My sister is 34 years old and has had type�1 diabetes for nine years. She is pregnant with her second child (the first child does not have diabetes and is seven years old). She has just had her blood test results back and they say she has a 1:106 chance of having a Downs Syndrome baby. Are diabetics prone to having Downs babies (there is no history of Downs Syndrome in our family or her husbands family)? Could there be a chance with her diabetes that this may change the statistics on the blood test?

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