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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "sheaton" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or > [log in to unmask]) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or > ([log in to unmask]) > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]