Pregnant women cannot remove leaking breast implants

Pregnant women are living with the nightmare of being unable to remove their ruptured breast implants, which are leaking industrial grade silicone, until their babies are born.

At least three pregnant women with ruptured breast implants are being monitored by maternity services here. They are highly stressed about the effect the leaking implants may have on them or their child.

More than 70,000 women in Ireland, Britain, and France are estimated to have the implants created by the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) company, which was shut down last year after an inspection discovered it was using non-medical silicone filler in the product.