I noticed a this new group a little while back...so now I was just wondering.Is this something many people deal with if they have type1.
My husband and I are both t1. He since 1970 and I since 1986. When I was 32 (he was 48) we decided it was time to have a child. We knew that there would be issues because of symptoms he had. The short story is that he was diagnosed with t1 prior to blood testing and went through a stretch of several years where he ended up in the hospital, all skin and bones, because he did not take care of himself. The theory is that this is what caused complete testicular failure. We went to a fertility doctor (who confirmed his diagnosis with some testing) and then did a round of artificial insemination. The first round failed. This did not surprise me, but it did the doctor. I just figured that it takes a couple of tries. The next round I took clomid and a shot that induces ovulation. That round was successful and we have a perfect little boy (at least in our eyes). When I was pregnant, I had a lot of additional testing. We probably had 10 ultrasounds, monthly visits to the endo, earlier beginning to the nonstress tests, an extra visit to the dentist and opthalmologist, and thenI was induced at 37 weeks. The parinatologist ordered this. His reasoning was that there is a greater risk of still birth for diabetics, so get the baby out as soon as you can to reduce the risk. My son was born at 8lbs, 5oz (thank God we didn't go another 3 weeks) eventhough my A1C was between 5.6 and 5.8 my entire pregnancy.
I don't know if my story answers your question, but maybe it gives you at least one story. I am in good shape, no complications. My endo never expected me to have trouble with either getting pregnant or being pregnant.
Sarah,
I'm curious if you asked your endo the likelihood of your child having t1 as well since you and your hubby are both t1? I have wondered about what would happen if two t1's had a child and the chances of the child being t1 as well?
Hope that isn't too personal a question.
pat
Endo said it would be insignificant increase, ophthalmologist said huge increase, Fertility doc said insignificant increase, AND we used a sperm donor. We picked our donor using matching of the most physical similarities, no one would ever guess that our son is not genetically related to my husband by looking at them.
Also, neither of us have anyother autoimmune disorders, so that may be the reason for most of the docs not being concerned. We did both have aunts that are t1 (his maternal, mine paternal), but that is the end of the familial link. Our families also don't have autoimmune disorders. Of course, that could always change, but as of right now, we are free of other issues.
cool :) totally forgot the part about sperm donor. guess that helps a little.
Thanks Sarah,Y'all have a beautiful child :) Kind of you to share your story....
very nice story Sarah, and you have a beautiful baby :)
My best friend has offered to be my surragate so that I don't have to worry about complications durring the pregnancy
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Sarah,
I'm curious if you asked your endo the likelihood of your child having t1 as well since you and your hubby are both t1? I have wondered about what would happen if two t1's had a child and the chances of the child being t1 as well?
Hope that isn't too personal a question.
pat
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Pat,
It is a 5% chance a wonman with diabetes will pass it on to their kids and 7% for a diabetic male...I loved these percentages since men had a high chance than women.....but just so you have numbers
Sarah, you have a beautiful son. I'm glad it worked out.
I think in a healthy well-controlled t1, there shouldn't be much more risk. From what my OB said, there's a slightly higher risk but not major. Of my t1 friends, only one has had trouble with fertility. My endo did recommend getting started on the earlier side to have kids b/c of increased risk during the pregnancy but felt b/c I'm pretty healthy, I'd be fine to try through my mid-30's.