Episode 255 - Dawn Adams, Women's Health Series: Diabetes, Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

It’s another National Diabetes Awareness Month, so you know what
that means - A NEW SERIES. Over the next four episodes, Rob and
Eritrea will have conversations with women's health experts in
Diabetics Doing Things’ Women’s Health Series. For Episode One of
this series, we were thrilled to chat with Dawn Adams, PhD student,
midwife, diabetes advocate, and mother of FOUR! The team talked
about * Dawn’s diagnosis in 1993 with a symptom we hadn’t yet heard
of: bloody palms * Being told she would never get pregnant because
of diabetes * Getting pregnant unexpectedly and being told that
pregnancy with diabetes would probably not result in a good outcome
o Being warned to only have two children; she had four! * A career
shift into midwifery after becoming a mom with T1D * Understanding
why women with diabetes have to see their doctor much more often
than women living without diabetes * How far we’ve come: meters
used to take five minutes to give a reading! * Diabetes and
pregnancy isn’t neccesarily the pretty picture Instagram and social
media paint it to be * BEATING THE FINAL BOSS: The fourth trimester
and the challenges that come after baby arrives, even when baby and
mom are healthy * What support looks like from the community around
you * Life after baby arrival can be hard: make space for the
difficult moments as much as we cherish the good moments * Advice
for Partners: How can you better care for your spouse who is living
with diabetes after they birthed a child? * Mentioned: The HAPO
Trial -
https://www.2minutemedicine.com/the-hapo-trial-hyperglycemia-and-adverse-pregnancy-outcomes-classics-series/#:~:text=This
landmark study demonstrated that,risk of adverse pregnancy
outcomes. Find Dawn on IG @T1dawnie