Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!
You’re right to suggest that as refractive surgeons, we do have reservations about offering laser vision correction (i.e. LASIK, PRK, ReLEx SMILE) to pregnant or breastfeeding mothers.
Primarily, this is due to the fact that the refractive errors may change temporarily during pregnancy and breastfeeding as a result of the hormonal changes involved. In addition, we would prefer to avoid the use of steroid eyedrops in pregnant or breastfeeding mums.
With regards to your inquiry about when would be the optimal time to have LASIK surgery after pregnancy and breastfeeding, a general rule would be to wait out at least 2 menstrual cycles after breastfeeding and only provided the measured refractive errors after breastfeeding indicate stability.
Ultimately, your trusted surgeon would have to take all factors into consideration before offering you any form of laser vision correction.
