What a timely post.  I went for a mammogram yesterday.  I had my  first child
at 35 and pretty much was nursing up until I was 44.  Every  mammogram I had
(even my baseline at almost 37 years of age) I was pretty much  lactating.  To
do my baseline I waited the 4 months. They wanted to retest  and it took many
months to get the appointment. By the time the apt came I was  pregnant with
my second.

I waited until she was 21/2 and not nursing to much and my doctor
recommended going in for another mammogram.  I was now 40.  I told the  tech I was
nursing and they were OK with it.

I went back for a recheck on the left and my daughter was now a nursing 3
year old.  They were not to happy about it, but would do it.   When she 5 1/2 I
was due for another mamo.  I didn't even bother telling  them I was nursing.
It was only a few times a week by then.

Fast forward to yesterday.  I have not lactated in 2 1/2 years  now.  I
decided to tell this technician that all my previous mamos I was  lactating and now
they were going to look at my breasts as not lactating. She  was so bent out
of shape that I had all those previous mamos while  lactating.

I told her the techs didn't have the same reaction she had to it.   Should I
have waited to have a mamo?  I would have been in middle of 44  years of age.

My primary physician thought it was OK due to the fact that the nursing was
infrequent at that point.  I don't get some of these techs.  They are  working
with breasts and know nothing about breastfeeding.
:(
Cindy Fagiano
Peer Breastfeeding Counselor, Chicago

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