I am posting with permission for a mother who recently had a mammogram.  She is
currently bf her 5th child, age 3.  The mammogram was just routine, no lump was
felt, and she currently can feel no lump.  The results were "abnormal" because a
dense area was detected on 1 breast.  Would I be correct in thinking that her
age (40) and the fact that she is bf could lead to the breast tissue being more
dense, than say a nonlactating older woman?  I do not know whether the person
reading the mammogram knew if she was bf, but the person ordering it did.  Now
she is scheduled to have a compression mammogram and is unsure about going
through with it, mainly because she feels there isn't likely a problem and she
will have to pay for the test, as she had already had to pay for the 1st.
Unless there is something that she is not being told, I am wondering why she
could not watch to area and have the mammogram repeated later and note any
changes, perhaps bf child right before the test too, and making sure it is read
by someone familiar the lactating breast.


Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated,

Natalie Hessell
LLL, CLC




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