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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
Hi, I'm hoping someone could enlighten me regarding how normally diabetes is controlled during labour now a days. I'm currently 30 weeks, type 1 and on an insulin pump. 9 years ago when I had my daughter I wasn't on a pump and a sliding scale was set up. During labour my blood sugars shot up and I developed an infection. I was very close to having an emergency c section. Recently I found out from my sister who is a nurse and was there as my birthing partner that they hadn't actually connected me to the sliding scale drip, she realised they had forgot and had to do it herself, she also had to take over doing my obs. We both understood they were run off their feet but as you can imagine this does leave me with some anxiety. The actual induction and birthing of baby I have faith they'll be great. Is it practical for me to control my diabetes myself with my pump? I have asked a midwife and she basically shrug her shoulders and said talk to your DSN as midwives aren't medically trained and that her herself wouldn't deal with a high risk birth like mine and couldn't my sister be my birthing partner again! My husband was sitting next to me! and wasn't pleased. This same midwife asked if I'd done my glucose tolerance test then talked about her type 2 diabetes I honestly wanted to cry.