I’m a pumper!

I started today.  It wasn’t as overwhelming as I thought for the most part.  The controls I really need to know how to use on the pump are much easier than I anticipated and I don’t think the advanced things will be much harder.

Of course for me the most nerve wracking part was the insertion.  I had to build up the nerve to do it and I released it away from my skin first so I could see it in action.  I’m still not sure whether that was a good or bad idea.  When I finally did it I was pleasantly surprised.  I felt the movement of the spring action but felt absolutely nothing of the needle/catheter.  I kind of froze a moment wondering where the pinch was, waiting for a delayed reaction.  lol

This will take some getting used to.  I’m still a little unsure about the umbilical cord, as I’ve heard it refered to.  I’ll have to play around to figure out the best sites for me and places to wear the pump.  There will need to be some tweaking done to my rates and ratios, of course.  I’m still uneasy about this in some ways but not nearly as bad.  And I’m sure that will ease even more over the next couple of weeks.