From Greensboro, North Carolina, USA: Both my husband and one
year old son have type 1 diabetes. I have recently read that
with the ABO factor, the risk of developing type 1 increases, if
the high risk genes run in their family. My son had this type of
jaundice. I have blood type O- and have the Rh factor and my
husband is A+. Our son's blood type is A-. Does this increase
the risk dramatically of our next child having the chance of
being diabetic? We did have genetic testing done through a
University and when all added up, our chances with their test
concluded that we had a 7% chance of our next child developing
diabetes. They did not take any blood type into factor or that
my child developed it so early (15 months of age). I understand
that these numbers are all statistical, but I am extremely
concerned about our next child developing it and we would like
to have another. You should discuss all this directly with your
diabetes team since they would then have the specific
information upon which to give you i