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<blockquote data-quote="Sabina81" data-source="post: 405728" data-attributes="member: 48922"><p>Hi Louise,</p><p></p><p>I firstly wish to say congratulations on your pregnancy but also you managing to get your Hba1c levels down. I myself is a type 1 and I had asked my consultant to be put on an insulin pump,he refused saying it was too costly but after showing some NICE guideline's and journal articles he agreed. Firstly I had to attend a DAFNE course and then January last year I started the pump. Two weeks later I found out I was pregnant!The hospital I was referred to was brilliant and I truly believed they cared for both me and the baby's health any questions I asked they found the answer.I went for a checkup every fortnight and tested my BG regularly and also at 2am,4am,6am and 8am! After a couple of months a consultant nurse suggested a continuous blood glucose sensor.It measures the interstitial fluid glucose and not the blood glucose . There is a lag time of about 10minutes and it needed calibration a couple of times a day but it made my pregnancy so much easier. It did not require measuring glucose levels by the use of strips as there was a needle sensor. It would automatically record a BG reading every 10 mins and show if your BG levels were stable going up or down.It would beep if the BG level went above 6.5 or below 4.5 and it meant most important that I could snack if necessary and know whether to take insulin or not.If levels went too low it would automatically cut off my insulin.The only trouble was that it was self funded as the NHS don't provide it. It is seriously worth considering, and I happily gave birth last October and he is now 9 months. Ant questions I would be pleased to help. Take care</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sabina81, post: 405728, member: 48922"] Hi Louise, I firstly wish to say congratulations on your pregnancy but also you managing to get your Hba1c levels down. I myself is a type 1 and I had asked my consultant to be put on an insulin pump,he refused saying it was too costly but after showing some NICE guideline's and journal articles he agreed. Firstly I had to attend a DAFNE course and then January last year I started the pump. Two weeks later I found out I was pregnant!The hospital I was referred to was brilliant and I truly believed they cared for both me and the baby's health any questions I asked they found the answer.I went for a checkup every fortnight and tested my BG regularly and also at 2am,4am,6am and 8am! After a couple of months a consultant nurse suggested a continuous blood glucose sensor.It measures the interstitial fluid glucose and not the blood glucose . There is a lag time of about 10minutes and it needed calibration a couple of times a day but it made my pregnancy so much easier. It did not require measuring glucose levels by the use of strips as there was a needle sensor. It would automatically record a BG reading every 10 mins and show if your BG levels were stable going up or down.It would beep if the BG level went above 6.5 or below 4.5 and it meant most important that I could snack if necessary and know whether to take insulin or not.If levels went too low it would automatically cut off my insulin.The only trouble was that it was self funded as the NHS don't provide it. It is seriously worth considering, and I happily gave birth last October and he is now 9 months. Ant questions I would be pleased to help. Take care [/QUOTE]
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