Breastmilk after surgery/anesthesia

Directly from an IBCLC. Never pump and dump. Anesthesiologists and drs/surgeons aren’t educated in this area.

I dumped once because I have anxiety but a lot of people said its fine. Just on the off chance it happens, you CAN potentially have a pause in production after surgery. So dont freak out if that happens! I wish someone would have told me that. I got my supply back after about 2 weeks.

I went for surgery when my son was 5 weeks old. They said when I was awake enough to walk around and all that I was fine to breastfeed so once I got home I was fine.

You should be fine you can breast feed after surgery it won’t hurt your baby unless your doctor advises you other wise you are ok