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New to the pump.. any advice for hiding it as a female?
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<blockquote data-quote="kkkk" data-source="post: 557951" data-attributes="member: 92533"><p>I just got a spibelt...and that is good....though most comfortable to date is an old top (a tighter fitting/shaped one) and cut the bottom 8" or so off then fold it in half - so it would be about 4" wide, stitch it together so that you get a belt of t-shirt material around your waist,I created 3 pockets across the back and stitched the top of the other half together and then you can slide it around and have the pump in that small bit of your back (not sure that makes that much sense...but like these, just homemade <a href="http://www.diabete-ezy.com/Comfy-Pump-Insulin-Pump-Belts-scc5087.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabete-ezy.com/Comfy-Pump-Insulin-Pump-Belts-scc5087.html</a>. I recently unpicked the stitches in a pocket on a maxi dress so that I could get to the pump through the pocket (quite comedy - but it worked)....and I was thinking for posh frocks wearing my hair down and clipping it to the back of my dress so it is covered by my hair? (not sure whether that will work? plus you need long hair <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). Someone else I know on a pump tried a thigh belt but found it was too big...and they are quite pricey...so tubey grip is probably the best alternative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kkkk, post: 557951, member: 92533"] I just got a spibelt...and that is good....though most comfortable to date is an old top (a tighter fitting/shaped one) and cut the bottom 8" or so off then fold it in half - so it would be about 4" wide, stitch it together so that you get a belt of t-shirt material around your waist,I created 3 pockets across the back and stitched the top of the other half together and then you can slide it around and have the pump in that small bit of your back (not sure that makes that much sense...but like these, just homemade [url]http://www.diabete-ezy.com/Comfy-Pump-Insulin-Pump-Belts-scc5087.html[/url]. I recently unpicked the stitches in a pocket on a maxi dress so that I could get to the pump through the pocket (quite comedy - but it worked)....and I was thinking for posh frocks wearing my hair down and clipping it to the back of my dress so it is covered by my hair? (not sure whether that will work? plus you need long hair :)). Someone else I know on a pump tried a thigh belt but found it was too big...and they are quite pricey...so tubey grip is probably the best alternative. [/QUOTE]
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