Dawn Adams jovially describes herself as ‘chaos’, but in my opinion she is a multi-tasking, time-defying, change-making superhero - with an undeniably soothing voice to boot.

Dawn is a former teacher turned midwife with a specialist interest in diabetes and pregnancy from Northern Ireland. She's is also completing a PhD in type 1 diabetes, pregnancy and wearable technology, and uses any remaining spare minute to advocate for awareness around type 1 diabetes and menopause, after she found a lack of information and peer support to help guide her through her own experience. All of this, plus she’s been handling the not-so-small task of living with type 1 diabetes for 30 years.

Diagnosed at the age of 22, Dawn was one of the first in her hospital to receive a modern insulin injection pen, but in the same week she was told it was unlikely she would be able to have children because of her diagnosis.

That thankfully turned out not to be the case, and she has four healthy boys with the man who proposed to her just weeks after her type 1 diagnosis - a commitment to figuring it all out together.

Dawn’s full time job as a midwife is dedicated to helping women bring life into the world, and her advocacy work gives a mouthpiece to the silenced women who are coping with the life-altering affects of menopause with type 1 diabetes. What an inspiration. I admire Dawn’s spirit, her quiet courage, her belief in working together to make progress and most of all, her attitude to life.

Prepare to fall in love with Dawn!

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