How odd for the NP to feel devastated by the actions of other people. I think she needs a hobby or something.

I'm glad to read that you are happy with your decision and had good results.

 

I was 5'0" tall with size E boobs when I got my reduction. My parents were totally on board. I was 18 and did not want to go through college the same way I went through high school and middle school. The physical discomfort is one thing, but the emotional is quite another. Had I known what sexual harassment was when I was on the receiving end of it, I probably could have made a bundle.

Either way, I knew when I got it that breastfeeding would not be possible (and my scars are quite visible and probably always will be). At the age of 27 when my first child was born, I might have experienced a bit of wistfulness about not being able to breastfeed, but that was it.

I've NEVER regretted it. The last 13 years of my life would have been miserable. My kids are happy. THey are healthy.

It was the right decision for me.

 

Yeah that nurse chose the wrong words...

I would have done the same thing had I been faced with the need. Nothing that you describe sounds bearable just to have the chance to breastfeed your baby years later.... bloody shoulders - NO WAY!

I personally have not had a drop of breastmilk in my system and I am perfectly healthy and happy. Proof in point, if you can breastfeed by all means, go ahead, if you can't, formula is perfect.

:-)

We get way too hung up on things being black and white. Nothing in life is black or white expect a zebra. All else is grey.

Great post Alex and I hope those who have had surgery and have been made to feel guilty about it by misguided nurses find your site and read this!

 

how about except a zebra not expect a zebra... yikes! THAT would hurt... hee hee.

 

Very timely, thanks. I'm currently reading "Defining Your Own Success" which is a book dedicated to the idea of breastfeeding after reduction surgery ('cause duh, I had one, too). I'm experiencing just a tiny modicum of guilt, because I knew even when I had the surgery that I would want to breastfeed and that it would probably impair my ability to do so. But reading the book (and the fora at BFAR.org) have really hit home. My surgery was in 2000, and reading all the reasons women had the operation reminded me of the reasons I had mine, and those reasons were serious and numerous. I did the right thing for myself, and don't regret it. And I still intend to breastfeed, even if I have to supplement with formula. So PBTHTHTHTH to that nurse.

 

I feel sorry for that nurse because she is such a clueless fucking bitch.