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Traits Passed to Children from Type1....

tbeigle

tbeigle

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Hey Guys...

My daughter's mom was Type 1 Diabetic. Now when my daughter was born, thankfully my daughter
was not. However, are there any other traits that could be passed on resulting from her mom being
diabetic?
 
Hi @tbeigle and welcome to the forum.

If your daughter had been born with diabetes then it would have been classified as neonatal diabetes. Type1 does not affect babies under 6 months.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to...es/Other-types-of-diabetes/Neonatal-diabetes/

People of all ages can be diagnosed with Type1 diabetes and there is a risk if the mother is a Type1.

  • The risk for a child of a parent with type 1 diabetes is lower if it is the mother — rather than the father — who has diabetes. "If the father has it, the risk is about 1 in 10 (10 percent) that his child will develop type 1 diabetes — the same as the risk to a sibling of an affected child," Dr. Warram says. On the other hand, if the mother has type 1 diabetes and is age 25 or younger when the child is born, the risk is reduced to 1 in 25 (4 percent) and if the mother is over age 25, the risk drops to 1 in 100 — virtually the same as the average American.
  • If one of the parents developed type 1 diabetes before age 11, their child's risk of developing type 1 diabetes is somewhat higher than these figures and lower if the parent was diagnosed after their 11th birthday.

  • http://www.joslin.org/info/genetics_and_diabetes.html
As to traits, are we talking about personality and appearance? If so there is nothing specific to a diabetic.
 
As Catherine's article explains there's a risk with one parent having type 1. but try not to dwell on this and just enjoy your child growing up.
 
catherinecherub said:
Hi @tbeigle and welcome to the forum.

If your daughter had been born with diabetes then it would have been classified as neonatal diabetes. Type1 does not affect babies under 6 months.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to...es/Other-types-of-diabetes/Neonatal-diabetes/

People of all ages can be diagnosed with Type1 diabetes and there is a risk if the mother is a Type1.

  • The risk for a child of a parent with type 1 diabetes is lower if it is the mother — rather than the father — who has diabetes. "If the father has it, the risk is about 1 in 10 (10 percent) that his child will develop type 1 diabetes — the same as the risk to a sibling of an affected child," Dr. Warram says. On the other hand, if the mother has type 1 diabetes and is age 25 or younger when the child is born, the risk is reduced to 1 in 25 (4 percent) and if the mother is over age 25, the risk drops to 1 in 100 — virtually the same as the average American.
  • If one of the parents developed type 1 diabetes before age 11, their child's risk of developing type 1 diabetes is somewhat higher than these figures and lower if the parent was diagnosed after their 11th birthday.

  • http://www.joslin.org/info/genetics_and_diabetes.html
As to traits, are we talking about personality and appearance? If so there is nothing specific to a diabetic.
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I have heard these stats before. I am 25 now and plan on trying for a baby soon. If I get pregnant right away I will be 26 when the baby is born. Also, I was 11 when I was diagnosed so I'm right on the borderline for having a lower risk of passing it on to my future child. Do you know why age of the mother/diagnosis makes such a difference in the risk of passing it on?
 
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