Sliding scale during labour, thoughts, advice and experiences.

[sugarfreerach]

I was on a sliding scale for one hour. I was in a week before and I told them that I am in control of my diabetes and my pump (nicely) and throughout that week I proved to them that I knew a lot more than them about my diabetes. It helped that my dsn wrote in my notes and said that the pump was not to be taken off me until active labour. As it happened I progressed very quickly (whole labour was2 hours) and as a result I was only attached to ss for an hour.

Once you start labouring you won't care about your sugars so it was choice for them to take over for a while.

 

[newbs]

I was put on SS during my first labour, was still able to move about and go to the loo etc, not just stuck on the bed, so had no problems being on it. During my second labour they said that it was no longer routine to put diabetics on SS unless there was an obvious blood sugar problem and as long as I checked my sugars regularly I wouldn't need it. I didn't end up having the SS but hypoed so had to have lucozade then was taken to have an emergency c-section about 10 mins later so ended up being very sick afterwards. I think the SS is a good thing tbh - and one less thing for you to worry/think about.

 

[Catwoman76]

Hi all I have been thinking about this post for a little while now, because, I really don't know if I was on a SS during the birth ?, because it was an emergency general anaesthetic, 11 years ago. I don't know if there are any midwives on the forum, or if anyone knows the answer to this. I do know I was on a sliding scale after the birth, in a room on my own, next to the nurses room, but nil by mouth and confined to bed and my bs was constanly high because of what happened.

I hope you pregnant ladies have a very safe and happy birth 🙂 and good luck to you all. Sheena