I've recently come across a blog where a woman's second child totally
refused one side.  She had the help of a lactation consultant and other
support and has been able to go on to feed one sided with no problem with
the feeding.  Her MIL was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and she
decided she should take note of some of the changes in her own breast.  She
is in her 30s.

In the last few days this woman has been diagnosed with inflammatory breast
cancer.

The situation has left me curious.  If you had a mother present with refusal
of one side by the baby, and there was no obvious sign of problem, would you
warn that this can be a sign of breast cancer and that, while many mothers
and babies have no problem and happily one feed, it's worth knowing what to
look for?

 In this case, in the five months since the baby was born the woman's breast
developed peau d'orange and other symptoms of IBC.  In less than three weeks
she will have gone from ringing the doctor to have her breast looked, to
diagnosis, (possibly to weaning) and to starting chemo.

Obviously, no-one wants to scare a woman unnecessarily.  Yet IBC is a
fast-growing and lethal cancer in which only 40% of patients in the US
survive five years. (http://www.ibcresearch.org/)

I'm really interested the views of the Lactneters.

Thanks
Suzie Heaton
Australia

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