Where do you put your pump when you sleep?

I’ve recently become incredibly restless with my pump at night. It’s all tangled around my body and falls out of my shorts pocket and I wake up to it under me, wrapped around whatever and bugs the hell out of me. What do you do at night to deal with this? I describe it as sleeping with a cell phone in your pocket. Not all that comfortable.

The pump has been amazing at keeping my A1C in the low 6’s but I need sleep too!!!

I usually clip it to my PJ bottoms, in the front, since I’m a side/back sleeper. You could also clip it to your shirt for more mobility. Doesn’t usually move around, but if it does, I don’t usually notice.

If I have my CGMS on (which I do almost every night) it’s kept between the boobies (so i can hear the alarms). If the CGMS is off that night i clip it to the waste band of my PJs

in my mouth, it takes up the space i normally use for talking

That way I can go to sleep.

LOL

Rick

I wear a pocket t-shirt inside out. I loosely wrap the tubing around the pump and stick in the pocket. The shirt is just a little oversize so when I roll over on my belly, I can shift it to the side and not be laying on the pump.

I clip it to my PJ bottoms or put it under my pillow.

Maybe what you really need is a way to stop tossing and turning!! Peanut butter. (Eat it, don’t wear it.)

Terry

I wear swim trunks and keep it in a side pocket with a velcro flap. They are nice because the material is very thin, and I’m pretty hot blooded. I’m also a belly sleeper, so keeping it in a side pocket keeps it out of the way. The pump has yet to slide out on me. When I wear regular pj’s, it sneaks out about half the time.

Cheers, Mike

No one else puts it in thier mouth? Darn I feel a little on the unusual side ?

Rick

I am glad you asked this question because I am fixing to be on a pump and am a wrestless sleeper. Wonder if people with the omnipod have a easier time with this problem?

I usually just put it under a throw pillow next to me while I sleep. That way it stays out of the way (for me) and it doesn’t end up taking a hard hit into the wall. =)

If my pj bottoms have pockets I take the clip off and put it there, otherwise I just let it be lose next to me. I never have the clip on while I am sleeping that would make me crazy.

Sounds like you have tried all these so not sure if that was helpful.

i was reading these and thinking about how much easier it is with my omnipod… i wear it on the side of my upper arm and i am pretty restless. you can roll over on it, sleep on it and leave the pdm thingy on the night stand. i used to feel like i was going to tear it off or something, but i am realizing that it is sturdier than i once thought

Dear Dave. With this lenght of tubing can you toss from right side to left side when your sleeping or do you end up tangled. I dont think I rotate but oscillate from side to side. this is precisely the issue that has kept me from considering a pump although out of pocket cost is also a problem.

I do what Allison does, clip it to PJ bottoms in the front.

Hi dear, my sister has a night stand she puts it there sometimes or she just puts it beside her, I guess you shouldn’t think about it as much just sleep as you would without it.
Good Luck :slight_smile: The pump is really good for you. I found a great website that talks about sleeping with the pump
http://www.essortment.com/all/insulinpumpthe_pvf.htm

That’s what I do too. Just clip it to the waistband. And I’m so used to it there that I can sleep on my stomach without it bothering me.

Sounds like it would be a good idea to wait for the Omnipod to be available in Canada. I have trouble sleeping under ideal conditions and I dont see have having a mess os tubing about will help.

I know I don’t use the Omnipod but that thing looks huge compared to the actual site of the MM.

Don’t beat me up Cody :wink:

I bought a pack of baby socks, I put the pump in a sock and then I safety pin the pump to my night shirt or shorts. I usually clip it in the middle of my chest, above my belly button so I can sleep on my back and both sides without laying on a lump of a pump. So far it has stayed out of the way and I haven’t ripped out an infusion set.

great idea :slight_smile: