May 8, 2012 07:52AM - edited May 8, 2012 07:53AM by Momof2inME

I do think there is a connection. I did 4 rounds of clomid and 3 IUI's. Have 2 beautiful children that I wouldn't trade for anything. I'm 37 and stage 3. Found my lump 3 months after my son turned 1 and I stopped nursing. I don't know what the connection is whether its the fertility drugs, the subsequent pregnancies, or both. But I do believe something surrounding fertility contributed or "turned on" my bc. I have connected with several women on here that had fertility treatements as well then discovered they had bc. Some while pregnant.

May 8, 2012 08:10AM - edited May 8, 2012 08:11AM by SelenaWolf

It's hard to say.  My sister went through several years of fertility treatment with some pretty, heavy-duty drugs nearly twenty-five years ago and - thus far - she's okay.  Me, on-the-other hand, struggled not to get pregnant for twenty-five years and did develop breast cancer.

May 8, 2012 08:28AM - edited May 8, 2012 08:29AM by SelenaWolf

I have, also, recently seen a news documentary that suggested IVF children are developing more serious, health issues over the long-term than the general population.  I don't know what they used as their references, but it was a sobering thought!  I have to wonder, though; if it's media-hype or solid research?

May 8, 2012 11:40AM number5 wrote:

Ciao again!  I would never discourage anybody from using fertility drugs-they helped make my dream come true!:-)  I wonder though if there is something there that some of us have in us that is triggered by certain things!  We never know if we're allergic to something until we are exposed, yet that's how we find out-but we still go about our lives before that, even though we know other people are allergic!

I too would like to see some study or the other regarding this-though I'm afraid if they did one, people would back away from the dream of getting pregnant with the use of fertility drugs!

These are the things I think of when I'm pondering the why BC has affected so many people!

Grazie!! J

May 8, 2012 11:51AM RebzAmy wrote:

I was an egg donor for somebody - I went through the whole process three times for them which meant my body was flooded with hormones, firstly to do something called down regulating so that the person I was donating to was in synch with my body and my cycle, then I had to inject myself daily for 2-3 weeks (can't remember now) and finally the egg collection. It was a few months after the final collection I was diagnosed with breast cancer however mine was HER2+. In relation to the person I was donating to, this was a good thing because had it been hormonal cancer, they would have felt it may have been due to what I'd been through for them that caused this to happen but who knows!

R