This seems like a situation that Dr Katrina Mitchell may be able to weigh in on. I believe that she is reachable through iable. She is affiliated with the Ridley Tree Cancer Center. She is a breast surgeon as well as an IBCLC.
Holding good thoughts for this mama.
Mimi Leza BSN, RN, PHN, IBCLC
Ventura, Ca., USA
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> On Apr 11, 2024, at 10:28 PM, MIMI LEZA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This seems like a situation that Dr Katrina Mitchell may be able to weigh in on. I believe that she is reachable through iable. She is affiliated with the Ridley Tree Cancer Center. She is a breast surgeon as well as an IBCLC.
> Holding good thoughts for this mama.
>
> Mimi Leza BSN, RN, PHN, IBCLC
> Ventura, Ca., USA
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:42:30 +0100
>> From: Pamela Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Breast reduction surgery during breastfeeding
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>> What a really sad and difficult situation. I'd just like to add to
>> Rahmat's excellent points, that the size of the left breast during
>> breastfeeding, particularly unilateral breastfeeding as is happening now,
>> may bear little relation to the size of the breast six months on from when
>> weaning has taken place, whenever that is. One month wont be enough. So
>> to do a reduction on a recently lactating breast is unrealistic. I would
>> want a second opinion about the likely outcome of reduction surgery now
>> from a breastfeeding-savvy surgeon, rather than just a plastic surgeon.
>> And surely the insurance company who are insisting on this surgery now will
>> not want to anticipate further breast augmentation surgery at some point in
>> the future for aesthetic reasons once the left breast has fully involuted.
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>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:46:49 -0400
>> From: Donna Dolwick <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Breast reduction surgery during breastfeeding
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>> Every reduction I have seen involves the removal of the nipple and reattachment. I would be shocked if they allow suckling on the reattached nipple.
>> If they are able to do a reduction without the removal of the nipple it could be possible. However, the resulting reduction would probably not be as aesthetically pleasing. I wish her the best in such a tough situation.
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>> Donna Goggin-Dolwick, RN, BSN, IBCLC
>> Michigan, USA
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>>> Subject: Breast reduction surgery during breastfeeding
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>>> Hello all of you from Spain,
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>>> First of all, sorry about my English.
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>>> I want to ask you about your experience with breast reduction surgery during breastfeeding.
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>>> A breastfeeding mother had breast cancer and a total mastectomy on her right breast. She has an expander in her right breast now.
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>>> She is now having the final implant placed in her right breast and her surgeon has proposed reduction surgery on her left breast to make them more symmetrical. Her left breast is larger than the breast size she will have with the implant in her right breast. That is why the surgeon, and the woman as well, wants to do the reduction surgery on the left breast.
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>>> The woman is breastfeeding her 17-month-old baby from the left breast and does not want to stop breastfeeding now.
>>> Surgeon proposes surgery for May.
>>> She is going to ask to have it delayed so that she has more time to find out about other options or to wean more quietly.
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>>> For insurance reasons the woman cannot postpone the surgery on the left breast and has to have both surgeries (left and right breasts) done at the same time.
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>>> Do you have experience with breast reduction surgery during breastfeeding?
>>> If it is possible doing this kind of surgery during breastfeeding, which kind of surgery technic is better for breastfeeding?
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>>> I know it's a difficult situation and may be the answer is "it's impossible" but I need to know all the possibilities.
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>>> Thanks in advance.
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