A week late, but better late than never...25 Weeks – EDC 28/05/13

Friday, 15 February 2013 (Day 3)

Following on from my decision to decline the glucose tolerance test, I have found out some interesting information regarding my “family history” of diabetes. I have just found out that the cousin that I thought had gestational diabetes and then developed type 2 diabetes actually has type 1 diabetes which was only picked up at the GTT test! She has always had a host of health problems, from eczema to celiac disease, the latter of which may have been a symptom of the diabetes - she's always said that gluten gives her a high. Our grandmother also had diabetes, but she had type 2, which turned out to be a symptom of pancreatic cancer, which she later died from. Ah, I feel much better now that my only family history is explained away.

A lot of people have been saying to me, “what’s the big deal?” The big deal is that I don’t do so well with blood tests (I’m a fainter), and I don’t like needles in general, and I already have to get (two, maybe three) extra needles because of my A- blood type, so I’d rather not subject myself to an extra two (unnecessary) needles just because a medical guideline says that I should, as I actually have none of the risk factors associated with gestational diabetes.

Taken 16/02/13 - new tunic