I think it is VERY IMPORTANT to have the ultrasound ASAP. Breast changes
often occur during pregnancy and many times it is just an element of
pregnancy that causes these changes. I was 5 months preggo when I discovered
a LARGE hard ball in my left breast. I WANTED IT OUT no matter WHAT it was. I
called the top breast surgeon in NYC and asked if he would do it. They said
"SUre but you really should wait till you have a conclusive
ultrasound."....SO off I went and had it done (this was after my DR scared
the daylights out of me), and the tech said, "Nothing to worry about, just a
large cyst that will probably correct itself."

I asked if he thought I should have a mammogram done and he told me NO, that
after the mammogram shows something most women are sent directly for
ultrasound anyhow. WHY don't they just do ULTRASOUNDS in the first place
rather than mammograms????? They are safer...
At any rate, I would think that this woman is surely going to be JUST fine if
she gets an ultrasound, and finds out WHAT this could be. I know a few who
had breast cancer POP up during pregnancy and who had to do the whole
radiation thing WHILE pregnant. Not something I personally would ignore, not
worth it.

Hope that helps, and the ultrasound BTW is not painful in anyway! Just a
little embarrassing, but clearly not as embarrassing as OTHER kinds of
ultrasounds some of us preggos have had to have. LOL...
Best Wishes to this woman!

~Kim
The chronic pain/lactation/pregnancy person...

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