Breast feeding and cancer

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Asked for Female, 34 Years

Hello am a new mother my nipples are inverted so my newborn is unable to suck my nipples and am expressing milk I mean pumping. Am trying to latch but he cannot due to my nipples, I just want to know as my milk supply is there and pumping and feeding him is there any chance of breast cancer in future? As I saw lack of breast feeding and cancer risk, but though am pumping out the milk . Plz tell

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Dr. Savio James Radiation Oncologist 8 yrs exp Cochin · Accepted Answer

Dr. Savio James

Radiation Oncologist 8 yrs exp Cochin

No problem , actually when breast milk is secreted and ejected from breast some hormonal changes are happening in your body which are shown to have the protective effect against cancer in some studies . Irrespective of how breast milk is extracted , whether it’s by sucking of baby or by pump the hormonal changes will happen and benefit will there . So you don’t need to worry.

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