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"A CML friend of mine is pregnant&amp;#8212;she&amp;#39;s 30 weeks and no sign of the cancer coming back, which is AWESOME! But, as she comes into the home stretch she has some important decisions to make. Namely, the big breastfeeding dilemma&amp;#8212;should she stay off Gleevec a few more days/weeks/months to nurse her baby or go back on the lifesaving treatment immediately. I went through the exact same thing when Alex was born and my decision was...\nto breastfeed for a month. And let me tell you, that month could not have gone fast enough. I will come out and say that, for me, breastfeeding was not a great experience (I&amp;#39;ve said it before, I&amp;#39;ll say it again...). And that&amp;#39;s only partly because of the MRSA and the mastitis and surgical procedures. But I know some people love it and a lot of moms/docs/consultants/gurus/quacks say it&amp;#39;s the most important thing you can do for your child (which, ps, not helpful to hear when you can&amp;#39;t breastfeed without risking your own life).\nAnyway, I digress. My CML bud&amp;#39;s docs want her to go back on Gleevec as soon the baby is born (the OB actually wants to take the baby two weeks early to accommodate this) but she was hoping to breastfeed for a little bit. She&amp;#39;s wondering whether she should fight for this or just be happy to have made it through the pregnancy cancer free.\nEven given my feelings on the subject, I wouldn&amp;#39;t want to take the nursing experience away from someone so I&amp;#39;m not sure what to say. What would you do in this situation? And, how important do you think it is to nurse your baby?\nFor more on this fun-and-unbelievably-controversial topic, check out Sarah&amp;#39;s post at Vitamin G, Chrissy&amp;#39;s freak-show post on Storked! and Joanna&amp;#39;s debate over on Smitten."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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