To ask you all about post baby boobs?

[Camsie30]

I I have two children both of whom I breastfed, I stopped about 6 weeks ago when my son was 7 months old. I've never has big boobs, around a 32C, and of course they were much bigger during pregnancy and breastfeeding. But now they are so small, there's really nothing there at all. I'm honestly thinking about having breast enlargement, mostly because clothes look so much better with a shape and I have a big bum so am now totally out of proportion. I'm coming up to 42, am I being silly? I just feel like I've got the chest of a teenager!!

If interested have a look at the forum - you need to make an account as you would for man, but people post progress pics etc, it's very helpful to see what's possible with different shapes.

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Mine are smaller than they were pre breastfeeding and even years later haven’t recovered.

Wasn’t expecting it and still feel slightly sad that I don’t look like me

I finished a fairly solid 6 years of breastfeeding a couple of years ago, and my boobs have now resumed pretty much their pre-baby appearance; a pert 34C. My nipples are a bit larger, but that's the only difference. When I think about how massive they were during pregnancy and lactation, and how 'empty' they seemed immediately after finishing BF, I am agog that they have pinged back into shape. I never thought they would.

Mine are the same bra size but I've lost all fullness at the top & they're very empty. Not even a good bra helps that.

I wouldn't swap my old boobs for the two years of breastfeeding, it's the best thing I've ever done, but I do feel wistful for my old clevage.

I try to take the view that this is how my post baby breasts are supposed to look - I'm not supposed to look like a 20 year old who's never fed two babies, I am completely normal and I don't need to subscribe to societies demand that unless I retain my youth, I lose my value...

...but it's hard to be stoic when lovely, perky breasts are everywhere 😂

Bras do make a difference. I often end up with 32B as that's what I can find (and anything below 34 is tricky anyway), but if I can actually find a smaller back and bigger cup, it does lift them better and make the most out of what is there.

I used to have one significantly smaller than the other one (but better shaped - the larger one was sort of flaccid/shapeless, smaller one more toned/pert looking). Since breastfeeding, the floppy one has shrunk to the same size and shape as the smaller one.

Mine are hideous, empty, wrinkly, bags. Three years after stopping BF and they never bounced back. 32FF before, 30DD now.
I'd love surgery but I can't afford it. They look genuinely awful.

I was almost flat chested before children. I did not breastfeed. Now I actually have boobs. Not huge ones but boobs all the same. I'm pleased with them.

This weekend I've really noticed I'm getting my 'old' boobs back! I stopped breastfeeding my fourth 15 months ago, which is funnily enough exactly how long I breastfed him for! Before now they looked like sunken bananas

Do what makes you happy OP. If you leave it some time, really think it through and weigh up your options then you're making an informed decision for you. I was absolutely miserable because I had a-symmetric breasts after breastfeeding so they were not only small but emptier and lop sided. The difference was so extreme I was sent for breast cancer screening and in the consultation they said I would be a candidate to have them fixed on the NHS. I did my homework and decided to go private. I got two different sizes to even them out and they're back to looking normal for me. They were never massive to begin with. They're under the muscle so I get a bit of pain if I sleep a certain way and also you need to think of the risks implants come with. My surgeon explained absolutely all the risks and didn't pull any punches. Do your research and decide if the risks are worth it.

I was just thinking that I should have saved all the money I saved on not buying formula, for a boob job fund. I've bf for over 4 yrs , 2 children, with a 6 day break between one stopping and the other being born. My already small boobs are hopeless now

I've just been reading about Liporemodelling, where they take fat from your thighs and put it into your breasts. Sounds like a double whammy!!

with mine, dust settled, you're talking about, post BF, more or less the same size [probably a tad smaller when you factor in a small overall weight gain] with a definitely noticable but not exactly devastating loss of shape. - though some part of that [turning 40 etc] may, I suppose, be down to age.

I breastfed all 3 for about 6 months each. Mine barely changed at all, up one cup size when my milk came in but settled back down once feeding was established.

They go back to normal, give it another 6 months x

Mine went back to normal after breastfeeding. Took about a year/18 months though. In the months after finishing they looked much worse.

Wait a bit longer op. Mine were like two raisins after my 4th. Stopped bf him after 6 months and they were flat and small for a good 6 months. Once the periods returned they started filling out a bit and gained back weight and shape. Get a good padded bra and give them some time!

Mine were really flat and empty feeling when I stopped breastfeeding each of my kids. Two years after my youngest have weaned and I think they look nice again, it just took a little time to plump back out :) 6 weeks is no time at all, any self respecting bra measurer will tell you your breasts are stil changing. Don't consider surgery just yet, yours may well recover too in time.