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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1539681" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>Congratulations [USER=308335]@saruhbeau[/USER] ! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>We do have ladies here who've swapped to a pump when pregnant or shortly before conceiving.</p><p></p><p>It can take a little while to get your basal rate right, but pregnancy is a time of changing basals anyway, so that is something that even an experienced pump user would need to consider. If your team think a pump would be good for you, then I'd imagine they've considered all this and are confident it would be right for you.</p><p></p><p>It took me a week or two to sort my basal but that was because I was lucky enough to have a good pump trainer who pretty accurately guessed what I needed, so that was a good starting point and made things easier. I woukd guess you'll get extra pump support anyway being pregnant.</p><p></p><p>The pump won't immediately help if you're having a hypo and, as you know, pregnancy hypos can be sudden and fierce. I used Lucozade but if you can't even keep that down then chewing a glucose tablet and holding it in your mouth can help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 1539681, member: 39639"] Congratulations [USER=308335]@saruhbeau[/USER] ! :) We do have ladies here who've swapped to a pump when pregnant or shortly before conceiving. It can take a little while to get your basal rate right, but pregnancy is a time of changing basals anyway, so that is something that even an experienced pump user would need to consider. If your team think a pump would be good for you, then I'd imagine they've considered all this and are confident it would be right for you. It took me a week or two to sort my basal but that was because I was lucky enough to have a good pump trainer who pretty accurately guessed what I needed, so that was a good starting point and made things easier. I woukd guess you'll get extra pump support anyway being pregnant. The pump won't immediately help if you're having a hypo and, as you know, pregnancy hypos can be sudden and fierce. I used Lucozade but if you can't even keep that down then chewing a glucose tablet and holding it in your mouth can help. [/QUOTE]
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