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<blockquote data-quote="fig" data-source="post: 530005" data-attributes="member: 29966"><p>I had the same experience whilst in hospital having steroids pre-babies just like you're about to do. I wasn't on a pump then so i was put onto a sliding scale through a drip and the labour ward nurses were left to monitor me but they didn't have a clue about diabetes they were just following the written protocol. for some reason my bg never increased after the steroids so on their sliding scale i kept having hypo's (every hour) and i ended up having to stay in for a week (with both pregnancies, they didn't learn from the first time) to get things back under control. I have been assured though that if i was ever to be admitted again i would be allowed to use my pump and wouldn't need the sliding scale unless i was unable to operate my pump myself. Make sure you stamp your feet and make them listen to you as you know your diabetes better than anybody else on that ward will do but i am sure that by using the pump things should work well for you, best of luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fig, post: 530005, member: 29966"] I had the same experience whilst in hospital having steroids pre-babies just like you're about to do. I wasn't on a pump then so i was put onto a sliding scale through a drip and the labour ward nurses were left to monitor me but they didn't have a clue about diabetes they were just following the written protocol. for some reason my bg never increased after the steroids so on their sliding scale i kept having hypo's (every hour) and i ended up having to stay in for a week (with both pregnancies, they didn't learn from the first time) to get things back under control. I have been assured though that if i was ever to be admitted again i would be allowed to use my pump and wouldn't need the sliding scale unless i was unable to operate my pump myself. Make sure you stamp your feet and make them listen to you as you know your diabetes better than anybody else on that ward will do but i am sure that by using the pump things should work well for you, best of luck [/QUOTE]
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