Comments on: Actress Marcia Cross Breastfeeds Her Twins Conceived through IVF

By: Convincing a Pregnant Mom of Twins to Breastfeed (Mom to Mom #12)

Convincing a Pregnant Mom of Twins to Breastfeed (Mom to Mom #12) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:27:56 +0000

[...] 2007 study showed that women who use assisted reproductive technology such as IVF to conceive are less [...]

By: lilkunta

lilkunta — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:31:37 +0000

@Angela White
Celebrity baby blog has an article where MC said they were her eggs.

By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:40:37 +0000

Sounds like she never outright confirmed that she used donor eggs, however she discussed donor eggs here:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-06-cross-pregnant_x.htm

By: lilkunta

lilkunta — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:29:10 +0000

@Andy Sue , @ Angela
Marcia didnt use donor eggs. She used her own eggs & Tom Mahoney’s spem.

By: Author and La Leche League Leader Karen Kerkhoff Gromada

Author and La Leche League Leader Karen Kerkhoff Gromada — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:02:05 +0000

[...] have trouble breastfeeding (why a doctor would sabotage a mother that way I don’t know). A recent study also indicated that mothers who conceived through IVF (whether or not they conceived multiples) [...]

By: kathryn

kathryn — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:42:48 +0000

My daughter was ivf and I breastfeed her until she was over 2 years old. I stopped so I could do Ivf for another child. Even though I stopped breastfeeding one year ago my milk still has not dried up completely. I am forty yearts old.I have done 2 drugs cycles since.I do not believe that the ivf drugs affect breastfeeding at all.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:45:24 +0000

Andy Sue, I didn’t realize that about Marcia Cross and donor eggs. I used Clomid and Gonal-F over the course of 4 IUI’s (and the hCG triggers and progesterone) and did not have any trouble breastfeeding. Of course I’m only one person and the protocol for IUI is not as rigorous as that for IVF. Are you aware of any studies that identify any particular fertility drugs that cause difficulty with breastfeeding?

Good luck with your treatment and thanks for your comment!

By: andy sue

andy sue — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:22:57 +0000

Marcia Cross used donor eggs so she would not have been on any fertility drugs that would have affected her breastfeeding abilities. She would have only been on estrogen patches or pills to increase her lining for the tranfer of the embryos or something similar to that, and probably progesterone of some sort (injections like PIO or pills like prometrium). Both are estrogen and progesterone are hormones made by the body. If she was using her own eggs for the ivf then yes she would have been on fertility drugs to grow the eggs but since she used donor eggs she does not need the “heavy duty grow my eggs drugs” that some of us have to use. She is very lucky to have her ivf donor egg work the first try at age 44 (and have twins). She’s one of the lucky ones. Way to go Marcia. Now if only i could do that too

By: tanya@motherwearblog

tanya@motherwearblog — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:04:49 +0000

Add this one to the list of reasons women are told they can’t breastfeed with no basis…

By: Shelly

Shelly — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:27:42 +0000

It always upsets me how ignorant doctors can be when it comes to breastfeeding.