Botox and fillers before wedding- breastfeeding

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Posted here for traffic, I’ve got my wedding coming up and I’d like to do Botox and fillers but I’m still breastfeeding ( 10 month old).
Has anyone done it and just stopped / given the bottle for a few days and then carried on BF?
One NHS advice I saw said they recommend stopping for 24-48h after an injection of Botox.

The ‘baby’s’ 10 months old ffs and presumably has been breastfed since birth. I wouldn’t judge her for stopping breastfeeding for a night out on the piss at this point. God forbid the mum look at stopping bf an almost 1yo to put herself first for once, especially for her own wedding! Do you slag off ff mums for getting Botox, or do you just get high and mighty over bf mums?

This thread has made me really quite angry.
I was reading the thread started a couple of days ago by the OP who thought she would never be able to conceive. By pure chance she did become pregnant but miscarried due to complications. She was grieving the miscarriage in full knowledge she would never be able to give birth to her own child.
And yet there are women on this thread who are willing to put their babies at risk for the sake of vanity. Because of fear of a few wrinkles.
It beggars belief to me when they have the precious gift of a baby.

Vanity before children. Great priorities.

Maybe you'll pass it through to your baby and they'll look newborn rather than 10 months

There’s literally no testing of Botox on pregnant or breastfeeding women so nobody can tell you. It’s unlikely that it passes into the bloodstream but nobody knows.

Surely if botox toxin was in your breastmilk, it'd be in your blood and you'd be dead!?

Saying that I don't think a credible practitioner would do it. I stopped during ivf/pregnancy, breastfeeding so was about 3 years in total - was nice to get back to it!

Totally your choice if you want to pause or stop BF now, you've done an amazing job.

@Disillusionedwithlife what a horrible comment. A woman wanting to feel good on her wedding day is nothing to do with an unrelated woman's miscarriage.

Some of these comments are really nasty!!

OP well done for doing 10 months of breastfeeding. I think you’re best off speaking to your practitioner re Botox and seeing what they advise.

It wasn't meant as a horrible comment.
It was a comment on values: that some people value their baby as the most important blessing in the world. But some women are prepared to pump their bodies full of chemicals for the sake of vanity even when they are breastbfeeding. OP s initial post is about how to side line the baby's needs for an unnecessary procedure on her wedding day.

It’s a risk you don’t have to take. I wouldn’t risk it.

This is a ridiculous thing to say and of no relevance to the OP at all.

Whether the OP does or doesn’t have Botox is not going to make the other person able to conceive and carry a child.

OP only you can decide what to do but it’s the kind of treatment that will most likely never have any clinical studies as it would be unethical to recruit subjects. That’s why so many medicines says don’t use if oh or breastfeeding. It doesn’t mean it will cause harm but they can’t clearly say it won’t.

When Is your wedding? You need to be several months out to make sure you don’t have an adverse reaction.

if you want to improve your skin then there are lots of treatments that will help you look radiant and glow. An appointment with an aesthetic dermatologist would be a good idea - lasers, micro needling, peels etc - and they could advise on what you can do if you want to continue bf.

This. No one looks good with fillers. Di you really want to look like a duck on the day?

The FDA says there is a small risk that Botox can move from the injection site to your bloodstream weeks after the injections.
That risk is small but the effects it could have if it does pass through your breastmilk could be deadly to your baby. Either don't have the Botox, or stop breastfeeding.

As I said previously it is about values.
For some people having a child or being able to have a child is the most important thing in the world.
Others put value on other things - like vanity - above the well being of their child.
OP is getting married to presumably someone who loves her. She is getting married in the presence of family and friends who presumably love her. Do they only love her if she has had botox and other procedures to make her look wrinkle free? I sincerely hope not.
So why is having these procedures more important than breast feeding her child. Surely when you have a child it's welfare is paramount.

@Disillusionedwithlife okay so maybe your username is apt.

It is possible to have a baby, bf and still want to look one’s best and that’s for the OP to decide.

Some/lots of ppl have shit lives with little aspiration, chances or money. Others don’t.

It’s disingenuous to even suggest that the OP is putting her own ‘vanity’ above the well being of her child. She asked a question, that’s all. The OP has already bf for 10 months; well done her, that’s an amazing achievement.

Just because someone has it worse doesn’t mean that others don’t have it better or have the means to do so.

Yes we all need to count our blessings but it’s not a race to the bottom.

Oh and maybe stop the judgement.

I will phase bf out in the next month, we’re both ready for it, and then get it done. The risk seems to be minimal from the information I’ve gathered but yeah it’s not worth it, I would just worry.