Yes, mine was looked at with an ultrasound wand.  Reading the mammogram
of a lactating breast, is harder, and there aren't as many skilled
technicians.

The use of the ultrasound, allows them to see if there is blood flow in
the area they are looking at.  In my case, there was blood flow in the
'lump' and it was a galactocele.

Interesting experience, watching yoghurt being drawn out your breast by
fine needle aspiration!

Hope all is well for this Mama.

Morgan Gallagher

Henya KnitMammy wrote:
> Why a mammogram and not a sonogram? Two years ago, when I had a suspicious
> lump (heavy duty B.C. history in my family) I was send for a sono. The
> reasoning my doctor gave me that lactating breasts gave a lot of false
> positives with a mammogram and sono was better. Luckily the lump turned out
> to be benign.
> All the best.
>
>

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