How do you sleep at night?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Campana on July 8, 2009 at 4:57am

I have used a MM infusion set on one side of my stomach with a MM CGM on the other and both are comfortable enough for me to sleep on my stomach. My biggest problem is the pump falling out of my pocket and getting all wrapped around me.

Funny story! I had a dream that I was at a concert and there was a kid tugging on my tubing and would not let go. Even after I said "hey kid, quit pulling!!!" He just kept looking at me and laughing in my dream. I woke up and my pump and fallen out of my pocket and gotten wrapped around my back and was pulling pretty tightly at my infusion sight! Sheesh!!!

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Permalink Reply by Pavlos on July 8, 2009 at 7:27pm

I have been clipping my pump to my underwear (right under my belly button) at night using the holster clip (I only use my abdomen for pump insertion sites). Tonight I will try for the first time to sleep using the very expensive KPP boxers that have a leg pocket for the pump. I've been wearing them all day for trial and so far they seem great (I even had a few moments were I panicked because I thought I had left my pump unhooked after my shower).

As for the CGM that's where I too have trouble with sleeping. I use my upper legs for the sensor and it's hit and miss. Some sites don't hurt at all when I sleep on them and others send shock waves of pain through my leg like it's pulling on a nerve or something. Sometimes a sensor won't hurt for a few nights and then start hurting the rest, and other times it will hurt the first 2-3 days and then quit. I wish I could offer you some helpful advice but unfortunately I am looking for that advice myself.

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Permalink Reply by Miranda Wimberley on July 8, 2009 at 9:43pm

I just started pumping a few weeks ago and haven't noticed that it has made a difference in how I sleep. I hook the pump on my pajama pants.

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Permalink Reply by Michaela McAlpine on July 9, 2009 at 4:03am

I wear a pouch around my neck that I put my pump in.

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Permalink Reply by Carly! on July 11, 2009 at 12:03pm

i honestly dont know how i can stand it sometimes lol.
I will either have it clipped on the side opposite of which i sleep on, or sometimes i'll just unclip it from my waistband and let it lay by my side.

i get tons of questions about how i can sleep with it on.
Alot of times i'll wake up and my headphones and tubing will be all tangled together, usually wrapped around my waist lol. :D

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Permalink Reply by Abigail Collis on July 12, 2009 at 4:11pm

I have both the OmniPod and a CGM. I've found with the OmniPod I am able to sleep however I want, but I did also at one time the the Deltec Cozmo and as someone who used to sleep on my stomach found myself having to sleep on my side! The CGM site doesn't really bother me but with the freedom of having No wires with the OmniPod where i can place it anywhere hasn't bothered me!!! It's great to be wireless!!

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Permalink Reply by Betty J on July 13, 2009 at 7:19pm

I have been pumping for years and have always slept on my stomach. I recently tried a cgm and had no problems sleeping on my stomach.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Ramsey on July 14, 2009 at 10:35am

I sleep on my side. If I feel pressure on the CGM or pump site, I may roll slightly to take the pressure off. I've not noticed any issues with my BGs.

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Permalink Reply by Anna Martin on July 14, 2009 at 10:49am

Every time I see this question, I first read it as an accusation, as in, "How can you possibly sleep at night, considering all the horrible things you've done?" :).

Anyway, when I was on the pump, I always tried to wear something with pockets, and I'd just stick it in there. Of course, it often fell out, but, so long as I was asleep, I didn't really notice.

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Permalink Reply by Kim on July 14, 2009 at 12:30pm

I have been pumping for 2 years and sometimes use the cgm and I have never had a problem sleeping. I lay my pump beside me when I go to bed and then toss and turn all night and when I wake up it will be all tangled in the covers and around me. I am a heavy sleeper and move all the time and I have never had anything yank out. I do ocasionally wake up with a knot in my back from laying on my pump all night. :/

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Moore on July 14, 2009 at 5:38pm

I have worn a pump for 8 years and have never had a problem sleeping with it. I just toss it off to the side.

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Permalink Reply by Sherri on July 16, 2009 at 7:34am

I had the CGM on for 6 days, along with my pump on the other side. Honestly I didnt even notice the CGM. I am a crazy sleeper (i have woken up with my infusion set out) and mostly sleep on my sides and stomach. I didnt have a problem at all with it.

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