Can I Get Pregnant After Breast Reduction?
Breast reduction should not adversely affect your pregnancy. It is safe for you to become pregnant after breast reduction.
However, it may impact your ability to breastfeed. As a result you should talk to your surgeon about your hopes to have children in the future. (Jerome Edelstein, MD, Toronto Plastic Surgeon)
Breast reduction will not affect a safe pregnancy in the future. Moreover, the vast majority of our breast reduction patients have been able to breast feed however after more extensive breast reductions then breast feeding may be affected.
During your consultation, the board certified plastic surgeons will be able to advise you further based on the scope of the surgery. (Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS, West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon)
Breast Reduction Surgery Before Or After Pregnancy
It may even help – to the extent that the normal increase in breast size that is associated with pregnancy will be reduced to some degree. Breast feeding is potentially a different issue. While the majority of breast reduction patients are able to breast feed, that may be affected and even impaired by the surgery.
If breast feeding for a future pregnancy is a priority to you, then it may be prudent to wait with this surgery until you’re finished with your pregnancies. (Alan M. Engler, MD, FACS, New York Plastic Surgeon)
Getting Pregnant After Breast Reduction Surgery
Breast feeding could be an issue depending on the method
There is no reason you should not have a successful pregnancy after breast reduction. Breast feeding can sometimes be an issue, so find out what method of reduction your doctor plans on using.
If it is a free nipple graft, then you won’t be able to breast feed. Many breast reduction patients who have been pregnant have been able to breast feed, and there are even websites devoted to the topic. (Francisco Canales, MD, Santa Rosa Plastic Surgeon)
Pregnancy after breast reduction is no problem.
Most can breast feed although the operation certainly is not going to make that capability more likely. The pregnancy can affect the appearance of the breast with and without breast reduction. (Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD, Atlanta Plastic Surgeon)
How Long Do I Have To Wait After A Bust Reduction To Get Pregnant
Pregnancy okay after breast reduction
Most of the time a pregnancy following a breast reduction does not complicate or compromise your surgical outcome. Breast feeding may or may not be successful after a reduction, though.
That being said, many women cannot breast feed anyway, whether they’ve had a reduction or not so it’s impossible to predict whether or not you could successfully breast feed. (Deason Dunagan, MD, Huntsville Plastic Surgeon)
Pregnancy is safe after breast reduction
It is safe to become pregnant after breast reduction surgery. However, you may have a decrease in milk production or you may not be able to produce milk for breast-feeding. This depends entirely on the technique that is used for your reduction surgery.
It is best to discuss your concerns with a board-certified plastic surgeon who is very experienced in breast reduction. Your surgeon may be able to modify the surgery to keep the central portion of the breast intact and hopefully allow you to breast feed at a later date. (Pat Pazmino, MD, FACS, Miami Plastic Surgeon)
Effects Of Pregnancy After Breast Reduction
Breast reduction surgery will have no effect on your ability to become pregnant nor will it lead to any complications during pregnancy. However, your ability to nurse your child may be compromised. Certain breast reduction techniques, such as the one that completely detaches the nipple complex, will make it impossible to nurse and others may or may not.
If you are intent on nursing then seriously consider postponing your reduction until after you stop having children. (David A. Ross, MD (retired), Chicago Plastic Surgeon)
Pregnancy and breast reduction
You certainly can become pregnant after a breast reduction. It should have no impact on your ability to become pregnant. The pregnancy may affect your shape of your breast. (Steven Wallach, MD, New York Plastic Surgeon)
With Pregnancy Your Breasts May Change Significantly In Shape
This generally depends on the technique used to accomplish your breast reduction. If the nipple and areolar were surgically separated from the ducts (graft) then it may be impossible for you to nurse. However, in the vast majority of breast reduction procedures, these connections are left intact.
Therefore, you should be capable of nursing, if that is your question. Of course, prior to your breast reduction, we caution women that nursing may be difficult or impossible following surgery but there are several reasons for this: I have performed breast reduction on women who attempted to nurse but were incapable despite profoundly large breasts.
After surgery, although the nipple and gland may be intact, alterations in sensation may affect the ability to nurse.
Occasionally, women have or develop inverted nipples making it difficult for the baby to latch on. Some children have difficulty latching on for a variety of other reasons Repeated episodes of mastitis may deter the desire to nurse Etc.
Surely, it is worth a try for the benefits of transmitting the beneficial qualities of breast milk such as passive immunity and infant-mother bonding. (Otto Joseph Placik, MD, Chicago Plastic Surgeon)