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Can anyone give me hope that my post-breastfeeding boobs will 'reinflate'?

62 replies

Falcon1 · 10/05/2016 17:46

Am feeling very unattractive. Post baby my figure has changed loads. I'm the same weight, but my bum is bigger (WTF?) and my boobs are tiny empty pouches. I can handle the big bum, but is it true that my boobs may fill out a bit? I stopped feeding in February. If not, I may have to consider a boob job!

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bonnie1981 · 11/05/2016 17:11

I didn't breastfeed, nor did my mum or sister. Our boobs got huge and stayed huge and perky.

(this is not a dig at BFing by the way, just suggesting it might have something to do with boob shape?)

PhylumChordata · 11/05/2016 17:43

Mine came back. Took a while though. I bf dd2 for 18 months. It is good to see them again!

iMogster · 11/05/2016 17:51

Pre DC I was a size 12 and a B cup. After breastfeeding 2 DCs for 6 months each, I am size 14 and a C cup. They are not quite as firm and perky. I used to pass the pencil test. I am very happy with them and definitely don't need a refill. I think I'm just lucky with my skin type. Just like some get stretch marks and others don't.

I think whether you bf or not, if they get stretched by getting engorged, they have the potential to sag a bit after.

familysizepack · 11/05/2016 18:11

Interested in this as I've been either pregnant or breastfeeding or both since about 2008!

Wondering how they'll end up once last baby stops feeding. Grin

Woolyheads · 11/05/2016 21:08

Mine got bigger with BF, then stayed bigger but floppier, so I went up a cup size. Or two. OK in a bra for figure/ clothes. Perfectly comfy and lovely without on a Sunday or at night. I now take a J cup.

rampantrose · 11/05/2016 21:55

Nope was never very big before c cup now barely an American causes massive depression for me! Wish I had 4k to have them refilled stop bfing about a year ago now no change at all :(

summerdreams · 12/05/2016 02:42

I didn't breastfeed and wasn't even 21 when I had ds and my boobs are extremely empty ever since.

Kato76 · 12/05/2016 08:21

Poached egg in a sock

RosieTheQueenOfCorona · 12/05/2016 08:30

Mine took about a year but filled back out and ended up 3 cup sizes bigger than before I was pregnant. I was very flat chested before so I'm now ridiculously pleased with them.

sianbfb · 12/05/2016 11:38

I found it took a while (6-12 months) and not quite as firm as before but not dramatically different. Pinning my hopes on this Nip/Fab cream that a colleague just reviewed and reckons really works... www.babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk/parent-concierge/2016/05/12/beauty-buy-month/

Nutgirl · 12/05/2016 13:57

I only breastfed for a few weeks with both of my DC and mine are awful! Have never had big boobs but always had nice pert little handfuls and really liked my boobs. After two kids they are now tiny little sacks of nothing. Completely empty. Not droopy as too small for that! My frame is skinnier after children though so that doesn't help. Can't afford boob job (and when I think about it rationally I wouldn't want one). Still never let DH see them anymore though and we're off on holiday in a few weeks and am dreading getting in a bikini!

Carolbetty · 12/05/2016 22:22

Mine never went down (went from a c/d cup to a g). They are ridiculous and I hate them.

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