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Peri menopausal breasts

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DisposableGoon · 12/02/2021 09:52

I'm baffled by my boobs! I've never been particularly well endows, even when breastfeeding babies I never got bigger than a C cup. In the last year or so, especially since I turned 50 six months ago, they have grown HUGELY! They're uncomfortable, get in the way, I feel like I'm following them around. I can't find a comfortable position to sleep in, they sweat if the touch each other aaaaargh I hate them. Are massive knorks a menopausal thing?? I'm now wearing a sodding E cup! Can I do anything diet or exercise wise to shrink them? I'm just not used to them.

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Bluntness100 · 12/02/2021 09:54

Have you gained weight?

CyberPixie · 12/02/2021 09:56

Same. Was a DD now a G! I even lost a stone but didn't help.

DisposableGoon · 12/02/2021 09:59

@bluntness100, yes, yo-yo every three years or so but even at my lardiest, never got bigger than a c. I'm not anywhere near my most rotund at the moment. At my lightest, I was an A cup! These are in a whole new league!

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DisposableGoon · 12/02/2021 10:01

@CyberPixie rubbish innit!

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DisposableGoon · 14/02/2021 19:39

Today they have been huge, achy and weirdly feeling like they're 'letting down' on and off. I have breast fed a baby since 2011! I'm sure that can't be right!?

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megletsecond · 18/02/2021 21:48

Mine never grew but I've had many years of feeling the let down sensation every so often and being so heavy and painful.

NonsensicalHair · 19/02/2021 12:53

Mine have been feeling huge lately, and it's so uncomfortable. They've definitely grown a bit and I'm falling over the top of my bras and given that I am already a G cup, it'd be great if they could just stop this nonsense. I'm 'aware' of them all the time. They feel full and heavy - almost like when they used to feel just before a period. I'm 52, still having periods but my boobs are like this most of the time now!

NonsensicalHair · 19/02/2021 12:54

Oops - I'm 51, not 52 - wishing my life away...

DisposableGoon · 19/02/2021 19:40

They're in the way when I turn over in bed! They stick together, that's definitely a new thing! Sometimes (possibly TMI) the areola gets hard and lumpy. Bloody weird. And annoying!

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