Can a woman breastfeed after breast augmentation?
Most women who have had breast augmentation find breastfeeding with implants to be no more difficult than breastfeeding without implants. Some women who have breastfed with and without implants say that breastfeeding with implants is easier! In the early 1990s, when the first reports or problems with silicone implants were released, there was fear that breastfeeding with silicone implants could endanger the child. Studies were done and they have found no evidence that this is the case. Silicone molecules are too large to pass into the milk ducts and therefore cannot reach the child. Usually, the milk ducts that bring milk from the lobes and lobules of the breast to the nipple are not disturbed or cut during breast implant surgery. The implant is placed in a pocket under all of the breast tissue. This is especially true of the transumbilical breast augmentation (TUBA), where the breast implants are inserted through incisions at the navel. Please read our Breastfeeding Section for the co
The answer is yes. A lot of women ask if they can breast feed after Breast Augmentation Surgery. For the vast majority of women who have BA breastfeeding is no more difficult with implants than without. Breastfeeding is a growing concern with patients who have had Breast Augmentation surgery. In previous years, women who received implants were married and had already finished with childbearing. However, more and more single women, and women who have not finished or even begun childbearing are having the surgery. In 1992, the first report of a Silicone Illness hit the media. At that time there was fear that breastfeeding with silicone implants would endanger the child. There has been studies performed to show this not to be the case. The main reason being that the silicone molecule is too large to pass into the milk ducts. Particularly with the belly button approach, the breast tissue and ducts are not disturbed, cut or affected. The procedure literally takes place under all of the brea
