Gary and I recently traveled upstate for a friend\u2019s wedding. I was anxious about the trip because it was my first overnight away from Maya. I knew she\u2019d be in good hands with my parents, but still; I\u2019d miss her! Also, I was nervous about what to wear.<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t gone clothing shopping for myself since I was pregnant. Maya is over four months old. I can\u2019t wear maternity clothes anymore, though I\u2019ve tried. I\u2019m left with my pre-pregnancy wardrobe, which is apparently out of fashion. Somewhere between pregnancy and motherhood, I lost my style mojo. I feel like someone needs to slap me in the face and take me to Bloomingdale\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, I found a timeless dress in the back of my closet to wear to the wedding.<\/p>\n
The big question:\u00a0 would it still fit?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve lost my pregnancy pounds, but I still have some firming to do. I tried it on and\u2026 good news! (Mostly.) The dress fit, but I needed a Spanx<\/em>.<\/p>\n For those of you that don’t know what a Spanx<\/em> is\u2026 well, you must be very trim. It’s a spandex-type short that cinches and flattens. It works wonders.<\/p>\n So my outfit was taken care of. But what about my diabetes accoutrements?<\/p>\n Where does one clip her insulin pump when wearing a dress? I know that a lot of women clip their pumps to their bras. But I personally find that uncomfortable.<\/p>\n I opted for my Thigh-Thing<\/em>. (It’s literally called Thigh-Thing<\/em>.) It’s made by the people over at Animas. Essentially, it\u2019s a spandex band\/garter with a pocket for your pump.<\/p>\n I was unenthused about wearing it because I was already wearing a Spanx. <\/em>I worried that I\u2019d exceed some unofficial spandex quota. How much spandex can a single thigh take?<\/p>\n But I didn\u2019t have a choice.<\/p>\n Then I had to figure out the bag situation.<\/p>\n I just have to ask: Would it be so terrible for a designer to create an evening bag that fits more than a pocketful of air? Who made the rule that evening bags had to be teeny tiny?<\/p>\n I suppose, if you don\u2019t have diabetes, one could fit her cell phone, cash, and lip gloss into one of these so-called bags. But what about women with diabetes? Where are we expected to hold our glucose tablets? And our meters? I\u2019ve seen bags that I\u2019d have better luck fitting into <\/em>my meter case, rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n I ended up carrying a gold bag that didn\u2019t match my dress. But it was roomy \u2013 for an evening bag. I was able to fit my meter, lancing device, and test strips by taking them out of the meter case. And Gary held my glucose tablets in his pocket. I guess that\u2019s what husbands are for.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, underneath my floral print dress was a lot of spandex.<\/p>\n The wedding was outdoors and it was 90 degrees. Maybe it was the heat. Or maybe it was my dancing. But my The Thigh-Thing <\/em>was sliding down my leg the whole night. I just kept shimmying it back up. I incorporated this shimmy into my dance repertoire.<\/p>\n Toward the end of the night, I sat down at our table and took in the beautiful scenery of upstate New York. I adjusted my Thigh-Thing <\/em>for the last time, then I placed my gold bag on my lap. I opened it up and looked at the components of my meter, tossed about randomly inside the gold lining. They don\u2019t usually see the outside of my meter case. What an adventure they were having!<\/p>\n I tested my blood sugar. 65. Dessert was served and I ate it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n