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An announcement about the changes that are supposed to be coming into effect today and should be well established by March next year.
I think this is great news, and hopefully it will help thousands of women living with T1 to have an easier time during pregnancy.
UPDATE: If you are pregnant, on insulin and have type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or another type of diabetes, CGM should be considered for you if you have severe hypos (regardless of your awareness) or if you have unstable blood sugar.
By March 2021 we are asking all joint maternity and diabetes services to have a pathway in place, ensuring that all women are being identified and offered CGM to support them manage their pregnancy well and improve neo-natal outcomes.
Which women should be offered CGM?
The NHS Long Term Plan includes the commitment that “by 2020/21, all pregnant women with type 1 diabetes will be offered continuous glucose monitoring, helping to improve neonatal outcomes.”
For some women, for whom CGM is not acceptable, Flash IGM may be preferential and these women should be offered the choice between CGM and IGM, with appropriate information provided on the benefits and evidence of effect in improved outcomes for women and their babies of each device.
What support is available for women with Type 1?
Starting CGM in pregnancy what do I need to do?
• Your Diabetes in Pregnancy care team will get you started on CGM
• You will need to ensure your data can be accessed by your Health-care Professional remotely by downloading the relevant app (e.g Dexcom Clarity app)
• To get the most out of your CGM in pregnancy click on the following links to access short videos full of top tips at each stage in your pregnancy https://abcd.care/dtn/CGM or https://abcd.care/dtn/resources
• You can also use the ‘Top tips for optimising glucose levels in pregnancy’ leaflet
I think this is great news, and hopefully it will help thousands of women living with T1 to have an easier time during pregnancy.
UPDATE: If you are pregnant, on insulin and have type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or another type of diabetes, CGM should be considered for you if you have severe hypos (regardless of your awareness) or if you have unstable blood sugar.
By March 2021 we are asking all joint maternity and diabetes services to have a pathway in place, ensuring that all women are being identified and offered CGM to support them manage their pregnancy well and improve neo-natal outcomes.
Which women should be offered CGM?
The NHS Long Term Plan includes the commitment that “by 2020/21, all pregnant women with type 1 diabetes will be offered continuous glucose monitoring, helping to improve neonatal outcomes.”
For some women, for whom CGM is not acceptable, Flash IGM may be preferential and these women should be offered the choice between CGM and IGM, with appropriate information provided on the benefits and evidence of effect in improved outcomes for women and their babies of each device.
What support is available for women with Type 1?
Starting CGM in pregnancy what do I need to do?
• Your Diabetes in Pregnancy care team will get you started on CGM
• You will need to ensure your data can be accessed by your Health-care Professional remotely by downloading the relevant app (e.g Dexcom Clarity app)
• To get the most out of your CGM in pregnancy click on the following links to access short videos full of top tips at each stage in your pregnancy https://abcd.care/dtn/CGM or https://abcd.care/dtn/resources
• You can also use the ‘Top tips for optimising glucose levels in pregnancy’ leaflet
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