Hid-In - insulin pump accessories

Adaptive Clothing

I love that clothing brands are popping up to support people of all physical abilities and needs.
As a community we are united by Type 1, but apart from that we are all so different. We are all individuals, a wide range of ages, genders, shapes sizes and backgrounds. Which is why it can be really difficult to create an item of adaptive clothing, particularly outerwear, that all Type 1s would choose to wear… (designing a bra to suit all T1 ladies is impossible!)

That is why I designed Hid-In bands to be, themselves, uniquely adaptive, a way of keeping your cabled pump close and comfy, making it possible to wear a pump with ALL your outfits and for all activities.
With Hid-In accessories we don’t need specialist adapted clothes, we are free to wear whatever we like. Hid-In is all the adaptation we need, the band can be adjusted to fit in different positions on the body, and the colours adjusted to match different outfits. They can be worn under clothing, out of sight, or over, with an optional window to fit different access needs.

In addition, we can be the adapters and find small, simple ways to alter the clothing we love to fit our tech by choosing clothes with pockets or adding them, and adapting by snipping tubing holes.
For advice on any and all ways to wear your come to see me at the Type 1 Festival in Greenwich tomorrow!

Did I miss a trick?! ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hid-In is a very small business offering niche products to a small, shiny, very special community, and it only works if I can find enough people who want to buy a particular something.
As you may know I already offer a lot of options in many shapes, sizes and colours.

I had toyed with the idea of flag pouches, but I decided that making products specifically for England supporting, football loving, Type 1 insulin pump wearers, in a very short 1 month World Cup window was too small a niche even for Hid-In to serve…

Maybe I was wrong?

(I coloured in this White pouch myself as instructed by my kids! I do have White pouches in stock if you would like to do the same!)

HAPPY TO SEND THIS CHILD SIZED BAND, ONE-SIZE POUCH THAT I COLOURED IN TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO ORDERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE? It’s acrylic paint pen, so while the pouch will last forever, the red will probably only last to the final!)

TAD TALKS 2026
When you fill a room with people who share many lifetimes of Type 1 experience it’s going to be emotional.
Community events like these where we share stories are such an important part of our diabetes treatment and therapy.
Interaction is up there with insulin for me as a way of managing diabetes.
Sharing a room with Type 1 superheroes such as a pod wearing female stormtrooper, a pilot, teachers, inspiring doctors, DSNs and leaders really is a medicine.
Huge thanks to Partha Kar and the TAD Talks team for making days like these possible. We laughed together, we cried together, we shared a beer and some ideas, and we all went home a bit wiser.

Special Thanks to:
Malveena Ramchandani
Manisha Vadgama Wareham
Amanda Williams, Beth Kelly, Tamsin Fletcher Salt
Nina Wadi OBE and Aidan Mirza
Kaye Sparrow
Karen Addington
Reza Zaidi
Partha Kar
Douglas Cairns
Samantha Alleyne

Once upon a time, in a land far away, I was a lingerie designer.
I travelled the world collecting and spreading ideas about how to feel comfy and look fantastic from the foundation up. Underwear should look great, support us and make us feel more positive and confident about our bodies. Great underwear can work hard beneath our clothes, whilst being invisible, both mentally and physically, from the outside.

From this position, and with this experience, I was well placed to design and make accessories to keep first my pump, then many others, tucked away comfortably all day. The Multiway Body Band proved the most popular way to do this.

Made from high performance 4 way stretch Micro, the sort that quality sportswear and support garments are made from, it is super soft and silky in the skin, and stretches to hold a pump without the need for clicky poppers and sticky Velcro.

I have worn one pretty much every day since I created the final design. Yesterday to the gym, in the heat this week, it has travelled the world with me, been up mountains and down again.

My underwear has changed over the 18 years I have worn a pump, my pump has changed, my body has changed and I’ve had 2 children but I have worn a multiway and a pump throughout and the combination has given me so much freedom.

If you are thinking about a pump but unsure, please take a chance, we are so lucky to have this technology available to ease the mental load of diabetes.

And when you say yes to a pump, get in touch with me, write me a few lines, and if you are happy to share your pump start story and a photo to encourage others I will happily send you a complimentary Body Band to get you started, a gift, from one pump wearer to another X

Woohoo!
It has been HOT, but things seem to be cooling down now. I have been struggling to keep my tech stuck down as well as having more issues than usual with sticky highs and multiple occlusions, anyone else?

I’ve had the direction of my day diverted several times by diabetes, I’ve had to abandon a trip to the seaside because of stubborn highs when driving, and I’ve locked myself outside my house with my pump inside having to jump over a fence and break into a door to fix things (more to do with an overheated brain that time I think!)

I’m finally clearing space in my head, home and studio and so I’m having a bit of a sale to cheer us all up - a drop in prices to celebrate the drop in temperature!
Not samples, all perfect:

Classic Shop:
£20 Classic Black Adults and Kids Body Bands

Pick ‘n’ Mix Shop:
£9 pouches when you buy a full price Adjustable Band on selected colours

Kit Cases £10

www.hid-in.com

Thanks for the photo Claire & Mylee it’s from a while ago but sums up the summer with tech perfectly!!
Staying active, being flexible, finding ways to keep moving, we will not be held back!

Leaving the house.
How many attempts does it take you?

This morning I had to go back 3 times:
✅ Jellybaby check
✅ Phone charger (Tslim app)
✅ Glasses

Even now writing this I became aware that I didn’t replace the spare cannula I used the other day and always carry.
And I just checked out of this post to check my BG (7.6m/mol after an early morning rolling hypo from 6)
And I patted the small of my back to reassure me that I’m wearing my pump (my T1 tick!)
I’m doing yoga today and I have remembered to bring an arm cover for my sensor ✅ but forgotten a sensor sticker to repair the one that’s peeling ❌

How many times did it take you today?
How many extra decisions before 9am?

Today an amazing thing happened.
It took 2 hours on the phone to a brilliant, patient t:slim tech, installing, updating and downloading apps and soft-wear, but at the end of it, as well as having better access to my pump data I can now bolus directly from my phone using Bluetooth.
Whoop!

Having been able to do this previously when I was DIY looping Android APS I know all too well the difference this makes to control and mental wellbeing.

SO many corrections and small boluses are missed when I’m on the go. And I’m constantly on the go. When I see a rising BG on the Dexcom app on the phone in my hand, but I’m running around with my kids on one arm, bags on the other, wearing clothes that don’t give easy access, I often can’t translate that result into a bolus right away. I simply can’t get my hands on my pump. So those little boluses get missed. Not a big deal in isolation, but these little tweaks and corrections add up over a day, over a week, over a lifetime affecting HBA1C, long term outcomes and bringing negative feelings around my health.
This is my reality.
I’m hopeful that this small change will make a huge difference.
I’ll let you know how it goes and I’d love to hear your experiences…

Join us at this fantastic, vibrant community event:

Type 1 Festival
Sunday 19th July
12 pm - 5:30pm
Lower Deck
30 Park Row
Greenwich

Tickets available here:
https://www.leagueofdiabetes.org/event-details/t1dfestival2026