You may have seen a news story recently about a young woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer after trying to breastfeed her baby son. According to the newspaper, her baby became distressed when she tried to feed him from her right breast. Your breasts go through a lot of changes during and after pregnancy. Many of the changes that happen during pregnancy are caused by hormones and happen to prepare the breasts for breastfeeding. Sometimes, when breastfeeding, a milk duct in the breast can become blocked.
I found a lump while breastfeeding my baby. What should I do?
Lactation is the process of producing breast milk. For women who are pregnant or recently gave birth, lactation is normal. Hormones signal the mammary glands in your body to start producing milk to feed the baby. This is called galactorrhea, and it can happen for a variety of reasons. Galactorrhea happens to around 20 to 25 percent of women, according to Dr.
A non-cancerous benign tumour of the breast is a growth that does not spread metastasize to other parts of the body. Non-cancerous tumours are not usually life-threatening. They are typically removed with surgery and do not usually come back recur. Fibroadenomas are made up of connective and gland tissues.
The colour of breastmilk varies. Colostrum is typically yellowish and mature breastmilk is typically bluish-white. However, there is a wide range of normal when it comes to the colour of breastmilk. Most mothers are unaware of the colour of their breastmilk, unless they express.