Dear Doctors: Please Stop Assuming I Can Breastfeed

“You are BRCA2 positive.” Nothing prepares you for hearing those words. Not even when you know the breast cancer gene runs in your family.  Receiving that positive test in 2019 expedited our family planning. In 2020, we welcomed our second child (a baby girl!). In November of 2021, just 8 weeks after completing my breastfeeding