Anyone heard of clusters of BA?

[kirsw]

Hello guys,

My daughter was born with BA 3 years ago in our local hospital. She is nearly 3 years old and 2.5 years post transplant, oh and she is fantastic

Obviously at first we were consumed with the desire to know what caused it but it has kind of faded with time, recently the question is bothering me a lot again as I've heard of at least 2 other babies born since her with BA in the same hospital. Given that they deliver ~5500 babies a year it seems quite a high rate. At least 3 in 17,000 compared to the 1 in 17,000 we were told is the norm. I know the cause is unknown but it seems really strange to me, just wondered if anyone else has heard of similar clusters?

Many thanks

K

[McSousa]

Don't know really, but they might now go for 10 years with no cases at all which would bring the odds down. Just a thought. So glad to hear she's dong well!

[masonel]

Hi there, shortly after I was diagnosed in 1982 we discovered that another girl at the same doctor's surgery had BA too! Quite a coincidence given the low rate across the country...