Bigger boob's as you get older

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Has this happened to anyone else?

Im 40. I've stayed at pretty much the same weight that I always have been.

But my boob's have gotten so much bigger in the last two years. They are huge. Im all boob!

I've never had children so it's not to do with breastfeeding. Is it something to do with perimenopause? I wish I knew what goes on in our hormones!

My quick googling suggest about 1/5 women say their boobs get larger around menopause.

As a teenager I was really flat chested and was teased for it, lots of fried egg/ironing board type comments. I wished and wished for bigger boobs, now I would cheerfully strangle the genie that granted that wish!!!

Things may well change for her especially if she can gain some weight. My BMI was under 20 until I was 19/20ish, as I have gained weight the majority went on my boobs (until middle age when my belly decided to get in on the act).

Nope, not here.

roughly same weight I have always been. Boobs have just got bigger and bigger with each child. I think I look ridiculous now.

I too am all boobs. They have a mind of their own! They frequently make a bid for freedom from my bra, I am fairly sure they are sentient.

Yeah, it's true. I was happily a b cup until my mid thirties when they increased to a d. Still mainly a d but I've lost "volume" somehow at the top. Hard to explain but I can't wear those moulded cup bras and bikinis anymore because they're empty at the top IYSWIM? I sometimes think I'm getting generally scrawnier in middle age - with a thicker middle 😑

Yes. Pre-dc I was a DD, after dc and breastfeeding they settled to a FF. I am now 39 and in the last couple of years have gone to a G and the bra I am wearing now is a HH. I did gain weight but only a smidge of that went on my breasts, the noticeable jump in size happened after I lost a bit of the weight. I wish they were slightly smaller and really don't want any more growth.

Not to the extent of others on here but still true for me. I've always been skinny and flat chested. I'm still the same bra size but they are noticeably fuller and with a bit of padding I actually have a cleavage!

Having been underweight for years I've finally put some on since turning 40. I've done nothing different other than age in that time. The weight has gone to my boobs and hips and I'm happier with my body than I've ever been. It's a shame I can't put my 25 year old face on my 42 year old body! The face is not faring so well...

Boobs not boob's. Sorry.

Yes I went from flat chested ..like 32 AA to now needing at 55 a 38B

Until I had kids in my 30s I was a 34 C more or less. 16 years and 2 stone later I'm a 42E.

Apparently there's a process called involution that happens around menopause and essentially turns dense breast tissue into fat. I had what a pp called 'ballerina boobs' - firm, small and round. Now they are soft and a C rather than an A, with a teardrop shape. Clothes don't hang as well and I need a bra for the first time in my life.

I could have written this. I’m so depressed about it. The worst thing is finding clothes that don’t look ridiculous. I’m not on HRT and losing weight doesn’t help as it comes off my bum and thighs.

I was a B cup till post menopause, I weigh about half a stone more and am now a D cup.

I've been a 30f since my teens and mine haven't grown more in my 40s thank goodness (46 now)

Wait until you go through the menopause, they deflated like hell. A doctor told me it's because your milk ducts shrink as they're no longer useful. I've gone down from an HH to a G in a couple of years.

Mine haven't unfortunately

Not sure if this is the same, but I was flat cheated before having babies. Had my daughter, didn't breastfeed, yet my boobs grew from an A/B to an E cup and didn't go back down once I lost the weight.

Now pregnant again and they're getting even bigger. Same thing happened to my mum - she looked ridiculously big boobed after her third. I'm hoping mine don't stay a lot bigger each time

Yes i had maternity bras with my son and I've just kept wearing them. And now they are small. DS is turning 4 next month and I'm likely in peri as I'm 41.

56 here and a year post menopause. I haven't gained any weight, but my shape has changed. I was always vaguely pear shape, but quite slim,with a B/C cup. Now, I'm a column with a C/D cup, narrower hips and slimmer legs. It's seems everything has shifted upwards. The plus side is that it's much easier to buy jeans that fit.

I've just started taking a peri menopause vitamin supplement.

What was it please?

Is general (non-boob) weight gain inevitable in menopause? (Thinking aloud!)

Not sure if anyone has answered this but (anthropologist here), it's because our ancestors used to breastfeed each others' babies. Even post-menopausal women can lactate for this purpose.

It's not to turn on men 😑

I just feel that hauling around these massive appendages in my 60s is so pointless - my back aches, no clothes suit me and I'm disgusted at the sight of them.

Just to add to your concerns, can you imagine what it's going to be like if you live to 130...

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10040579/Human-lifespan-Scientists-predict-people-live-130-century.html