Can I Breastfeed After Getting Breast Implants?

By Dr. York Yates

With the many advantages of breastfeeding, breast augmentation candidates who are planning on becoming pregnant later wonder if they can be able to breastfeed safely after receiving implants.

Any operation does have side effects, and while there is a chance that breast augmentation can affect the ability to breast feed more than likely you'll be able to continue to breast feed normally and safely. Decisions you make, along with your surgeon, will minimize the prospect that breast-feeding will be affected.

Two sorts of incisions for breast augmentation are around the nipple, and the inframammary incision, which is on the crease on the underside of the breast. The inframammary incision causes zero division of milk glandular tissue or ducts, and reduces the danger of any negative impact on breastfeeding. Incisions round the nipple do divide a number of the milk glands, which makes it a little more risky, however breastfeeding has a high likelihood of being successful with either incision.

There have been numerous studies on the chance of babies breastfeeding from mothers with breast implants, and so far no risks have been found. It's safe for babies to breastfeed when their mother has undergone a breast implant procedure.

Many women with breast implants select not to breast-feed and I think this proportion might be beyond that of the general public. I assume that there is a fear that breast-feeding will "ruin" the results of their surgery. While it's true that pregnancy can cause a droop of the breasts this is a natural occurrence in women with or without a previous "boob job". There was an interesting study about three years ago that suggested pregnancy affected the breasts equally with or without breast-feeding, although my experience suggests otherwise I found the study to be interesting.

Women who would like to enhance the shape or size of their breasts will more than likely not have their ability to breastfeed be impacted by their surgery, although there is a possibility. Discuss your considerations with your surgeon and together you can make choices that will minimize the risks while enjoying the results. - 31824

About the Author:

Dr. York Yates is a Utah plastic surgeon specializing in Utah breast implants and other plastic surgery procedures.

Issues That Are Common When Breastfeeding

By Olivia Weston

Breastfeeding is the most natural way to feed your baby and also the best thing you can do for him. Baby will build up important immunities from feeding from your breast.

The convenience of breastfeeding far outweighs that of bottle feeding. There are better things you could be doing with your time, rather than steralising bottles and making up endless feeds.

Breastfeeding does not cause problems to many mothers, but there are some common issues that you could come across at some stage.

Thrush - a harmless yeast infection which forms in the baby's mouth. Although a normal part of the digestive system, an infection will set in if an overgrowth occurs.

Symptoms of thrush are, breast or nipple pain. Also nipples can be very sensitive, itchy or even become cracked. As it develops in the baby's mouth, it is passed back and forth so you need to seek advice as soon as you see the symptoms.

Mastitis - milk ducts that have become infected with bacteria is the cause of mastitis. Breasts will be inflamed, red and feel hard. It is easy cured by antibiotics and you will be given a type that will allow you continue to breast feed.

Very Fast Milk Flow - Does your baby start to splutter and cough as soon as he starts to feed? This could be down to your milk flowing too fast. This is distressing for both mother and baby. A way to deal with this is to express some milk before each breast before feeding, this could slow down the milk flow. Trying to hold baby in a different position may also make it easier for him to take the milk.

Baby Does Not Want To Feed - Are you washing down a curry from the night before with a glass of orange juice? Spicy or acidic foods can really affect the taste of your milk and baby may not like this. As well as keeping your diet healthy and varied, make sure you drink plenty of water and stay off the ultra spicy foods.

Is Baby Taking Enough? - Bottle feeding Mums know exactly how much milk their baby is taking. But how much is the right amount? If your baby feeds well at the breast and is growing and healthy, then do not stress. Babies let you know when they are hungry and will take exactly what they need. - 31824

About the Author:

Want to see some more new baby ideas? then visit Olivia Weston's site for plenty more information on how to deal with a new baby.

Breast Is Not Always Best.

By Anna Snyder

Okay, so you just had a baby or you are in the process of having on, and you are deciding whether to use formula or to breast feed.

We quite often have a birth plan, and in the process of making this birth plan, we decide this. Unfortunately, we can't see the future, and so we don't really quite know the outcome of this. Sometimes our bodies don't quite cooperate with our minds and what we think is right.

Many situations will help us choose what we will do, and we always try to choose what is best at that point in time for our baby. Multiple births tend to lean towards the bottle feeding, but some mom's do both. Single births, depending on complications as well, will help with the decision whether or not the mom is going to breast feed.

Prematurity is another situation of this instance. The mother may be going through way to many things to be able to breast feed, or in some instances, may not even come, or the baby may not have his or her sucking reflex and the mother will have to pump to provide the milk for her baby. My son was born 8 weeks premature, and I had to get my milk to come in by constantly pumping. He didn't quite have his sucking reflex yet, so he couldn't stimulate my milk to come in normally. I wanted him to have my milk because of the antibodies in the breast milk.

Although breast milk was the best for my son because of his prematurity, and the antibodies would ward off any extra germs that he could have picked up, if I had chosen formula to feed him then he would have gotten stronger faster and gained weight faster. This is not necessarily true for all cases, but for mine it was because for some reason, my breast milk did not have enough fat in it to help him gain weight. So, I ended up having to add more calories with a substance called human milk fortifier, supplied by the hospital. And, he also had to have liquid vitamins on top of all that, producing extra work for me. But, at the time he was my only child and so I could devote all my time to him.

And devote my time I did. He had such a sensitive tummy when he was little. I would pump for him, then I would bottle feed him the breast milk (mind you, it took him an hour to drink 1 ounce) and sometimes he would throw up everything and I would have to start again. I only gave him my breast milk at the time because I believed that breast is best. Not all moms who have other children will have time and patience to do this.

My other two children were easier in a sense because they were born full term with a suck reflex. I nursed my second son for 9 months and my daughter for 11 months. In that process, I had mastitis tons of times and that is very painful. I think that if I had known all the complications involved in nursing, I may not have done it.

Formula today has come a long way. Sometimes mothers choose it over breast feeding because of its convenience. Breast feeding can be convenient too, but not when you are going out and want to leave the little one with someone else.

I think that the best thing for this day and age is for the mom to be able to do both, breast feed and bottle feed the baby. That way the baby can have the breast milk, and the mom can take a break and give the baby a bottle as well. (Time for bonding with Dad!!)

Some women may not be able to breast feed and I think that it is okay. These moms need to stop being frowned upon because they choose to formula feed their baby. There are tons of medical cases and reasons why they choose to bottle feed and formula feed, and I think that it is a matter of choice. The baby is still being fed, and is happy and just as healthy as the breast fed baby.

So whatever you choose to do, take day by day. Don't let anyone tell you that you did the wrong thing, or made the wrong decision. You as a mom know what is best for your baby, and for yourself. - 31824

About the Author:

Anna Snyder is a young mother to 3 beautiful children. She loves everything to do with pregnancy and maternity, and loves to share her knowledge. Come and visit her online store, it is filled with Beautiful Swimwear For Beautiful Women!

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