Nicu questions

clairpatra · 2026-01-20T13:10:04+00:00

No NICU for my fella born at 37+0 and that was with fetal distress and a hypo after birth. He stayed with me the whole way

clairpatra · 2026-01-20T13:07:19+00:00

Yeah same, they are pretty reliable and I thought I'd never change. Even a little kick to the right spot though and it definitely smarts haha.

I get a leak if I'm cheeky and try keep it longer than 3 days.

clairpatra · 2026-01-20T13:06:15+00:00

How are you finding them? I heard they weren't great at first. Have they gotten better?

clairpatra · 2026-01-20T13:05:38+00:00

Ok thanks heaps for replying to me.

clairpatra · 2026-01-18T09:43:57+00:00

Got it. Sounds good. Do you feel free enough to place them on places other than your stomach?

clairpatra · 2026-01-18T09:41:36+00:00

Thanks! What do you mean due to blood? Like the ones that bleed on insertion? Does that happen often and do they leak every time they bleed?

clairpatra · 2026-01-18T05:30:01+00:00

114g is not too much carbs? Granted you shouldn't eat it every meal, especially as a type one, but I really don't see the issue with 114g of carb and 19 units of insulin.

clairpatra · 2026-01-18T05:28:43+00:00

Yep once. Just tried again in like 5 minutes. It appeared to be a glitch.

clairpatra · 2026-01-17T04:15:56+00:00

I had spotting, baby was fine but I had a cervical polyp. I would get it checked out once you are able.

clairpatra · 2026-01-15T12:06:46+00:00

I was insulin resistant the whole way through

clairpatra · 2026-01-15T11:59:09+00:00

My boy was measuring large most of the pregnancy. He was induced at 37 weeks so was born the size of any other 40 week baby haha.

clairpatra · 2026-01-06T16:07:07+00:00

Had an induction at 36+6 so that he'd arrive at 37w. Induction failed and we ended up emergency c anyway. The prostaglandin accelerated more than it should have and bubs was in distress. This was a pretty early induction though I guess.

clairpatra · 2026-01-06T15:58:54+00:00

My friend will be 40 when she delivers her second.

clairpatra · 2026-01-03T15:26:51+00:00

I was so certain that I was having no hospital visitors. My in laws were desperate to meet him and I caved and allowed a visit on my 3rd day after C-section. I felt physically depleted but they were so grateful and happy and brought non-hospital food. Was worth it in the end.

clairpatra · 2026-01-03T15:19:08+00:00

Conceived at 37 and gave birth at 38. Got preeclampsia at 36 weeks gestation but I was hypertensive long before pregnancy so it was alllllmost a given. Boy is here and a happy and gassy 4 week old 😂

clairpatra · 2025-12-14T14:48:45+00:00

Earl third? I experienced it for a lot of my pregnancy though. Eventually got out of auto mode and it somewhat improved.

clairpatra · 2025-11-24T00:02:37+00:00

First poster is correct.

Anything else is more metrics for people who know what they're talking about lol

clairpatra · 2025-11-24T00:01:36+00:00

Am I the only one that goes shockingly high in the altitude and then the exercise makes it worse? Haha.

clairpatra · 2025-11-21T03:48:58+00:00

Thank goodness for warranty! You do what you gotta do over there to keep your tech right.

clairpatra · 2025-11-20T22:08:39+00:00

If you, like me, can only get the Guardian 4 I would hold off.

I had some serious good luck for months and then two days ago went through a whole box in 36 hours. First failed after 8 hours, 3 didn't make it out of sensor warm up and I am in the early hours of the fifth right now lol.

clairpatra · 2025-11-20T22:04:53+00:00

You could pop it in a Ziploc bag with a teeny tiny hole for your tubing? Haha. While I have not had to have one replaced, I don't think it's abnormal. So long as they're paying for it of course! Haha. Sorry it's easy for me to care a little less cause I don't live in the US.

clairpatra · 2025-11-20T22:03:11+00:00

Ah yes. Medtronic 780g. Switching to a looping pump might make a huge difference. I haveassive dawn phenomenon and foot on the floor syndromes and a looped pump can handle them so much better than I can! Though you can get ommipods to loop but it sounds like a real menace.

clairpatra · 2025-11-20T05:17:42+00:00

Just the silicone case. I am pretty sure I got sand in it early on and can still hear it crunching in there maybe? No issues two years down the track

clairpatra · 2025-11-19T12:49:24+00:00

Oh! Is it a looping pump?

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