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POLL: those of you who did NOT breastfeed

49 replies

Socci · 05/03/2007 23:16

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FillyjonkDOEStellherkidsoff · 06/03/2007 06:24

"They did take a while to regain their pertness once the last one weaned himself - maybe 4 months."

geekgrrl · 06/03/2007 06:31

yes, there is hope! they did honestly change considerably in that time and were a bit soft and flabby-ish for a few months. I guess the fat cells go down to make room for the milk? Anyway, it all came back. They're as good now as they were 10 years ago, if not better (more even in size).
(I hasten to add that I loathe just about every other part of my body)

Socci · 06/03/2007 08:19

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yellowrose · 06/03/2007 08:37

Ds is now 2.8 and still bf. My boobs look exactly as they did before preg + bf, just got larger and engorged when he was a baby.

I am a size 38 DD, so no hope in hell of them ever being pert

amyjade · 06/03/2007 10:58

Bottlefed Dd1 and boobs stayed the same. Breastfed Dd2 and Ds and my boobs have lost all there filling and i'v dropped down a cup size.

BassMama · 08/03/2007 02:14

Thank you macneil!

i do love them very very much!!

Flossam · 08/03/2007 06:51

BF DS for 9 months in total. Boobs were less full and more saggy but returned to my usual B cup. Am enjoying having fuller perkier D cup boobs now I am pregnant again - but dreading the state they will be after the next baby!

MascaraOHara · 08/03/2007 06:55

I didn't breast feed and my breasts are still fantastic.. but don't feel as 'full' as they did pre child

Miaou · 08/03/2007 07:02

I do think that size and pregnancy have more of an impact than how you feed. I'm an A cup, b/f all three of mine, went up to a B whilst feeding, then back down to an A in between babies. Now pg, still an A cup atm (tend not to go up a size until really late in pg). I've not noticed any difference in appearance once I've given up b/f (and obviously pass the pencil test, but that's hardly surprising ).

Flossam · 08/03/2007 07:29

Goodness Miaou, yours don't get much bigger! Mine went up from a B to an E IIRC last time - which is probably why mine are now saggy and yours arent - you lucky thing!!

iPodthereforiPoor · 08/03/2007 07:33

mine were a d/dd before pregnancy, and after only a few days of colostrum they are now still a f/g.

  • Not too bad to look at actually, can induce hot sweats in a few men wih the right top on when I am out!!
yellowrose · 08/03/2007 08:06

Ah yes, men and babies have always stared at my boobs too and liked them more than I do I have held the babies of total strangers in my arms who have tried to have a go at my boobs ! I still smell of milk !!

I always wished they were smaller esp. when I was at school and had full breasts, but the other girls just had nipples

Miaou · 08/03/2007 08:36

ah yes, grass is always greener isn't it? When I was at school yellowrose I was desperate to have boobs like all my peers but was totally flat-chested. I remember my mum telling me that I would be laughing in the end because mine wouldn't go saggy as I got older! (Small comfort at the age of 15!)

yellowrose · 08/03/2007 08:47

lol - miaou - you are right if I had flat boobs at 15 I would have wanted big ones

Flossam · 08/03/2007 09:00

See it all serves me right. My boobs were the first in my class to start growing at school. Unfortunately they were the first to stop too!

macneil · 08/03/2007 21:17

I once read an article by Nora Ephron in which she lamented her lack of breastage, and it begins with her saying that her well endowed friends tell her that there are tons of problems associated with big breasts, like boys looking at you before you're ready, back problems, problems with clothes, etc, and her opening paragraph ends, "I have thought about their remarks, tried to put myself in their place, considered their point of view. I think they are full of shit".

Well I think small breasted women who say they want big breasts are the fibbers because it really is a nightmare being stacked when you're a teenager, clothes really are a nightmare to buy, they do droop more ANDDDDD movie stars, A list ones, my entire lifetime, have always had flat chests! So I don't know why women are always saying there's pressure on them to have boob jobs. The only people who have big knockers in the media are Jordan types. Models have none. Gwyneth, Julia, Sandra, whoever, C cup at the most. The women with breasts may be there, but they are always in blokier films.

Anyway, I must be about a G at the moment. Hoping to get back down to a 30DD.

deaconblue · 08/03/2007 21:23

I did breast feed, but my friend who didn't says her boobs are just as empty, saggy and wrinkly as I complain mine are. Reckon it must be hormones rather than the feeding itself.

yellowrose · 08/03/2007 22:02

Really big boobs are literally a pain in the neck, a lot of women go for size reduction to relieve pain in neck, shoulder and back. You can't have a proper posture unless you stick your tits out, which makes them even more noticeable

multitasker · 08/03/2007 22:06

I didn't bf and have stayed the same - a small A cup. I am very happy with my fried eggs - no back probs!

pesme · 08/03/2007 22:11

only bf one child so far. 30 e and pass the pencil test (just). i think it is genetics and bfing make minimal difference.

berolina · 08/03/2007 22:13

Have been bf for nearly 2 years now and am 13 weeks pg. My breasts have hardly changed at all - they are slightly bigger than they were (i.e. have gone from an A to a B or poss a C cup - I don't know exactly, as I never bother with a bra, no need). Suits me.

Emprexia · 09/03/2007 22:41

I didn't BF, DS wouldn't take to the breast. My boobs are actually bigger than pre-pregnancy.

I used to be a 40E, now i'm more a 40F-G

CODalmighty · 09/03/2007 22:42

POLL: those of you who did NOT breastfeed (- are you now food fascists?

manuka · 10/03/2007 16:24

My bazookas are big fellers now and no saggier then pre pregnancy and I went bra-free during pregnancy! unfortunately my belly and bum are also big fellers. !!!

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