Will women with type 1 diabetes please answer this question?

I need to know what you've been told by your specialists and from personal experience, what the chances are that your kids will have diabetes (type 1 or 2) given that the father doesn't have diabetes, but has a family history of type 2. If you can help me out with this I'd really appreciate it. I'm dating a girl with type 1 and I'm not sure if I should continue the relationship if the chances are that our kids would be likely to have diabetes.

The genetics for Type 1 and Type 2 are completely different and UNRELATED. Meaning, if you do not have a family history or Type 1 or other autoimmune diseases in your family, the risk is not any higher.

Of course, your children could develop BOTH Type 1 and Type 2, but since you can usually prevent Type 2, I can't see this being an additional issue.

I think it is smart for people to think of the lives they may create, and I support people's individual choices on this issue.

If you are scared to have a kid with Type 1, you could always adopt with your current partner.

Usually the risk of passing Type 1 on is less than 5%, BUT it can be MUCH higher if there is a family history of Type 1 or other autoimmune diseases in her family (as high as 50% in some autosomal dominant autoimmune polyendocrine failure cases). If this is the case, I suggest you see a genetic counsellor to assess the risk.

Of course, you could also hope for the best. To each his own.

OK I can tell you what the specialist told me and a little life experience of my own. When I first got diabetes they told me not to have children I could pass the disease on then they told me that it usually skips a generation, when my oldest daughter got Type 1 her Dr told me it doesn't skip a generation to look around at my 1st cousins and see haw many had diabetes and that the Dr's had lied to me about that fact he also told me that there was a 2% chance of my kids getting it. My husbands mom was a Type 2 so that improved our children's chances of developing it either early in life or later in life.

She can have perfectly healthy children all she will have to do is control her bs and maybe have to take more shots or go on pump therapy during the time she's pregnant. I had to do that and so did my daughter when she was pregnant but her daughter is fine now.She's 8 weeks old and doing fine.

I have 2 children one is Type 1 and the other is fine for now. I started them out eating right and not eating a lot of sugar watching their carbs so on and they know the "healthy" foods now. Continue the relationship your chances are good and if she makes you happy you can deal with the rest.

It is possible, because it can be passed by your parents genes, but then again it may not be possible it depends on the dominant gene factor here. I would honestly have to say you might need to discuss this. I do not think you should cancel your relationship with this woman, because she probably inherited from her parents. Love should still there no matter what. For better or for worse. I hope this helps you.

Dont be an ***,if you dont want to be with her dont use her diabetes as an excuse! Im a type 1 diabetic with 2 kids and neither have diabetes. There is no history of diabetes in my family at all and Ive had diabetes for 18 years,my boyfriend wouldnt of chosen to not have kids in the "chance " that our kids could of been born with diabetes there are a lot more worse things that could be wrong with a child other then diabetes!If you look for a women with a clean bill of health and no sickness in her family tree you"ll never have a family

You tell him Nicky!

My doctor told me 5% chance.

who the phuck are you? Mr. Perfect? I hope somebody doesn't catch wind of your remarks here and bashes your face in, because maybe your diabetic girlfriend might say he is to ugly now to be seen with. Pathetic, conceited loser.

I have had type 1 diabetes since I was 12 (I'm 33 ) and had a healthy baby girl 6 years ago. But I won't lie. I got retinopathy when I was pregnant (which cleared up when I gave birth). There's about a 5% chance of my child getting it later.

But it infuriates me that you think of your girlfriend as damaged goods already. Do her a favor and move on--let her find someone who will love her even if she decides to adopt. Hell, you may produce a child with down's syndrome, or autism, or cancer....don't be so shallow.

I am a (girl) type 1 diabetic and when I was diagnosed at age 29 at the time I had 2 kids age 8 and 10. that was my first question. I was given the same answer by my endocrinologist, diabetes educator, diabetes nurse at the hospital, my family dr. my kids dr. The response was that there is only a 3 to 5 % chance they can/will get diabetes. now a parent with type 2 then the % ins like 30 %.