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I have just found this very interesting group and have a few questions but first

will tell you a little about myself.

My name is Lorainne, I live in London, England and I am 34 years old. I had BPES

as a baby and was operated on at around age 2 at Guy's Hospital in London. The

doctors did a great job and apart from a slight squint (which had to be

corrected later) the results were very good I think. I inherited the condition

from my Dad who only has it slightly (he never had an operation). My Dad's

father and sister also had the condition but his other brother and sister didn't

have it. My Dad is originally from Ireland and his father had 13 brothers and

sisters (!!). I will try to find out how many of them inherited it.

I am expecting a baby at the end of March so I wanted to find out a bit more

about the condition and the way it is treated now in case my child (or any of my

future children) have it. At the scan they told me my baby is going to be a

girl.

I don't have any other symptoms/conditions mentioned on this site, only the

BPES.

I have a few questions which I am hoping some of you can answer....!!!

1) I have read that some females with BPES are infertile or have a very early

menopause - for what proportion of females with BPES is this true? - I conceived

very quickly at age 33 and my Aunt who had BPES had a baby in her 30's too. I

don't have any problems with my periods.

2) I had my eye ops in 1978 and am wondering if any medical procedures have

changed since then - for example the doctors said to my Mum that I needed to

wait till age 2 to let my eyes develop more but then later they said that

leaving the ops this late may have caused a squint - what age did any of

you/your children have the op?

3) Does anyone know what are the chances my baby will have BPES. Does it pass

more through the male or female line or does it make no difference?

I will continue to look in to this site and I hope some of you can answer my

questions. I will also post a photo when I have time. Of course when I have my

baby (God willing) I will post a photo of her too (well I hope they are right

that it is a girl as I have been given loads of pink baby clothes.....:-)

Lorainne