Breastfeeding After Breast Cancer & Double Mastectomy: Using a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) for Low Milk Supply with Doula Emily Betancur

Can you breastfeed after breast cancer—even after a double mastectomy?

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of the Breastfeeding With Confidence Podcast, I’m joined by my friend Emily, a birth worker and breast cancer survivor, to talk honestly about what breastfeeding can look like after cancer—and how a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) made it possible for her to nurse her babies at the breast.

This conversation challenges the idea that breastfeeding is only about milk production. We talk about bonding, healing, hormones, and why breastfeeding still counts even when it doesn’t look the way you expected.

If you’re a breast cancer survivor, supporting one, or working with mothers navigating complex breastfeeding situations, this episode is for you. And if you don't have breast cancer? This episode is still helpful for moms supplementing for low milk supply! 

• Can you breastfeed after breast cancer or a double mastectomy?

• What a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) is and how it works

• Using an SNS with low or no milk supply

• Why breastfeeding is about more than milk

• Emotional healing and closure after cancer through nursing

• How long an SNS can be used 

• Practical tips for using a Supplemental Nursing System successfully

• Why breastfeeding after cancer still “counts”

RESOURCES & PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS

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Confident Mama Breastfeeding Academy 

Supplementing for Breastfeeding Moms Mini Course 

Book a Virtual Lactation Consultant 

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