Usually our bodies surround foreign objects, so the marker is likely embedded in tissue. She should just nurse and not worry about it. I cannot imagine that it freely travel thru ducts.

Anne


Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM
Clinical Professor, Dept of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical Director of UW Health Lactation Services
Co- Medical Director, Mothers Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
President of The Milk Mob,  A Collective of Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Educators
www.themilkmob.org


Date:    Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:39:46 -0600
From:    Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: situation

41 yo mom of 8 day old baby.  Had a titanium marker put in breast (for calcifications) just before her surprise pg.  No one seems able to tell her what will happen with titanium marker in breast.  She has been pumping and dumping (aaarrrggghhh) since day 2.  I told  her it wouldn't rust and if it somehow came thru breast duct to nipple it would make her uncomfortable, but if baby swallowed it it would be no big deal and would be excreted.  She was also told she will need a mammo as soon as baby weans.  Somedays I feel like screaming - where has common sense gone???  Pat in SNJ

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