for Emma and my family!

#diabetesand the future looks great for us and we won’t let the diabetes stop us from anything!

This beautiful illustration of me and Emma was made by @saydee.jurgensen thank you so much! It will be framed and hanging in our house soon! 💙

Day Three of the #diabetesand discussion with @bey

Day Three of the #diabetesand discussion with @beyondtype1 and Insulet is all about #diabetesand devices!

I was so excited about this discussion because we LOVE our devices! Today I’m going to focus on Emma’s devices but you can find more about Tyler and I in my stories!

Every super hero needs her gadgets and Super Emma currently has two! Her @Dexcom G6 and Her @MyOmnipod DASH! Both are absolutely amazing and have saved us so many times!

When Emma was first diagnosed she quickly became afraid of us because of the amount of injections she had to get. Every time we would pull out her diabetic bag she would start screaming. 😣 At 13 months old you just can’t understand why you would need so many pricks and pokes.

Her first device was her @Dexcom G6. This device monitors her blood sugars at all times of the day with out having to prick her finger. This little device has given us so much peace of mind! I am able to treat her lows and highs right away because the @Dexcom sends an alert to my phone as soon as she has gone above or below her target! @Dexcom had been life changing for us! You can see Emma’s Dexcom on her left arm in this photo.

Emmas second device is her @myomnipod DASH this is her insulin pump. In the photo you can see this on Emma’s and right arm! It is a little pod we put into her leg or arm and it is able to deliver insulin so she can be injection free between her pod change outs! Thanks to her DASH she is able to eat what she wants, when she wants, she is able to sleep even when she needs an insulin dose, and she doesn’t have to worry about the 5-10 injections everyday!

Thanks to @myomnipod she can get back to a little bit of normalcy. We chose the DASH for Emma because it is tubeless, she tends to pull and play with everything around her and I was afraid she would get herself into trouble with a tubed pump.

Our devices make our day so much easier and they help make our diabetes manageable! Thank you @dexcom and @myomnipod for everything you do for us diabetics we love you!!

📸 by: @megdunn_photography

#T1DWebiNot
#T2DWebiNot

For day three of the #diabetesand discussion with

For day three of the #diabetesand discussion with @beyondtype1 and insulet (@myomnipod ) I am discussing #diabetesand Mental health

I feel as if I have always been very honest with the fact that we have bad days. We have days that feel impossible and we have days were diabetic burnout is so real

The fact is that diabetics at 2-3 times more likely to have depression and only 25%-50% of these diabetics are diagnosed

In my own experience with diabetes I’ve dealt with a lot of mental health issues. When I was diagnosed I was so ashamed of my diabetes I became depressed, my self-esteem was non existent, and I tried to hide my diabetes from everyone I could

But nothing hit my mental health the way it did when Emma was diagnosed. I have never felt as depressed, hopeless, and completely destroyed as I did the first few weeks she was diagnosed

I would find excuses to clean the bathroom or kitchen so I could just cry in silence. I felt as if it was my fault, as a mother with diabetes you never want your child to have it. All of your own negative experiences are projected into that child’s life

I had so many dreams of a carefree childhood for Emma and one by one those dreams floated away the moment she was diagnosed

As time went on and Emmas health and sugars began to improve I started to have a better handle on my mental health

This is why we created Super Emma. Diabetes take so much strength, it takes so much bravery, and courage. We want Emma to see this in herself, what better way to show her that she is a super hero. She fights diabetes everyday and even though some days fights are harder then others she is always a super hero and she is always winning regardless of her numbers

I will do everything I can to help my little girl. I understand the struggles of diabetes, I understand weight it places on your shoulders and I know she is stronger then diabetes

My job now is to make sure she knows she is stronger then diabetes

I invite my fellow diabetics to share their own experience. Let’s talk about this and help everyone who feels they are alone. Use hashtags #DiabetesAnd, #T2DWebiNot and #T1DWebiNot to share your own #diabetesandmentalhealth

For day two of the #diabetesand discussion with @b

For day two of the #diabetesand discussion with @beyondtype1 and insulet (@myomnipod ) I want to focus on the most rewarding aspect of my life motherhood!

There is a lot of misconceptions about #Diabetesand motherhood. Let me clear a few things up for you.

1. Just because you have diabetes does not mean you can’t be a mom
2. If you have diabetes it doesn’t mean your child will have diabetes

My journey to motherhood was very difficult Tyler and I had been trying for a baby for three years, we saw countless specialists, we suffered a miscarriage, I went through a terrible pregnancy but now we finally have the perfect most amazing little girl!

The thing is anyone can experience these complications. It is not specific to diabetes. Diabetes adds stress and complications to our everyday this includes motherhood and fertility but you can do it!

Pregnancy with diabetes involves planning. Speak to your endocrinologist and OB if you are planning a pregnancy they will be able to assist in helping you plan for a pregnancy that would be safe for both you and your baby.

Second it’s true that there are genetic components to different types of diabetes but that does not guarantee that your child would have diabetes.

Here are the stats on type 1 genetics: (from @jdrfhq )
If the mom is diabetic and delivers prior to age 25 1:25
If the mom is diabetic and delivers after the age of 25 1:100
If the father is diabetic: 1:17
If both parents are diabetic: 1:10-1:14

Some days I feel so guilty that Emma has diabetes no one wants their child to have a disease like this but at the same time I feel so lucky to have had the experience with diabetes that I have had. It allows me to relate to Emma and what she is feeling.

Emma will always have both of her parents to relate to and we do everything to be good role models for her. We won’t let diabetes stop her And She will never feel alone!

If you are a diabetic let your voice be heard and post about your own #diabetesand using hashtags #DiabetesAnd , #T2DWebiNot and #T1DWebiNot

This amazing illustration was done by: @splattersandink

Happy Monday everyone! This week we are so excited

Happy Monday everyone! This week we are so excited to have teamed up with Insulet ( @myomnipod )and @beyondtype1 to discuss diabetes.

Today I want to start with a quick introduction. I am Michelle, I am a 27 years old full time mommy, wife, blogger, and pancreas. 💙 I was diagnosed with type one diabetes at 13 years old.

My husband Tyler is also a diabetic, he was diagnosed at 21 years old while we were still newlyweds. You can’t begin to guess the amount of jokes we heard saying “diabetes must be contagious”... not cool guys 🤦🏼‍♀️

We are parents to Emma an adorable 16 month old who also happens to be the legendary diabetic super hero #SuperEmma 🦸‍♀️ she was diagnosed this June just prior to 13 months old.

Some days diabetes tends to run our lives but we are so much more! Our lives consist of:
#diabetesand family
#diabetesand motherhood
#diabetesand toddlerhood
#diabetesand early intervention

Diabetes will be apart of our daily life everyday until there is a cure. But it doesn’t stop us from living our lives, having adventures, and enjoying the amazing family we have created! I hope I can show you this week how diabetes doesn’t have to stop you, we are all stronger than diabetes!

If you are a fellow diabetic please join in the conversation and post about #diabetesand let’s show everyone that we are more than diabetes!

#T1DWebiNot
#t2dwebinot
📸by @megdunn_photography

Happy World Diabetes day everyone!

This is Emma’s first #wdd and we are so proud of her for everything she has accomplished since her diagnosis in July. Diabetes hasn’t slowed her down one bit.

I also wanted to say thank you to the amazing T1D community. Y’all are amazing and inspire us everyday to kick some diabetes butt and keep moving forward!

Happy birthday to Sir Frederick Banting, the creator of insulin! Thanks for keeping this family alive. #insulin4all

Emma’s world diabetes day onesie is from our amazing diabuddy @lukaskellogg from @lukasparttimepancreas you can use code: Emma10 for 10% off an order of 15 dollars

We recently had one of those impossible days. Emma

We recently had one of those impossible days. Emma blood sugar barely dropped below 300 and we had to do two pod changes and injections because we weren’t sure what was causing the high blood sugars.

I always try to remain positive and optimistic, my job is to care for and support Emma. Days like this involve extra care and extra support. Days like this are exhausting and worrisome. Days like this I feel as though I have failed.

It’s hard to stay positive when you see your baby sick. It’s hard to stay optimistic when you can’t help but think of all the negative outcomes that high blood sugars cause.

But for Emma I keep smiling, for Emma I keep laughing. I want her to understand how important it is to take care of her blood sugars but I also want her to understand that these numbers don’t define her.

She has diabetes but she is not diabetes. She will have days filled with highs and lows but she is stronger then those days.

Her blood sugars and A1c show her what needs to be done but it should not have the power to define her. She is more then this, she is stronger then this, she is Super Emma!

This beautiful photo of Emma was taken by: @megdunn_photography

As a family of three type 1 diabetics we all have

As a family of three type 1 diabetics we all have our own story and we all have our own experience with T1D. Just as every diabetic has their own story.

When I look at our family’s story it is very clear that there is no age limit on diabetes. I was diagnosed at the age of 13, Tyler was diagnosed at age 21, and Emma was diagnosed just prior to 13 months.

When we started to suspect diabetes in Emma even our doctor told us she was to young to develop diabetes 🤦🏼‍♀️ I hope everyone out there understands that no age is immune and there is no way to prevent T1D. Diabetes is deadly when it isn’t diagnosed so please seek emergency care if you believe you have symptoms of diabetes.

I will be doing a few educational stories to help educate and raise awareness today! Please read them and help educate yourself, this will not only help the diabetic community but also could save the life of someone you love. 💙

#thedropspotted @beyondtype1 #NDAM

This one is for my fellow Diabetic mama’s. I see

This one is for my fellow Diabetic mama’s. I see you.

Both the mama’s with Diabetes and the mothers of Diabetic warriors. I see you.

I see the sleepless nights
I see the constant worry
I see the exhaustion
I see the stress
I see the frustration

I see the pricks
I see the pokes
I see the bruises
I see the tears

But I also see..

I see the love
I see the dedication
I see the resilience
I see the super women you are

Just know you are not alone. I see you, I am you, I support you, you are not alone!

To the new T1 mamas welcome to the strongest community you will ever find. T1 mamas are in it together, we are family. None of us want to be here but we are not alone, we have each other, we are stronger then the bad days, we are stronger then diabetes!

Welcome to day 3 of #NDAM Today I will be talking

Welcome to day 3 of #NDAM Today I will be talking about Emma’s #T1D diagnosis. You can find my own diagnosis as well as Tyler’s diagnosis in my stories. Please ask any questions you may have, knowing the signs of Diabetes can save a life!

Emma was diagnosed 2 days before she hit 13 months old. Tyler and I had been worried about her for a few weeks because she had been so grouchy and just not her happy self. We spoke to her pediatrician multiple times and they had us assured us that she was teething. We were even giving her Tylenol because we thought she was having teething pain.

A few days later Emma began peeing through her diapers every night. The clothes we had bought her for her birthday seemed a little big and I started to worry! Emmas naps were getting longer as well, she always seemed tired and one day even took a 3 and a half hour nap.

Being a diabetic myself I was always looking for signs in Emma, it was a constant worry! I called her PCP again letting her know Emma was losing weight, peeing constantly, napping more then normal, and she is constantly asking for a bottle!

Our PCP told us not to worry about diabetes until at least age 2. She thought Emma was teething and going through a growth spurt, she would see her next week if these symptoms continued. To me that didn’t seem right. I waited for Emma to fall asleep that night because I wasn’t sure if it would be to hard to take her blood sugar while she was awake. I used my own tester and confirmed my worst fear!

Emmas sugar was reading at 590. First I hoped that was a mistake I took my own sugar which was reading normal. Since we were in the middle of a pandemic I called our local children’s hospital found out what we needed to do to bring her into the emergency room and ran out the door.

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#taylorjoellexoxo @taylorjoelledesigns @disneybaby

It’s my birthday today and the start of #Diabete

It’s my birthday today and the start of #DiabetesAwarenessMonth 27 trips around the sun and 14 of those with Type1 Diabetes.

This year I would like to celebrate my birthday by spreading awareness and education about T1D. I will be dropping a question box in my story please feel free to ask any questions you have about diabetes. My fellow Diabetics please please leave a statement you want people to know about diabetes!

Let’s spend the month spreading awareness and celebrating the diabetic warriors in our life! I dream of the day were Emma can live in a world that understands her disease, let’s make that happen!

PS did you notice my sugar was low when I took this picture 🤷🏼‍♀️ (Pump alert)

Happy Halloween 🎃 I know this years Halloween

Happy Halloween 🎃

I know this years Halloween is not what anyone was hoping. Many areas of the country are not having trick or treat and there are a lot of unhappy children. I hope you all are able to be creative and still enjoy the day with family!

This year is a difficult Halloween for us. With Emmas recent diagnosis it makes Halloween very difficult. I know many people say diabetics can eat candy too, that is absolutely true but for a little diabetic who only weighs 20 pounds, candy really isn’t an option. She struggles to handle a cup of milk never mind a bar filled with nothing but sugar.

Although she is young she still has to watch her cousins enjoy candy while she doesn’t. We had the same issue over the summer with ice cream.

We have come up with a few things to try and help her through the holiday! First we are not going trick or treating instead Emma and her big cousin will be having a candy hunt around her Nana’s house. At the end of the hunt when her cousin gets to enjoy his candy we will be giving her a @realduncanhines keto microwave chocolate cake. This has been our go to choice when others get sweets that she can’t enjoy. When we get home she will dump all her candy in a bag for the @switch_witch to take and replace it with a fun toy that she has been wanting for a while!

It’s not perfect but I am hoping she will still be able to enjoy the holiday!

Also do you love her outfit? Everything is part of our #marshallswow haul for the @marshalls #contest don’t forget to enter!

Not everyday is easy! Some days are harder then ot

Not everyday is easy! Some days are harder then others. Like most diabetics Emma has days of ups and downs, blood sugars can be unpredictable and it can take its tolls on her moods, emotions, and energy!

Some days Emma wants to go go go. Her sugars are good and everything else falls in to place!

Other days Emma needs lots of hugs, constant insulin corrections, and lots of encouragement!

Emma means the world to me and Tyler and we have lived through many hard days of ups and downs, countless insulin corrections, and sickenly sweet juice boxes!

When I look into her eyes on days like these I feel blessed for my own diabetes. I know what she’s feeling and I know how to comfort her.

Some days #SuperEmma needs an extra hand but she is still a mighty little super hero constantly fighting and constantly winning!

Together diabetes can’t stop us! We won’t let it!

Super Emma needs Super Mom! #AD Since Emma’s

Super Emma needs Super Mom!

#AD Since Emma’s diagnosis I have gotten more serious about my health. Daily I think about what would happen to her if I wasn’t here. Who would be able to take on the daily pressures, stresses, and care? I think of how her care would change and the burden it would place on someone else!

I love this girl more then anything and my whole life focuses on her care and her health. I know I have to stay healthy to keep Emma healthy! I have recently started @PersonaNutrition. I was able to take an assessment online and select areas of my health I wanted to focus on: Immune boost, energy, and stress. All I had to do was enter information on my heath, diet, and exercise.

From there I received the perfect variety of vitamins tailored to my needs! I have been taking these pills for a little over a week and I’ve already seen an improvement! My energy levels have been so much better, I am able to keep up with Super Emma even with her super speed!

Thanks Persona for helping me stay super mom to Super Emma!

#PersonaPack #Morethanamulti #superemma

“History has its eyes on you” ~Hamilton I fu

“History has its eyes on you” ~Hamilton

I fully believe Emma will change the world. I already see the determination, strength, and courage that it takes!

Maybe one day Super Emma will be a doctor, maybe she will be the one who cures diabetes! I have hope that she will achieve whatever she sets her mind on!

This little girl can be anything she wants to be, she can achieve anything she wants to achieve, and this mama will be proud no matter what!

We had so much fun celebrating Tutu Tuesday dressed as Angelica Schuyler can you even think of a stronger women for Emma to look up to? #taylorjoellexoxo

“Work!” ~ Angelica Schuyler @reneeelisegoldsberry

Dress by: @taylorjoelledesigns

We take @lilyjadeco on all of our adventures. Sinc

We take @lilyjadeco on all of our adventures. Since Emmas diagnosis my diaper bag has been extra full.

We carry around the typical toddler essentials: diapers, wipes, sippy cups, clothes, a toy. But for the last few months we are also carrying the diabetic essentials: pump supplies, insulin, syringes, glucagon, alcohol swabs, a blood glucose tester, a blood keystone tester, test strips, lancets, fast acting glucose, snacks, oh my goodness the list goes on and on!

Thank goodness my @lilyjadeco Caroline has a spot for everything! It allows me and Emma to get out of the house and explore!

I’ll be doing a what’s in my diaper bag diabetic edition in my story before we head out this morning. I’ll be able to show you the best parts about the bag and all the medical equipment that needs to travel with us, even on the shortest trip! 💙💙

#LilyJadeCP #LJambassador #diaperbag #mombag

This picture causes me so much pain and anger. No

This picture causes me so much pain and anger. No one should have to see their child as sick as Emma was in this moment.

Emma is a true fighter and we are so lucky for that, she never lets anything stop her and after three months we are finally watching her thrive again!

But not a day goes by that I don’t think about how unfair life can be. What did Emma do to deserve a life with diabetes... the answer is NOTHING!

Diabetes is NOT caused from sugar, it is NOT caused by a poor diet, and it is NOT caused by lack of exercise.

I get messages from people asking me why I had Emma if she was going to “contract” diabetes from me. I get messages saying she has diabetes because I couldn’t breast feed. These statements are all 100% false, and 100% hurtful!

Diabetes is an autoimmune condition where your body starts to attack itself. It destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that makes insulin. There is no cure and there is no way to stop it from happening.

I have lived in the world were people think my diabetes is from a love of sugar, to many Frappuccino’s, binge watching to many shows instead of exercising. There are 425 million people in this world with diabetes let’s do them all a favor and educate ourselves on the truth!

I refuse to let Emma grow up embarrassed or ashamed of something she can’t control!

I will be linking several resources in my stories through out the day! Take your time to read them and please educate yourself!

It’s true not all superheroes wear capes! But my

It’s true not all superheroes wear capes! But my superhero does, she stands 31 inches tall, has the most contagious smile, and is as strong as can be!

Super Emma can move mountains, lift trains, and fly. Her arch enemy is the evil diabetes. It’s a daily fight, diabetes never lets Emma rest, she never has a day off But diabetes doesn’t stand a chance against super Emma! She is stronger and she will win every battle!

Mama and Dada are by your side every step of the way. And you have a village cheering you on! Super Emma nothing can stop you!

📸by: @megdunn_photography

@myomnipod
@tinysuperheroes

This weekend Emma took her first steps! After only

This weekend Emma took her first steps! After only two weeks of Early intervention this was an amazing moment for us! We are seeing all of Emma’s hard work and dedication paying off!

This little girl works so hard every single day! Not only is she fighting diabetes but she is also working to overcome several developmental delays!

She deals with weekly therapy sessions and hours of PT, OT, and Speech exercises every single day! Tyler and I are so so so dedicated to helping her every single way we possibly can.

Our little girl is so strong and so determined she is our little and mighty super hero! We love you Emma and can’t wait to watch all the ways you will change the world!

Fall is a time to be thankful for all we have. Thi

Fall is a time to be thankful for all we have. This year has been so difficult on our little family with Emmas recent #T1D diagnosis.

This year has tested us in ways we never thought imaginable! But it has made us strong. We’ve strengthened our family and gained a new prospective on life.

On some days Emma’s diabetes kicks my butt. On other days we watch her kick diabetes butt! Emma’s strength is amazing and We can see all her dreams come true because of the determination and strength this diagnosis has taught her!

Although we wish she could live carefree and without worry, diabetes will always be a part of her but the important thing is that it never defines who she is!

We are thankful for the strength we have learned and the superpowers this little girl has displayed! #SuperEmma

📸 by @megdunn_photography
💚: @dexcom
💙: @myomnipod
🦸‍♀️: @tinysuperheroes

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