Why do babies have a favourite boob?

[Helenemjay]

Im currently breastfeeding dd who is coming up to 7 months, and she will not take my right boob - she loves my left though! my ds1 and ds2 were the same with exactly the same side, and now i have to accept that at some point in the next few months dd will stop bfeeding and im going to be left with mega-floppy wonky sized boobs and im only 26, do all babies have a favourite size? if so do all mums have wonky boobs??

[WigWamBam]

I assumed that dd preferred my left for two reasons ... (a) it always produced more and she could get it more easily; and (b) because when she fed from that side she could hear my heartbeat more clearly.

[koolkat]

They do ! Mine had a favourite boob, but I kept offering both until he grew to love both

I defo. had one boob bigger than the other even before bf, but it's like feet isn't it ? One is always bigger than the other ?

[Kelly1978]

when I had the dts they both had opposite favourite sides, I guess that's what they got used to. The singles all preferred the left tho, I assumed for wwb's reasons.

[alexsmum]

yes, both my ds's favoured the left boob and that is the biggest now.my midwife said she'd never come across a baby that that didn't have a favourite boob.

[Kathy1972]

Because one was vanilla flavoured and the other was white chocolate flavoured.
Or that's what I always imagined

[lummox]

dh's 93 year old grandmother told me that one tasted sweet and one savoury. i didn't ask how she knew.

she also told me that putting a cinder in a glass of water and giving it to your baby on a spoon would cure wind.

[beartime]

I'm 26 with wonky boobs too also the left one is bigger hmmmm... I wonder if that position is more comfy for us so they like it better?

[dinny]

ds loves the left too - it's because it's nearer your heart, I believe.

left boob definitely looks bigger than right, how divine.

[snowleopard]

Right boob for DS (well he's a contrary sort). For months I walked around with a left giant boulder and a right floppy sock.

[fishie]

ds much prefers right - but i am left handed, do you think its positioning?

[beartime]

I think it might be positioning - I always had more trouble getting him into position on the right, whereas left was easy.

[Helenemjay]

LOL im so glad im not the only one with wonkey boobs then i think positioning must have something to do with it, lol at kathy1972 - my dp said she likes my left side as it must be her favourite flavour! bless her she is almost boycotting my right side altogether now, i tried her just before bed this evening and she outright refused my right and then cuddled up and almost kissed it when i swopped her - i couldnt help but giggle lol

[footiemad]

LOL Remember my Ds saying (in baby langauge)"that one's orange' and that one's blackcurrant"!!!! Time to stop!!!

btw. All my Ds's seemed to prefer the left side,

[bea]

yes both dd and ds preferred left boob... i now have the familiar wonky boobs... poor old right boob is terribley deflated!... i used to think that maybe left boob had bigger 'holes' in so the milk came out quicker!!!!... but i seriously thing i found the positioning much easier when feeding on the left so they were more comfy that way!

i think there maybe a market for bras for wonky boobs... !

[NotQuiteCockney]

The favourite boob is normally the one that's not on your strong side. So right-handed people have a good left boob, generally, and lefties have a good right boob.

Is that the case for everyone who's posted about their "better" boobs here?

[roosmum]

nqc, no opposite here, ds favoured right boob & i'm right-handed.

at nearly 14 mths tho, he doesn't seem to mind which one it is these days (i often had to rugby-ball hold him, to get him to take the left one!).

[koolkat]

NQC - I hadn't realised that, but yes, DS preferred my left boob and I am right handed.

I actually ended up with a blocked duct in the first few weeks because he wasn't feeding as often on my right boob.

Why is that, is there a scientific reason ?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Hmm, it could be:

• the offhand nork is generally bigger, and hence might have better milk production?
  
• women (generally) prefer to carry their children on their left (my favourite explanation: this is so the facial expressions and noises of the baby go to the "emotional" right brain, rather than the "logical" left brain), making bf on that side easier?
  
• it's nicer to have your good hand free while bf?
  

Probably it's the first and the second.

[shazronnie]

I've got a favourite mug for my tea and a favourite glass for my wine ...

[anorak]

Don't know about babies, I never noticed, but my DH has a favourite!

[koolkat]

anorak, are you left or right handed ?

[beartime]

yeah I'm right handed with fav left boob. I just always found it easier to hold him on my left one. Though I do alternate them equally now, but might not have done in earlier months when there were too many to remember and I kept forgetting to reposition the safety pin

[JackieNo]

Mine changed several times - first it was one side that was favourite, then it changed, and then back again to the first side (sorry - was a while ago, so can't remember which ones). Sounds like I'm alone in that...

[faithnirvana]

My daughter preferred my left boob. It was always slightly larger before breastfeeding but since I stopped it is now significantly larger (by a whole cup size) than the other. I wish I had forced her to feed from the right more often. I think it was because I was supporting her with my right arm which felt more comfortable for me and therefore for her.