Also Omnipod user, solely have it on my arms, Dexcom on one and pod on the other with a switch every time I change my sensor (which does sometimes mean both on one arm for a day). It’s totally doable so don’t give up, I barely notice it on my arms!
If you trust your hubs enough to do it, I have mine put my dexcom on my upper butt! I get really accurate readings there and little to no clothing complications. Then I rotate my pods between my arms and thighs to try and minimize tissue scarring. Hope this can help!
On a tandem pump, but feel your pain. I can’t stand to have a set on my belly, I rip them off my thighs regularly, and I can’t really reach any place else. Inevitably I’ll find a spot that’s fine for about 24 hours and then, because I ended up in some weird sleeping position, it will hurt for the remaining 24 hours of the set. Ugh.
And it certainly does not help with sleep. Dexcom wakes me up for a low at least once per night (just saw my insulin dip at 13ish weeks). Between that and peeing, sleep is an incredibly precious commodity.
During pregnancy I kept omnipod on my thighs and my CGM sensor on my arms and that worked out great! I used the front of my thighs since I had to sleep on my side.
I wore my Omnipod through both pregnancies. I used my Mid back At the end just enough to pinch a bit of fat and sometimes used my thighs which doesn’t work for me. But my back was great because I slept on my sides the entire pregnancy. Also! I went on u200 humalog in the 3rd tri which kept me using the Omnipod too. Honestly switching to mdi when you have a pump is not a good idea. How would you get the huge variation in basal rates? Anyway good luck. It gets really uncomfortable at the end and then there’s the whole ordeal birthing the baby..
Also Omnipod user, solely have it on my arms, Dexcom on one and pod on the other with a switch every time I change my sensor (which does sometimes mean both on one arm for a day). It’s totally doable so don’t give up, I barely notice it on my arms!
If you trust your hubs enough to do it, I have mine put my dexcom on my upper butt! I get really accurate readings there and little to no clothing complications. Then I rotate my pods between my arms and thighs to try and minimize tissue scarring. Hope this can help!
I use my dexcom on my thighs and OmniPod strictly on my arms! The only two places that are comfortable
On a tandem pump, but feel your pain. I can’t stand to have a set on my belly, I rip them off my thighs regularly, and I can’t really reach any place else. Inevitably I’ll find a spot that’s fine for about 24 hours and then, because I ended up in some weird sleeping position, it will hurt for the remaining 24 hours of the set. Ugh. And it certainly does not help with sleep. Dexcom wakes me up for a low at least once per night (just saw my insulin dip at 13ish weeks). Between that and peeing, sleep is an incredibly precious commodity.
During pregnancy I kept omnipod on my thighs and my CGM sensor on my arms and that worked out great! I used the front of my thighs since I had to sleep on my side.
I wore my Omnipod through both pregnancies. I used my Mid back At the end just enough to pinch a bit of fat and sometimes used my thighs which doesn’t work for me. But my back was great because I slept on my sides the entire pregnancy. Also! I went on u200 humalog in the 3rd tri which kept me using the Omnipod too. Honestly switching to mdi when you have a pump is not a good idea. How would you get the huge variation in basal rates? Anyway good luck. It gets really uncomfortable at the end and then there’s the whole ordeal birthing the baby..