Layla’s Birth Story 20 non stress tests. About 12 ultrasounds. 644 needle pricks. 67 shots of insulin. 1 healthy baby girl. That’s how this story begins and ends. But let’s rewind just one day, to March 12. That Thursday came around and Jonathan went to work as we had planned. I had pretty much everything […]

I was 34 weeks along and went off to start the first of 5 appointments. Having gestational diabetes was absolutely horrible. As if they don’t make you have tons of appointments already in the third trimester, now I more than quadrupled my appointments each week. Between non stress tests, weekly ultrasounds, and my regular appointments, […]