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Pregnancy and HCL pump

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Emma_Em

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi, I have just found out i'm pregnant and the hospital have offered to put me on a HCL pump. Anyone had any experience with the HCL pumps from Ypsomed or Dana? I'm not sure what to expect and if I will have enough support as it's all new!
 
Congratulations!

It’s been a couple weeks, so maybe they’ve already put you on a pump. I was put on the ypso around 9 weeks pregnant and it’s been great!

I was on the Omnipod 5 before so had experience in HCL already. Are you coming from a pump? I found the switch from injections to HCL quite a leap (but great!), but HCL to HCL was fine.

Did you have any specific questions on the pump? Pregnancy support tends to be very good, so I wouldn’t worry too much :-)
 
Emma_Em said:
Hi, I have just found out i'm pregnant and the hospital have offered to put me on a HCL pump. Anyone had any experience with the HCL pumps from Ypsomed or Dana? I'm not sure what to expect and if I will have enough support as it's all new!
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Yes - I moved onto Ypsomed from Omnipod in June! It takes a lot of work at first to trust, but now I have got my average sugars down a lot! I probably will move back to Omnipod after pregnancy but I would recommend. This is coming from someone who is very anxious about diabetes overall and struggles with fear of hypos!
 
Emma_Em said:
Hi, I have just found out i'm pregnant and the hospital have offered to put me on a HCL pump. Anyone had any experience with the HCL pumps from Ypsomed or Dana? I'm not sure what to expect and if I will have enough support as it's all new!
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Congratulations

I don’t have personal experience with those pumps, but both Ypsomed and Dana HCL systems are used in pregnancy care and can really help improve time in range when well supported.

There is usually a learning period at the start, so good clinic support makes a big difference—worth asking your team what that will look like day to day.
 
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