Having a baby after implant reconstruction
Natasha Cauchi was 29 when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. As part of her treatment she had a double mastectomy with implant reconstruction. Three years later Tash and her husband decided to try for a baby.
Chemotherapy can affect fertility and Tash was in early menopause. She had IVF, which was unsuccessful. Then she became pregnant naturally!
While the arrival of baby Oliver is joyous, Tash shares how she feels grief and sadness that she can’t breastfeed. Tash also talks about how she needed to advocate, especially when a nurse in hospital told her to ‘put him on the boob’ to breastfeed.
Tash also shares her story of:
Treatment and fertility preservation
Ovarian tissue freezing
Trying for a baby after breast cancer
What IVF was like
Oliver’s dramatic arrival!
The pressure to breastfeed in hospital
Using donated breast milk
Thank you, Tash, for sharing your story with us. And welcome to this wonderful world, Oliver AJ, it’s so much more wonderful knowing that you’re in it!
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