Breast cancer fear

[Mummyto2123]

Hi ladies
I'm 24 weeks pregnant and previously suffered several health anxiety regarding my breasts, this has been going on for years! I was on sertraline but came off them at the beginning the year. I've been diagnosed with fibrocystic breasts and my right breast is a lot lumpier than the left which always worries me. I done an exam the other day and knew before I done it I would panic so now I've felt a lumpy part thats been checked before and I've began panicking again. The more I poke and prod it it seems the flatten? I don't want to spend the rest of my pregnancy being obsessed by this but I'm also worried it is something bad! I've also started back on my sertaline which I hope help

During pregnancy my breasts went very lumpy all checked out and apparently completely normal but I still worried, I eventually got used to the changes, you will drive yourself crazy thinking about it all the time, enjoy your pregnancy but obviously if you find something sinister like a hard lump get it checked. X

I hear you. I have a family history of BC and I go through stages of being more or less worried. I have a couple of lumps that have been around a while and have been checked. If you have a new lump definitely get it checked. But if you have lumpy breasts anyway, then pregnancy etc will make them even lumpier in my experience. Learning to deal with this is important for your wellbeing but I know it is hard