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Mandy Summer Jessen <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:49:57 -0600
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   Hi! I am a nursing student at the Unuversity of North Dakota.  I have
been doing some research on silicone implants and breastfeeding.  I
thought there would be some very harmful effects on the infant.  I looked
in the lactnet archives to see what has been discussed about this issue.
After doing my research, I have to agree that the benefits of
breastfeeding outweigh the risks of silicone.
   The JAMA article "Scleroderma Like Esophageal Disease in Children
Breast-Fed by Mothers With Silicone Breast Implants" does not have a
large enough sample size (n=28) to be significant.  I have been looking
for replications of this study, but have had no luck.
   Riordan and Auerbach (1993) noted that women who had previous breast
surgery had greater than a threefold risk of lactation insufficiency
compared with women who had not had surgery.  Mohrbacher and Stock (1997)
noted that all women who have breast augmentation surgery develop
scarring inside the breasts, and this can cause pain and discomfort when
the mother breastfeeds.
   I am interested to know if anyone has noticed in their practice a
greater incidence of insufficiency and pain in women with silicone
implants.  And also, do women with silicone implants tend to believe that
they can not breastfeed until they are informed otherwise? Thank you.

     Auerbach, K.G. & Riordan, J. (1993). "Breastfeeding and Human
Lactation". Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

     Levine, J.J. & Ilowite, N.T. (1994). Scleroderma Like Esophageal
Disease in Children Breast-Fed By Mothers With Silicone Breast Implants.
JAMA, 272 (10),770.

     Mohrbacher, N. & Stock, J. (1997). "The Breastfeeding Answer Book".
Revised ed. Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International.

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