On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:24:50 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Yesterday I went in to get a repeat mammogram to check out a "shadow" seen
on
>my first one. The tech took just a bit of history
>But she didn't ask about breastfeeding. When I asked her why she didn't
>ask, she said because it wasn't on the form (duh...) and she didn't make up
>the form. Now, seems to me if it is important to know if my first baby was
>born before or after I was age 30, it's important to know whether or not
and
>how long I breastfed.
>
>Hmmmm. When I chat w/ the OB next, I'll ask her why that isn't on the
form.
>
>When any of you all had mammograms, were you asked about bf history?
>
>Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
>
Jan I haven't yet had a mammogram, but when I was 39 my OB mentioned that
he might want to get a baseline. We discussed my hx, two children before
26, both bf for longer than a year, no family hx of breast cancer, my years
as a vegetarian, an average of only 8 to 10 menstrual periods a year, my
rock bottom low cholersterol count ect. He then exclaimed, "Your risk is
about 1 in 1,000! Especially with all that breastfeeding as a young woman.
I guess we can wait until 40 for a baseline. I'm not really that worried
about you." I will proabably still be breastfeeding my last baby (conceived
a few months after this encounter with my OB) when I turn 40 next year so I
guess we will wait a little longer.
My OB is an attending professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Loyola
University. I don't know if his 1 in 1,000 stat was hyperbole, but he
definately was aware of the protective influence of breastfeeding for an
extended period of time on the risk of cancer in the breast.
I hope your "shadow" was of no consequence. Thinking of you...
Mary Jozwiak IBCLC
Private Practice
Du Page County IL
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