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Odd question, didn't want to put it in BF since that seems to be about mums currently BFing rather than post. Maybe not.

I was 34C prior to DC1, 34D during pregnancy, didn't BF and returned to 34C once I lost baby weight.

34D again during 2nd pregnancy, did BF DC2 and 4 months on from stopping, am a small 34B, i.e. small as in empty and just about 34B.

A friend told me that up to 6 months post-BF, they can return to pre-pg size. Did anyone experience this? Do I sound pathetic, checking the poor things everyday to see if they have gained that elusive cup size?

I was a pert 32C before, 36E during and have been a slightly saggier 32E ever since

I did madinitials. Mine were kind of empty after BF, (but also I was quite skinny then) but went back to normal, or actually a little bigger than normal, within a year.

Mine dropped a cup size and now sag (previously very pert).

Not sure that was breastfeeding particularly or just pregnancy (2 lots of pregnancy and breastfeeding).

If I were to have a third, following the same pattern, they will just be flaps of skin hanging round my naval

Mine were a lovely rounded 32DD before my first pregnancy. I BF for 12 months. Then they went all horrible and saggy and baggy and droopy and I dread to think what size they were. Do they do sizes specially for saggy? There was about a year between stopping BF DD1 and getting pregnant with DD2, and my breasts hadn't returned to pre-pregnancy state.

Now currently BF DD2 (8 months) and so they are all over the place, in terms of size. I don't have high hopes for them returning to pre-DC size or pertness!

It's difficult to judge for me as I was a little overweight even before I got pregnant, and have lost the excess weight now. However, although I'm slightly smaller now due to weight loss, I 80%-90% of what they used to be.

Well, they just went south, and, well, became a little floppy. All rather sad really - I gaze at my 22 yo daughter's perky ones - and I heave a great sigh of nostalgia.

I am really similar to you. Was about a 34C (sometimes bit bigger depending on bra) before pregnancy. 2dc and 4.5 years of bfing later, I'm about a 34B but they just look empty and saggy and my nipples are in a weird position. I am still bfing occasionally but dd is 2.6yo so I'm not sure much is going to change. It is pretty depressing.

pre pregnancy D. Post BF B. Never recovered! That's life!

2xbf. Mine now have the following functions

a) ear muffs
b) a scarf
c) a pair of toasty foot warmers
d) defence. Swing sharply and knock out your attacker

Doesn't really bother me, tbh. The right scaffolding bra and they stay roughly where they're supposed to. And my husband likes to warm his cold hands under them.

I was a pert 34e before pregnancy, and 2 babies and 11 months of breastfeeding later I'm a still fairly pert 34 FF. I've a couple of wee stretch marks and my skin isn't as toned, but my boobs ate ok!

I thought I was a 34D before pregnancy, was a 34DD afterwards (only bf for 4 weeks though and milk dried up within 3 days of stopping).

About 16 months after the birth I suddenly fitted into all my pre-pregnancy jeans again (I went up one dress size, then literally overnight noticed that my jeans were too big and my old ones fitted ) and I also noticed my bras seemed too big.

I went to get measure for the first time ever because my old bras didn't seem to fit right either and according to bravissimo I'm actually a 28F! I don't think they're that big! But the bra fits....

So that was basically a really long winded way of saying that actually I had it completely wrong both before and after pregnancy so I'm not really qualified to answer your question sorry.

They're the same as before.

me too. Used to be a 34dd, 5 kids later (4 breastfed) I am 34b.

I'm not sure about this thing that it's pg that makes your breasts sag rather than bfing. Surely all that growing and shrinking in the early months and then being tugged around by an older baby trying to look over its shoulder and feed at the same time must have an effect?

I was a pert 34AA before, a pert 34A while breastfeeding (I didn't bother wearing a bra while feeding) and have returned to a pert 34AA

I was a 32D pre pregnancy. They were 34(?)F during breast feeding. After 12 months of having the life sucked out of them they're probably an A cup. I'm worried that if I go to get fitted they'll laugh me out of the changing room.

I think it is pregnancy that makes your boobs sag, not breastfeeding, as mine sagged after my first pregnancy and I didn't BF at all. The hormonal changes and the gain in maternal weight have as much to do with it as milk coming in. Just one of those changes I think you have to be prepared for in becoming a mum.

Now this was 16 years ago mind!
I breastfed my son, but it was a nightmare, he couldn't latch on, and in those days, (old gimmer) i gave up after a week.
My tits were a 34b, now they're a 36c!
Aw well so!

I wore a pregnancy bra 24/7 when pregnant and for a year after, and I am not sure whether that is the reason but my tits are still rather pert.
(My face is a bag of spanners though before I get flamed for being a smug caah!)

I would LOVE to gain that elusive cup size. Pre-pregancy 36B. During pregnancy, 36C and then up to 38C whilst breastfeeding. DD stopped breastfeeding in December, having lowered her feed quota over the previous few months. I'm now back to 36B and feel as though I just have 'gnat bites'!

Mine were fab after - was 34c/d before pg, then after bf was around a 36e, lost 2 stone last year and then got the sag Am a 34c again which is lovely, not so heavy, but not nice and rounded anymore.

Now pg again so back on the roller coaster!

Age has as much to do with it tbh. Boobs head south in your thirties, bf or not.

Now I've bagged DH and had 2 DCs I don't need mine anymore so I just tuck them in my socks.

"Boobs head south in your thirties, bf or not."

I'm 53 and still pert, but small