On 24/04/2012 22:13, Ilene Fabisch wrote:
> I saw a mom today that has a pituitary tumor. Takes medication when not
> pregnant but stopped with pregnancy. MD told her likely can't breastfeed
> because the tumor will grow.
> Anyone know anything about this and if bfing is possible?
>
I typed 'breastfeeding prolactinoma' into Pubmed and got back several
articles that look interesting, but it isn't possible to tell much from
the abstracts - do you have facilities for ordering articles? From what
I could gather, it's possible in at least some cases.
Best wishes,
Dr Sarah Vaughan
MBChB MRCGP
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