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Thanks, all, for your advice. I ended up being admitted on Weds evening with preeclampsia and had an emergency section yesterday morning. Baby Jess is doing well for a 35 weeker. She spent the night in NICU but is with me on the ward now.

Hi, I'm 34 weeks pregnant, type 1 on an insulin pump. All has been fine with my pregnancy up until last week when I started getting protein in my urine and bouts of high blood pressure. They're monitoring my urine/bloods every 2 days and PCR level has gone from 32 to 69. BP is generally ok but...

Thanks! I'm having a scan and check up at daycare tomorrow so I'll tell them then. I've been keeping an eye on my BP and it's been fine so don't think it's preeclampsia. I had a urine test on Monday which was clear too.

Hi, I'm 33 weeks pregnant and type 1. In the past few days, rather than drinking and peeing a lot day and night, it's gone from barely peeing in the day to having to get up every 1.5 hrs at night with a really full bladder and peeing loads. Anyone else experienced this? Thanks, Leigh

Thanks for all your replies, advice & support. I'll keep persevering but my volumes still seem to be dropping despite following all the advice I've received from the nurses, midwives & breastfeeding advisor. I'm hoping with time my volumes increase! Leigh x

Hi, does anyone know if having type 1 diabetes and diabetic mastopathy could cause problems with milk supply when expressing/breastfeeding? My baby boy was born at 28 weeks and has been in NICU and special care for the last 4 weeks. I've been expressing for him with a hospital breast pump but...

Thanks Azure. I think I figured it out. I have gastroparesis and had eaten a steak for dinner followed by dessert. The dessert obviously affected my sugar levels a lot later on. My levels have been dropping ever since so will adjust my pump accordingly. Thanks again. Leigh

Hi, has anyone else experienced high blood sugars after doing a 3am/early morning express? My levels generally run on the low side during the day but for some reason when I do an express during the night and before breakfast they rise. I had a similar problem when exercising before breakfast so...

Hi, I'm 26.5 weeks and over the past few weeks especially, my insulin requirements have increased a lot. I'm on 50% more insulin than normal now, which is a mixture of background and bolus insulin, as my carb ratios have also changed. I'm on a pump so easy enough to change when I start seeing my...

What I meant to say is I use the Mio sets with my Veo! Was using 9mm cannulas, but have recently changed to 6mm. I may try the steel cannulas and see how that goes. I've never had a problem with cannulas kinking in the past. I was using a Roche Accu-chek Combo pump before I started using the...

Hi, I've had exactly the same thing happen to me twice in the last week and also landed up in hospital. I used to use the quickset cannulas on my last Medtronic pump (8 years ago) and never had the problem. I find the Veo quite fiddly. Any information you could pass on would be great. Thanks.