Hi everyone! So this is my first week with my pump and I love it! I just have a couple questions for everyone. I need some advice on where to put my pump when I am sleeping. For the most part I have just been able to put it beside me but a couple of nights I have rolled around and got tangled in the tubing. Any advice?
The other question is for the women that pump. I am still young and like to wear tighter clothes when I got out. I got very discouraged on Friday night after trying on about 25 shirts and could see the tubing and plastic thingy on the site with every shirt. Where do you recommend for sites that are less visible and where do you put your pump?
Congratulations on your pump!!! At night I put my pump in a baby sock and pin it on the inside of a night shirt or night gown, which ever I’m wearing. I have a CGM that I put underneath my pillow in the bed. During the day, I use a baby sock and put the pump in the bottom of the front of my bra. Now that the weather is getting warmer, I use the pump clip that came with my Ping and put it on my waist, off the the side. Good luck, you’ll find just the right place for you after you’ve worn it a while.
Hi Nikki - I’m laughing because I got my Ping 3 months ago and I told my trainer I slept nude and asked what to do with the pump. She said, oh no problem just put it under a pillow. The first night I got in bed and immediately turned over and the tubing was wrapped around me! I got up, signed on and came here to ask “How do I sleep??”. I actually first tried using a Spibelt. (I bought a Spibelt and a Tallybelt - of the two I use the Spibelt more). It seemed like it would work great but then as the nights went on I found if I made the loops too tight it was uncomfortable, too lose and it moved around and woke me up. (I’m a light sleeper). So I finally settled on wearing a pair of loose nylon underpants with the pump clipped on the back since I sleep on my side or stomach, which was what Marti suggested in the first reply!
It seems like you are asking about the tubing and actual inset thing rather than the pump itself, but I’m sure you also have problems with the pump! I wear moderately form fitting clothing, or thin fabrics and find the pump sticks out and looks like a body deformity. I generally find if I swing it around to the far side or back it shows less, or maybe I just can’t see it in the mirror! Some clothes just don’t work too well unfortunately. The bra thing doesn’t work for me, but maybe that’s a good bet for tight clothes. I find myself wearing looser tops and clipping it to my waste, or cargo pants and just tossing it in a pocket. With loose dresses it’s fine in the spibelt, shifted around to the side.
As for the actual site. My favorite site is my hips. I started using my stomach as I did for shots, and it always seemed in my way. With hips, the site and tubing might be less obtrusive. I also do thighs but generally on top; but I would think you could also use the inside thighs which might not be too comfortable but wouldn’t show.
I got 2 things to use at night… men’s sleep shorts and scrub pants… Both have pockets. I also got a wonderful stretchy belt from tallygear.com . It’s very snug, and you can wear it at your waist or chest level and turn it so the pump is wherever you want - under your arm even.
I use baby socks and a safety pin too if I’m not wearing anything with pockets at night. You’ll figure it out 
I use the clip and put it on my pajama pants. I sleep on my side and fortunately without turning, so the pump doesn’t bother me during the night.
Congrats on starting the wonderful pumping journey! I’ve been in it for 9yrs!
I put my infusion sets in my hip, so I have just started wearing slightly looser pants. Also, most people don’t notice it there unless you point it out. I have heard that the love handles are a good spot as well (I just have not gotten brave enough to try it yet).
Congrats on pumping. :o) I just put the pump on the side and sometimes I tangle but for the most part I actually grab it and turn it with me. I think being on the pump for almost 18 years my subcon knows it’s there. As of the sites I’ve always been someone to share it proudly. I wear it with the clip on whatever pants/skirt I am wearing and just tuck the extra tubing into clothing. Sorry not much help there.
Ok, dumb question. Aren’t “love handles” and hips the same thing??!!
Love handles are the ‘roll’ some of us have above our hips, a bit below the waist.
Ah, I see. I definitely have a useful roll of flesh there that is my favorite place for my sets; but I just consider it all the hip area.
I am also new to pumping and to posting. At night, I use the thigh thing. It seems to be the most unobtrusive for me. During the day, I usually slip the pump into the side of my bra, something my animas trainer suggested. It’s my favorite place to hide it. I keep it in a small nylon packet that we had sitting around, but I keep meaning to buy a baby sock!
I’ve found clipping the pump to my shirt front at the neck opening works best. I run the pump/tubing up the inside of my shirt and clip the pump to the outside.
I would have never thought this was a good place until i stumbled across it by accident.
I’m male and usually wear a tshirt and pajama bottoms (boxer’s when hot) to bed.
I used to wear it on my belt line, My routine used to be:
- shirt off, night tshirt on
- move pump from clipped on belt to clipped on shirt.
- pants off/pajama bottoms on.
- move pump back to clipped on front pajama belt line
This was ok, but i used to wake up several times to adjust it from poking me in the stomach if i was in fetal position.
One day i skipped step 4, forgot to move it from my shirt back down to my bottoms, and it was the best night I had as far as not noticing i was wearing my pump! The fact that i didn’t notice that i had forgot to put it in its usual place was the best indicator! But if someone had told me to clip it to my shirt, there’s no way i would have believed it would be comfortable.