Pregnancy after breast cancer
Hello. I’m hoping to find others who have had a baby after breast cancer. How long did you stay on hormone blocking medication? And how long did it take for you to fall pregnant? As a bit of ba...
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Thank you so much for taking the time to reply @sassyliz
It has given me a lot to think about. Especially the fear of reoccurrence. It caused me a lot anxiety after chemo finished. And it would be hard to be told not to breastfeed. I’ve heard so many mixed contradictory things about that too.
it is interesting that you were told 3 different amounts of time for staying on tamoxifen. I like the sound of 18 months, because I am almost there now.
We had two embryos frozen before I started chemo, but my oncologist said that she would have me try naturally first before using them, but the total time off medication is an important consideration that I hadn’t thought about. I haven’t been able to find much about coming off exemestane and if it requires a washout period like tamoxifen.
it is interesting that you were told 3 different amounts of time for staying on tamoxifen. I like the sound of 18 months, because I am almost there now.
We had two embryos frozen before I started chemo, but my oncologist said that she would have me try naturally first before using them, but the total time off medication is an important consideration that I hadn’t thought about. I haven’t been able to find much about coming off exemestane and if it requires a washout period like tamoxifen.
It would be lovely to meet in person to chat more once things go back to normal(ish) :)