Your Pregnancy

KNOW YOUR breasts

Breast health is something you should aim to stay aware of throughout your life, not just during October when it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a new mom it can be easy to neglect the all-important self-checks as you are so focused on your baby. We’re here to remind you to make the time to take care of yourself too.

Professor Justus Apffelstaedt – a Cape Town based surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology – says that breast cancer occurs in

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