Dear All, I am being consulted on a case I wanted to share with all of you. A 31- year- old, gravida 1, para 1, lacta 1. Just underwent a modified radical mastectomy. She is 35 weeks pregnant. She wants to breastfeed! The surgeon is talking about waiting on the radiation therapy for about 6 weeks postpartum and no Chem at this point. The surgeon is open to the mom breastfeeding on the unaffected breast but is concerned about the pressure of the milk coming in against the post surgical breast tissue and also concerns about a milk fistula forming on the affected side. I did talk to him about the possibility of nursing off of one breast only and helping this mom aggressively suppress lactation on the surgical side. But I too worry about a milk fistula on the surgical breast as they are so common with abcesses ect.. Plus, I've read in The Breastfeeding Answer book that you can radiate one breast only and continue to breastfeed off the other. This is a big question for me. Is this true? Can she nurse on one side while receiving radiation treatments on the affect side? I do not have all the details of this case yet but would appreciate your input. Thanks in advance. Star Siegfried RN,BA,IBCLC Arcata, Ca *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html