[mandiedandie]

Okay, so I just went to my physician today to get his okay on breastfeeding our adopted child. I told him about the protocol and he said, "where are you getting this information from?" and I told him about the ask lenore and dr. newman stuff and he looked concerned, then looked in my chart and told me he doesn't agree that I should do it because my Aunt had breast cancer. I told him that she is my second aunt and the ONLY one on EITHER side of my family to have breast cancer or any other cancer really for that matter, so why was is such a big deal? And he said that I have a family history then and that it's risky to manipulate my hormones like that and he isn't for it. He told me I should get a second opinion but it takes 3 months to get into my GYNO and she will probably have some excuse too. I am a healthy woman with no history of cancer myself, and I really think this is just an excuse on his part because he doesn't favor adoptive breastfeeding. Has anyone else been told this by their doctor? My husband and I discussed it and we both think I should just get both the Yasmic and Dom online without his approval. I asked him if he would discourage me to breastfeed if I had been pregnant and had the child myself and he said, no, exactly the opposite because breastfeeding helps prevent breast cancer...but why would birth control which mimics pregnancy cause me to have breast cancer?? I know most breast cancer is estrogen-fed so does that mean no woman with a very minute history of breast cancer in their family should take BC?? I'm mad right now. We're about 3 weeks shy of getting our certification in the mail and we already finished our adoption book for the agency, so we're hoping to be chosen sometime this year but everyone knows the uncertainty of adoption...so I really want to start the protocol now. Should I just say no to breastfeeding because one member of my extended family had breast cancer?