Hi Suzie.  I would definitely see it as a possible red flag and would 
encourage the mom to seek a consult although would present it as a real 
outside chance of it being a problem so as not to scare her unnecessarily 
(hopefully).  Carolyn Schindewolf, LCCE, IBCLC
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From: "sheaton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:27 AM
Subject: One sided breast refusual & IBC


> 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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