@A MyBCTeam Member, could this be it?

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-study-says...

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That sounds like it! Thanks for finding it!

P.S. I did have a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I won't be able to breast feed, but my doctors all assured me that formula fed babies can be just as healthy as breast fed babies.

I haven't checked the Q&A in awhile, so I missed this question. I was 30 when I was diagnosed. We didn't do any fertility preservation for several reasons, but I was offered the option. I stopped having periods in the middle of NOV 2009 (I started Chemo in the middle of Oct). They came back at the beginning of March 2010, a little over a month after I finished chemo. My cancer was hormone and her2 positive. I started tamoxifen in June 2010, and with the support of my oncologist I stopped taking it in November of 2011. They originally recommended being on it for 2 years, but when I talked to my oncologist, he told me that with all of the treatment that I had he would be comfortable with me going off of it early. I had to be off of it for 8 weeks before we started trying to get the medicine out of my system. We got pregnant in February 2012 with no medical intervention. However, we found out that the pregnancy didn't take. The OB/Gyn said that the chromosomes just didn't add up right. We were about 9 weeks along when we found out, but the pregnancy terminated itself around the 4 to 5 week mark. We never even had a heartbeat. That June we started trying again. This time it took us a bit longer, but we found out at the end of December that we were once again pregnant. I am now 21 weeks and all is going great. In fact, the little guy is kicking me as I type this. :)
I went of my Tamoxifen so early because I was worried about menopause. I don't think I have too much to worry about, but seeing as how we have no Plan B, I didn't want to risk it. I'm thinking of either having another one right after this little guy, or going back on Tamoxifen for a year or two and the trying. My oncologist told me that he would be comfortable with both of those options, but he prefers option 2.
I'm not sure if I still have the article, but my breast surgeon printed out an article for me that talks about how pregnancy is believed to possibly be beneficial to breast cancer patients. I wish I knew where it was.
I hope this sort of answers your question. If not, let me know what else I could tell you. :)

@A MyBCTeam Member,

Generally speaking, chemo can cause infertility. This doesn't mean that it DOES make you infertile, it means that there is a risk.

For this reason, if a woman is interested in having children post treatment, and voices that desire to her oncologist, they will generally recommend egg harvesting before chemo begins.

This is more of a precaution than anything else. As I said above, there are lots of women that have post cancer babies. I know at least 3 or 4 that have had babies "the old fashioned way" (without medical intervention).

Most doctors would tell you that the women in greatest risk of becoming infertile are those that undergo chemo during 35-40 (or later) due to the increased risk of chemo putting them into permenant menopause. However, there is a risk of infertility in women of any age.

I hope that helps answer your question. There is more info available at fertilehope.com if you would like more detail or information on fertility preservation.