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We are no longer in the NICU, but I know all preemies are given iron so I imagine others have had this issue. How did you manage baby pooping while getting necessary iron supplementation? Baby is 6 months, 4 months adjusted, and will simply not poop anymore. At the moment it’s been a week. I trialed stopping the iron for 2 weeks and he started pooping everyday again, and once I started him back on iron he stopped pooping. Pediatrician wasn’t overly helpful, basically gave suggestions for when we start solids but we aren’t there yet, and didn’t have any solutions for right now. Baby is EBF. We do belly massage, bicycle legs, warm baths which help relieve gas, but usually to actually get him actually poop we need to use a suppository.

I know I’ll probably be get downvoted for this but hear me out. I don’t want to night wean, but feel like I have to. I’ve been recently diagnosed as pre-diabetic, and sleep is essential for getting blood glucose under control.

This is my second child and my first we also coslept (and still do). I night weaned at 16 months and it was fairly easy-just cuddled and used a pacifier. The first two nights were terrible but then he slept through the night after that.

Obviously this baby is still very young and I don’t think the same tactic will work. I don’t mind 1-2 wakeups to feed for feeding sake, it’s the constant comfort nursing that happens nearly every hour that I think is impacting my health.

I’m really not sure if it’s possible to night wean at this age without it being sleep training, which I don’t want to do and I’m happy to keep cosleeping. But I feel conflicted knowing my body is not doing well.

I don’t want to break our breastfeeding relationship, I don’t want to stop cosleeping, but I do want to only wake up at most twice at night. Is that feasible, and how?

I’m 32f, 136 lbs. I got diagnosed a month ago with an A1C of 5.7. I was already eating well and exercising, so I’ve tried to clean up my diet even more (Cut sugar and simple carbs, eating less carbs and pairing them with protein/fat, limiting snacking). I‘m feeling discouraged I’m in this situation and not sure I’m even going to get results since I’m not losing large amounts of weight or making huge dietary changes. Have any young, thin, already healthy people had any success lowering A1C?

edited to add: My iron and thyroid were tested and within healthy range

32F, 5’6” 145lbs (I’m 4 months postpartum and breastfeeding and my normal weight is 130). I just got diagnosed yesterday, my A1C is 5.7, est glucose 116, and actual fasting glucose 89. My cholesterol is fine but I need to be careful.

That‘s where my confusion comes in. I cook all my food at home from scratch. I eat a mostly plant based diet (I do eat chicken maybe twice a week, salmon 1 a week), lots of vegetables, healthy carbs, and an occasional unhealthy carb like white rice or homemade white bread. I eat more beans than most people. I eat whole grains. I do eat a lot of fruit and dried fruit, so I guess I should limit that. I walk everyday and exercise 3-4 times week with weight training or running.

I want to lower my A1C but I also want to support my body for long term heart health. Since I already eat healthy I feel like I need to make drastic carb cut outs but also never eating sweet potatoes, oats, brown rice, beans, and whole wheat also feels wrong. I do have health anxiety and am struggling to understand how to do this correctly. I could easily see myself getting into disordered eating obsessing about carbs.

It seems like a strict carb reduction can also cause a cholesterol rise, and just anecdotally from this sub not always help A1C. Has anyone felt like they’ve mastered a balance for themselves?