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What do you do if your boobs start to disappear?!

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JackieSBrown · 15/12/2009 22:11

What do mother's suggest when they have breast fed adn their boobs disappear? Why does this happen and what do you do? Surgery seems a bit extreme as a solution but I don't want to loose my figure. Advice would be appreciated...
Thank-you.

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SarahPhilippson · 15/12/2009 22:17

Hello,
Doctors say that it is not breast feeding that make your breasts smaller but the actual pregnancy itself. As your breasts will get bigger during pregnancy and post-pregnancy when they go back to their original size they will feel smaller. Breasts may become more saggy and that is due to the elastic in your skin not being able to repair itself.
I wear chicken fillets from www.undercover-glamour.com/breast-enhancers/and they help give me a bigger bust and help push the little boob up that I do still have!

PardonMyClench · 15/12/2009 22:18

Isn't just an inevitable part of having children. I noticed this was second post on this. This must be bothering you a lot. Is it objectively really that bad or could you be overly concerned. ?

NoseyNooNoo · 15/12/2009 22:19

Does this mean there is not hope then? I never had huge ones (but they were always pert) until I was breastfeeding when they were about twice the size. They are now pathetic dangly things :-(

PardonMyClench · 15/12/2009 22:23

There is no muscle in breasts so nothing to tone so really no way of returning to 'normal'. Nature is unkind to women I truely think one is better off working on things that you can improve. if you are otherwise as good as you can get then maybe consider implants if it is a big concern.

JackieSBrown · 15/12/2009 22:25

It does bother me, I guess I should not focus on it though as it is rather vain. Thanks for the tips though.

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PardonMyClench · 15/12/2009 22:28

A bit of vanity isn't a bad thing just don't obsess because often things aren't as bad as they may feel.

sleepsforwimps · 16/12/2009 10:35

I'm currently trying to get 'used to' my post breastfeeding boobs. Before my kids I was perfectly happy with my small but perky boobs, but now after continuously being pregnant or breastfeeding for the last few years I have finally seen the result. I keep telling myself they are a result of giving my children the best start in life, I would bf them all over again without a thought. But not fooling myself, my 'new' or 'new old boobs' are affecting how I feel about my body image. I'm still holding out for some sort of miracle though, always the optimist stopped breastfeeding two months ago... so probably stuck with what I've got.. but like to live in hope that one day I'll wake up and they'll be back to their old perky selfs

thisparachuteisaknapsack · 16/12/2009 10:49

Mine are awful. I was a 30F pre dcs which I didn't like as the were massive and a bit matronly but after 3 dcs I am about a C/D cup but I still have enough skin to be a F iykwim. I am still bf dc3 and I am thinking about ttc dc4 but I have decided that I am going to have a boob job at some point, either after I finnish bf dc4 or sooner if we decide to stop at 3 (unlikely).

I look fine when I am dressed but awful naked. Its pure vanity but I don't care. I'm not usually bothered about appearances, hardly wear make up, never dyed my hair etc. but this really bothers me.

You can get breast injections but they aren't suitable for me as I'm too masive.

PardonMyClench · 16/12/2009 13:43

May are ask are you under 35? I think if like me you were no oil painting to start with the pregnancy and BF effects bother you less. If I had had a very nice pair to start with I might be more bothered.
I don't think that it is unwarranted vanity to be concerned about how you look but I find the prospect of surgery scary.
Cosmetic surgery is a rapidly evolving area they may have new lessinvasive techniques soon.

sleepsforwimps · 16/12/2009 14:54

No idea about OP but I'm 34, oh dear god what happens to me at 35? Or will I just completely let go of myself next year and not care anymore!?

PardonMyClench · 16/12/2009 21:47

No just meaning that you probably starting from a better baseline than me, being younger.

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