This website provides information and support to mothers who wish to breastfeed after breast or nipple surgery, and their friends and family. It is also an online resource for healthcare providers who help mothers breastfeed.
Within this site, you'll find information about the effects of each type of breast and nipple surgery on breastfeeding, how the surgeries are performed, and stories from women who have breastfeed after the surgeries. Our sister site, lowmilksupply.org, is a resource for information about assessing and increasing milk production and supplementing in ways that are supportive of breastfeeding.
Information can be very empowering, but it is also very helpful to have the personal support of other women who are breastfeeding after breast and nipple surgery. Please consider joining our forums to meet new friends and learn from their experience and wisdom.
We welcome you to explore our website to discover the wonderful possibilities of breastfeeding after breast or nipple surgery. |
 
Our sister site, LowMilkSupply.org now has all the information about increasing milk production and supplementation formerly here on BFAR.org, so this site can focus exclusively on breastfeeding after breast and nipple surgeries. Lowmilksupply.org will have in-depth information about all known causes for low milk production, as well how to target treatments for more effective outcomes. Like BFAR.org, it will also have a warm community of support through forums, blogs, and access to experts Diana and Lisa Marasco, authors of "The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk." Like BFAR.org, the site is managed by Diana West and Carol Maranta.
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With all the added stress and effort of breastfeeding after breast or nipple sugery, we may not relax enough during our quiet moments with our babies to simply stare at them in joyful wonder. more... |
My name is Stephanie, and I am writing this one-handed. With the other I am nursing my eight month old son, Felix. more...
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by Diana West, IBCLC, and Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC
This is the book mothers and lactation consultants have been waiting for!
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Determine if baby is really getting enough milk
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Supplement without decreasing your supply
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Maximize the amount of milk you can make
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Identify the causes of your low supply
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Increase your supply with the most effective methods, including pumping, herbs, medications, foods, and alternative therapies
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Make more milk when you return to work, exclusively pump, have a premie or multiples, relactate, or induce lactation
Available Now! |
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by Diana West, IBCLC, and Dr. Elliot Hirsch A clinical guide for health care professionals about the effects of breast and nipple surgeries on lactation
Available Now! |
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Shatavari is a root that has been used in India for many centuries to increase milk production. We are conducting a survey of its effectiveness. If you have taken it for at least two weeks, please consider completing our survey.
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COMING SOON! Members of our forums will begin keeping blogs (web logs) of their experiences breastfeeding after breast or nipple surgery.
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