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@kitty55 it did for me! It was planned for a long time but still didn't sink in until now, I don't think it'll totally sink in until it's here! @Andrew Colvin all prepared I think, there's bound to be something important I've forgotten! Thank you for your good wishes :) Claire x

I'll try a dual wave at tea time then thanks for that. I have got Think Like a Pancreas, I'll have to pick it up again, I didn't finish reading it! Claire x

Lovely, I'll start doing that then and see how it goes. Nobody has ever time me to do this! Claire x

I don't, I even correct in between meals. If you're having another meal before the 5 hours then take your insulin as you normally would to avoid highs :) Claire x

Hi all, After a bit of pump advice. I've been having a lot of leaky infusion sets lately. It's resulting in high blood levels and ketones. It's only been since my doses have been increased a lot by my pregnancy so my background is higher as well as my boluses. What I'm thinking is if I was...

Time to look for another job hun. I might be young but I've been in your situation before and ended up walking out and quitting because it all got too much for me (this was before I had a mortgage to pay!) because it was making me ill. Work isn't the be all and end all, sometimes it's better...

It's an awful feeling isn't it! There's a lot of viruses going around at the min I think. I've got a cold at the moment too x

I hate when it tricks you like that! At least if it is super high you can do something about it! Same goes for false hypos! Glad you had a good reading this morning :) Claire x

At least they're consistent though and you haven't had a massive jump through the night, that's something positive! I think you're right about having s split dose, I did that when I was on lantus and it did make a difference :) Claire x

Haha it's been like this since the beginning, I've got less than 3 weeks to go now so that'll be very nice! It'll all be worth it once baby is here :) Can't pretend that I'm not equally looking forward to feeling better as much as I am my baby's arrival! Claire x

Before bed I was 6.9 had a 2.9 hypo at 3am and woke up to 8.6 this morning. Not too shabby considering I've got a stinker of a cold and morning sickness today and yesterday! Hope everyone else's levels are behaving! Claire x Edit - by morning sickness, I mean all day sickness!! This baby is...

It could be that then, a mixture of stress and illness. I'm afraid I don't know anything about type 2 diabetes so I can't advise you on how to gain control back. Hopefully somebody shall be along soon. I hope you start feeling better :) Claire x

Morning Sally, Which type of diabetes do you have? Stress can have an effect on blood sugars yes. I'm type 1 and find that I need more insulin at stressful times than I do otherwise. Could you be coming down with something? That can also cause your levels to rise. When I feel shaky but...

I love corys! Well I love all fish to be fair!

I've got a fish tank in my living room and am also in the process of setting one up in my nursery so little one can have something to watch, it's got blue lights in it so will also act as a night light hopefully! :) I used to work in the aquatic industry (still work in the animal industry) and...

@Tylers73 I completely agree with @Juicyj I don't bolus if I've had much to drink but if it's only one glass then I would. With regards to the bedtime one is this your long acting insulin? If it is then you should always take this regardless of whether you've eaten or not, food has no effect...

@Lynz84 I've been there too, I was eating a full English at work the one day and someone felt it was their "duty" to tell me that everything on my plate was bad for me. When I explained to them that I will work out how many grams of carbs are in the meal, times that by 2.5 then divide it by 10...

@Juicyj I use the front and sides of my stomach and also around my back. You can also go above the belly button if you want to. I did try my legs a few times but found that because I'm clumsy I had a tendency to catch the tubing whilst pulling my bottoms down and ripping it out so I'd suggest if...

Thanks for your replies everyone :) I'm taking it all on board! @courtenayjane partly down to the waters but mainly because it's a huge baby according to the scans. I had a scan yesterday (34 weeks) and it's measuring at about 7.5lbs so they decided there and then to book me in. If the scans...

Thank you! We're both very excited! =D Claire x