Type
2 diabetes is on the rise. More people than ever are diagnosed every
day and more people are at risk. If this trend continues and nothing
changes more than 5 million people in the UK will have diabetes by
2025.
Gestational
diabetes
During
my first pregnancy when I was about 24 weeks pregnant I was invited
to have a glucose tolerance test. Being overweight with a high BMI
and suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (gestational diabetes
and type 2 diabetes is common in women suffering from PCOS) I was
deemed at risk of developing gestational diabetes. After fasting
overnight I had to go to my local hospital to have the test where I
had a blood sample taken to see my blood sugar levels after fasting
then I to drink a vivid orange sugary drink containing glucose. This
followed a long two hour wait where I had to sit and rest. It felt
like an age and as I was still suffering from morning - or as I liked
to call it 24/7 - sickness I feel rubbish and wanted to be curled up
at home. After two hours I had another blood sample taken which would
be compared with my first blood sample.
