Hiya. All very hyperthetical!!! BUT I just wondered if anyone knew whether it was better to wait the five years then have a baby or to take a break from tamoxifen to have a baby then return to taking tamoxifen once the baby is born?
I have read that generally your risk of breast cancer is raised for the first 2 years after a baby and i worry that waiting the five years then having a baby would mean i wouldnt have the protection of tamoxifen afterwards.
Any one had a baby after treatment?
what were you told?
thanks
Hello Evie,
I’ve no experience of this at all, but am just bumping up your post, to see if any other ladies can offer you some advice.
Luv, Shelley xx
It depends on your prognosis and you’ll need to ask your oncologist, tell your BCN it’s important to you.
I am hormone receptive so they told me that *IF* I was going to try I’d have to wait 5 years and really anything else would be asking for trouble, but mine was grade 3 and very large at 45mm. I was in fertility treatment when I got diagnosed and I’m 34, I’d already had problems with polycycstic ovaries.
I went to see the fertility speacialist recently to find out if there was anything we could do and I’ve been told that there isn’t any hope that after all treatment when I’m 40, that I’ll be likely to have any eggs in a decent condition, bearing in mind I’d been trying 5 years, had 1 pregnancy that resulted in a miscarriage.
You have every right to ask this and also go and see their specialist if needs be to cover all your options and preserve your fertility if you can
good luck xxx
Hi Evie
I had a baby three and a half years after my initial diagnosis. I didn’t take tamoxifen.
I had a second baby a further two and a half years on, but unfortunately was diagnosed with a regional recurrence while pregnant.
I guess we were asking for trouble as the cancer was very hormone sensitive, although the initial diagnosis was not so bad - grade 2, 7mm, so sign of spread.
Good luck with it. It’s awful to go through such life-compromising medical treatment. xxx Jane
Hi
I spoke to my consultant about this the other day as we want to know what to do about having children. I’m 30 and my husband is 28, we were about to apply for adoption but decided to wait. We have decided to stay on tamoxifen for 3 years (done 1yr so far) then come off it and try for babies and if after a year (which I know isn’t very long, expecially as I also have PCOS) we have had no sucess to go back on tamoxifen and apply for adoption. If we are successful then I will resume tamoxifen as soon as poss after the birth(not sure what the score is with breast feeding and tamoxifen but only having 1 boob could reduce my luck in this anyway).
My consultant said that no one really knew whether pregnancy could encourange a reccurance or not and that after a minimum of 2 years she wouldn’t stop me coming off it, however also she wouldn’t tell me to def do so.
Very tricky one but my whole philosophy is- if we’re meant to have kids we will and if it doesn’t happen naturally then we are meant to adopt. Then if we can’t adopt, well, we just get to go on nice holidays, go out whenever we like and wear designer shoes whilst our friends are spending all their time and pennies on babies.
Em x