Dear Dawn,

I can't imagine why this mother would have to wean at this point.  Have the doctors given her a specific reason?  Extra medullary hematopoiesis refers to the production of blood cells which is happening outside of the bone marrow.  Don't know how this is linked to a breast lump.  Was the lump cancerous?  Mother can be biopsied, have bone marrow extracted and blood drawn without weaning - it happens all the time.  What on earth does any of this have to do with breastfeeding?  She may have to wean at some point if she gets a dx of CA and needs to undergo chemo.  She needs to talk with her doctors again and ask more questions.


Warmly,
Sharon Knorr, BSMT, ASCP, IBCLC
Newark, NY (near Rochester on Lake Ontario)
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