I currently have a lump on my breast and I am going in this afternoon for an ultrasound. If it is a cyst, the doctor will want to remove it to biopsy.
Anyone out there had a cyst surgically removed during pregnancy and also tried to breastfeed? I really want to be able to breastfeed, and I don't want something like this to interfere.
2007-03-27 02:40:25 · 4 answers · asked by ishyboo 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I am 18 weeks along...
2007-03-27 02:43:45 · update #1
My first question would be to ask why a doctor would want to remove an obvious cyst from a breast of a pregnant woman. A cyst is not cancer....it is a fluid filled sac, and they usually will come and go with fluctuations in hormones. I would get a second opinion before I allowed a doctor to surgically remove one from my breast.
2007-03-27 12:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lissacal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It can interfere with your ability to breasfeed. You still may be able to feed from that breast, but you definitely can from the other breast. Talk to you dr about this. He'll tell you all about it. When he cuts into the breast, he will be interfering with the milk ducts and such inside the breast tissue. Any surgery cutting the breast is leaving room for not breastfeeding. For example, even getting implants can interfere.
I have heard of women you had surgery and never had a problem feeding their babies, and others couldn't. Your doctor is the best person to ask. He'll tell you all the facts straight out.
Good luck with this! Hope everything works out for the best!
2007-03-27 02:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask if a fine needle biopsy is a possibility.
Remember, you have two breasts. :-)
http://www.nursingmother.com/reading_room/nurse_w_one.html
Breast surgery can sometimes have an effect on nursing. It's in your favor that this doesn't sound like the kind of surgery where they would want to remove and reattach the nipple. (That usually causes the most problems.)
This site is on breastfeeding after a reduction, but some of the info can apply to any mother who has breast surgery:
http://www.bfar.org/
2007-03-27 02:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would ask my doctor you never know you may still be able to good luck
2007-03-30 22:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. CuTT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋