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Can I Breastfeed With Implants?
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When I was younger I got breast implants. Now that I am having a baby, I really want to breast feed. Is it still possible or even safe to breast feed if you have breast implants?
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Monday 15th of March 2010 07:28:07 AM
You will just be able to know if it is possible or not to brestfeed when you try, coz all depends about your body nature and how did you got the implants as well, some women never get implants and they find difficult or neither can not breastfeed their babies, other women have got implants and some says that if you pick the method of get the implant by the nipple it can cut the milk ducts and or make difficult for yout to breastfeed future or stop you to do that either the implants over the muscle on the chest can help you to find difficult to breastfeed, but your case will just be find out after you give a try. Cheers.
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Wednesday 24th of March 2010 03:07:55 AM
This depends a lot on how the surgery is done, and whether you have it done by someone who is experienced in breast surgery with the goal of preserving breastfeeding in the process. The biggest concern with any kind of breast surgery is that the nerves and milk ducts around the nipple may be severed. If this happens, then breastfeeding becomes difficult, if not impossible (although the nerves have been known to reconnect in a small percentage of women).
Breast augmentation surgery, however, doesn't usually involve incisions close to the nipple or areola (the dark area around the nipple). Talk with your surgeon about how the incision will be made. Incisions made in the fold below the breast rarely interfere with breastfeeding. Incisions made in the armpits--if the surgeon is careful to avoid nerves--are not likely to interfere.
One other note--breastfeeding naturally augments breasts--at least as long as you are nursing!
According to the FDA, you may not be able to breast feed after breast implantation. Some women who undergo breast augmentation can successfully breast feed and some cannot. Women who undergo a mastectomy will be unable to breast feed on the affected side due to loss of breast tissue and glands that produce milk.
A study found that women with either silicone gel-filled or saline-filled breast implants showed lactation insufficiency (not enough milk) ranging from 28-64%. The periareolar approach (incision cite is around the nipple) was the factor most associated with lactation insufficiency.
Speaking from personal experience, but I'm sure it depends on the individual, YES you can breast feed with breast implants.
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Monday 5th of April 2010 12:50:26 AM
It depends how the implants were inserted and if the nipples were moved. If the implants were placed behind you breast tissue then breast feeding should be OK.
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