Any diabetic brides?

My mam has offered to go up under my dress and give me my injections(god love her! )

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:lol: the picture that gives me is hilarious!

Does your dress have sleeves?, if not you could learn to inject in your arms, I've done this lots of times in restaurants. With small needles you don't need to pinch up so it is very easy, jut have a bit of gauze to hand, tiny specks of blood will inevitably get on a white dress.
( Before I developed confidence I used to duck down under the table to do it, it is possible to do it very discretely, you could always get the bridesmaids to 'hide' you for a few minutes.)
One thing worth bearing in mind is that these meals often take ages and even if you are the first person served you may have to wait. Don't inject until you know the food is really about to arrive.
If the first course and main course aren't too high in carbs (often the case) it might be possible to delay the injection to between main course and dessert (an ideal time for an official loo break)It would depend on whether your glucose levels are low because of all the 'running' about or high because of the raised adrenaline.

Whatever you do, you probably won't have ideal glucose levels all day, but it is only one day so try not to let diabetes get in the way.

on my wedding day i just nipped to the toilets to inject, having some help would be good
have a wonderful day

I injected in my thigh when I got married, just as normal, I think I managed to do it at the table too!

Arms are an easier option though just watch out for escaping blood, that's the last thing you want on a white dress!

No experience of being a bride, but I find weddings more difficult than expeditions and adventure races, yes really. As a guest, I've been using my smart trousers suit for weddings, medal presentations etc for past 10 years. As you see, buying clothes and dressing up in posh clothes isn't my favourite activity

As others have said, a long dress only really rules out abdomen site for injections, leaving thighs and arms. When wearing white clothes, I always carry a plaster in my injection kit and stick it on after injection, even if blood doesn't appear immediately - so as not to create a problem for photos, washing clothes after etc.

Have a great wedding! At least as bride you're guaranteed to get food first and know the menu in advance! As a guest, unpredictability of food timing, type and quantity is what I find most difficult. Last one was a buffet, which was great - and looking after a cousin's child caused some confusion/ amusement, as buffet server was concerned that "mum" got enough food - my partner and I had to admit that she wasn't ours

I did my injections in my thigh as per normal on my wedding day. I bruise quite easily, so for me, i would avoid my arms.

Don't know what your Dr is talking about "hitting muscle"? Are you especially slim? even so, you should be able to inject in your thigh, with the shorter needles.

Even on my wedding day, I went to the loo, so did my injection their...in the "powder room" bit, as it did involve quite a lot of dress manoevering.

Try your thighs...you may never go back to your stomach!

I have this to look forward too nect year. I have a huge dress but I am just going to ride it up and jab in my thigh like normal... I am not too worried about it!