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<blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 929873" data-attributes="member: 43498"><p>I think the answer to this is complex and I don't know the extent to which genetics and BMI play a part. There may have been people in your family who would have had high normal or pre-D or D levels of HbA1c if they were tested, but they never were, and they never showed frank signs of T2.</p><p></p><p>I too have read about large babies and risk of future diabetes. I think both of your babies were big... certainly above average. So I googled average birthweight UK and found the link below, which says at 40 weeks the average weight is 7.63lb. </p><p><a href="http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a1004000/average-fetal-length-and-weight-chart" target="_blank">http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a1004000/average-fetal-length-and-weight-chart</a></p><p></p><p>I've also read that when insulin resistance develops, the next thing that develops is high BP followed later by high HbA1c, and that was the case with me too - one happened about 3 years after the other.</p><p></p><p>You mention taking cholesterol meds. Was/is that a statin? Statins have been associated with people getting T2 diabetes. There is more info about this at Bloodsugar101, which is an excellent site if you are interested in more details about T2 diabetes and everything to do with it:</p><p><a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ButtterflyLady, post: 929873, member: 43498"] I think the answer to this is complex and I don't know the extent to which genetics and BMI play a part. There may have been people in your family who would have had high normal or pre-D or D levels of HbA1c if they were tested, but they never were, and they never showed frank signs of T2. I too have read about large babies and risk of future diabetes. I think both of your babies were big... certainly above average. So I googled average birthweight UK and found the link below, which says at 40 weeks the average weight is 7.63lb. [URL]http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a1004000/average-fetal-length-and-weight-chart[/URL] I've also read that when insulin resistance develops, the next thing that develops is high BP followed later by high HbA1c, and that was the case with me too - one happened about 3 years after the other. You mention taking cholesterol meds. Was/is that a statin? Statins have been associated with people getting T2 diabetes. There is more info about this at Bloodsugar101, which is an excellent site if you are interested in more details about T2 diabetes and everything to do with it: [URL]http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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