Mammogram while Pregnant
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Mammogram while Pregnant
Aug 2003
I'm probably freaking out prematurely, but I'm freaking out. I
had a mammogram (diagnostic, to check out a breast lump that
turned out to be a cyst) and now I think I may be pregnant. If
so, I would have been about a week pregnant during the
mammogram. I'm just going over and over and over this scenario
and wondering if I'll need to abort if I am pregnant. Has anyone
had this happen to them? Did you carry the baby to term? Was it
born with three heads?
freaked out
Don't freak out. Let it go. Your baby will be fine. On the off
chance you miscarry, your mammogram will have had
nothing to do with it.
An MD mama who had a mammo when pregnant
A friend of mine went through breast cancer while pregnant. In
her case, they felt it was safe to continue her pregnancy and
treat the cancer with drugs after the baby was born. She and
her son have been in Europe for the past few weeks and I'm not
sure if she's back yet, but I'd be happy to put you in touch
with her.
Please relax! I too had a mammogram before I knew I was
pregnant and I too freaked out. When I called Kaiser SF
advice line the idiot on the line told me to ''come in and we
could schedule termination of the baby''. I cried. Then I
called everyone I knew, including a radiologist and a doctor
friend, they all told me shouldn't be a problem.
AND IT WASN''T! My baby turned out fine.
Please don't worry about it. I only wish I knew the idiot that
gave me advice so I could get her fired, how incompetent.
What if I had listened to her. I wouldn't have my precious
son.
anon
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