boobs too big to breast feed?

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I really want to breast feed but I'm worried my boobs are too big and may smother baby's face. I'm a 38 E has anyone had any success while being a similar size.
Advice would be greatly received

36JJ here and no problems last time.
When baby was tiny I did have to sometimes hold breast away from his nose but then I got better positioning and he grew and all was fine.
I'm planning to breastfeed again this time as it was lovey!

Size 38G. Tried all three times (I mean really tried, even spending 3 hours on one occasion with a very determined midwife) but the babies were having none of it. I even tried manual pumping (45 mins for very little milk) and in the end had to give it up. I don't think it is down to size though, it was just me.

I was 40G after my twins were born and 9 months later we are still going strong

I was also 38/40 G when feeding DS1.

Sometimes you might have to move some breast tissue from near baby's nose but it's no big deal.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

My sister went up to a K cup and had no problems whatsoever - breastfed for nearly 2 years!

I'm a GG cup myself and fully intend to breastfeed.

Currently feeding at 32K. Just needed to keep baby's nose clear of excess boobage at the very beginning. Cradle hold works for me but others work for others.

no experience (yet) but i am doing a lot of bf reading currently, and i don't think there's any evidence to correlate big boobs (or boobs of any specific size) with feeding issues. You'll need to find the right position for you & baby, but try not to worry or preempt problems.

My boobs are v average, but my nipples as f*ing massive (the raspberry bit rather than the (growing) areola), but hoping that just gives baby something to aim for!

My friend is ~36G and has happily bf all 3 of her kids

It's harder with big boobs our antenatal teacher told us. I was 34 HH and had a tiny baby and got v engorged so they were massive, had to squeeze boob to stop baby's nose contacting with it as others have said. Positioning was hard to start with too but we got there, had to ask for lots of help though. Once she grew it was fine. Good luck xx

No probs here breastfeeding with 36hh boobs.
I adapted position to suit as I've quite a short body & boobs are low outwith a decent scaffold bra, I could support the arm holding baby if I crossed my leg.

38G and I BF DD to 20 months. No problems at all - it didn't occur to me that boob size might be an issue, but I have enormous nipples (!) and thought that might be a problem. Not so though - bodies and babies are remarkably adaptable.

Once they're a bit bigger, you can just plonk them on a cushion on your lap and then flop your boob into their mouth, leaving both hands free for book reading, coffee drinking and iPad playing. Much easier!

Awww thankyou lovely ladies I'm really looking forwards to giving it a go!

34J and breastfeeding at this very moment

No probs with 2, although like others, had to press it back from nose at first.

There was one time when rugby ball hold feeding that I realised DS1 was having a bit of trouble breathing because the full weight was on him - I started propping boob up from under with a rolled towel at that point.

Lying down to feed took a bit of practice (didn't work when they were very little), but was a godsend once they were a couple of months old and knew what they were doing.

34H last time and fed ds2 for 2 years. Hope to do the same for dc3

40GG after having DS, size was not a problem other than, as previous posters mentioned, having to push breast tissue away from his nose when he was tiny. I did have a slight problem with "the angle of the dangle" but found shoving a rolled up muslin under my boob helped point it in the right direction Good luck!

I found it quite tricky - big boobs and a tiny (6lbs) weak baby are not a good mix. Getting a comfy position was hard as I had to hold my boob with one hand, until DD was about 4 months old. Engorged boobs were almost impossible for her to latch in to (my boobs were bigger than her head to begin with!). Feeding in bed was a nightmare and I gave that up.

It wasn't impossible. But it was pretty hard and in the early weeks I had to force myself to continue.

My boobs are still bigger than my DDs head. We cope pretty easily. The only problem I have with public feeding is that she prefers bare flesh to grope/pinch so pulls scarves/muslins away so one up one down is necessary to avoid drafts!

I'm so happy to read all the positive experiences on this thread. I'm 30 weeks and already my boobs are 34J so I'm dreading to think what size they'll be when I'm breastfeeding. I've heard a few negative stories about big boobs making breastfeeding too difficult so it's lovely to hear all these good experiences. Thank you everyone!

I'm exactly the same size (well I think bigger now as haven't measured in a while) and was when DD1 was born - like others have said had to manually move breast away from nose a few times but mostly fine. The other issues she had with BF might've been due to being small and that I had PE in the last few weeks of pregnancy.

34GG here I found that getting comfy and popping baby on in cross cradle position was easier in the early days (when my boobs were bigger than her head!) and making sure her head was able to tilt right back to keep her nose free.

Good luck!

Breastfed DS for 2 years and at their biggest my boobs were 36K. The one tip I was given that really helped in the early days was to put a rolled up muslin under my boob to kind of prop it up - it was like boob scaffolding.

LBOCS2 exactly what I did, lol