Leah Hecht was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 32. A few years after completing treatment, Leah became pregnant with her first child, and like most moms, started thinking about what breastfeeding would look like.
But having had a lumpectomy and radiation on her affected breast, Leah wasn’t sure what was possible.
“I was told I wouldn’t be able to breastfeed out of that breast,” she recalled. “Beyond that, I didn’t receive any more information. I looked up some things online, and I wanted to try to nurse but wasn’t sure what that would really…