Hi everyone,
I have been reading through the forum for a while now, though I rarely post. I am a non-diabetic myself, but in 6 months I am getting married to my partner who has Type 1 diabetes. We are intending to start a family in a few years. As I understand it, there is no definitive statistic for the likelihood of Type 1 diabetics having children with the same condition, but I was wondering if I could get an idea from forum members in a similar situation as to their experience of this? I would also like an idea of individual experiences of caring for young children with Type 1.
My partner (you may know him as UPB but please don't let that put you off replying here ) has no history of Type 1 diabetes in his family as far as we are aware.
Many thanks for any replies.
Luiseach.
I have been reading through the forum for a while now, though I rarely post. I am a non-diabetic myself, but in 6 months I am getting married to my partner who has Type 1 diabetes. We are intending to start a family in a few years. As I understand it, there is no definitive statistic for the likelihood of Type 1 diabetics having children with the same condition, but I was wondering if I could get an idea from forum members in a similar situation as to their experience of this? I would also like an idea of individual experiences of caring for young children with Type 1.
My partner (you may know him as UPB but please don't let that put you off replying here ) has no history of Type 1 diabetes in his family as far as we are aware.
Many thanks for any replies.
Luiseach.