I miss my boobs!

Ok, so you might find this to be silly but I have always been a small chested girl (between A and B ) and I loved having full shaped C's for the last 9 months +. Now that I am done bf they are like deflated balloons and I'm not sure how to feel good about that part of my body. I'm not trying to scare anyone that's bf, it's not like I don't have boobs anymore, it's just that they aren't what they were before I started nursing (and yes I somewhat expected it). I'm not really sure what question I am trying to ask, but I figured I can't be the only one out there that has felt this way. Will they look better eventually, or do I just need to deal with the fact that they are going to be that way? My pregnancy has changed my body completely, it's like nothing was untouched. I'm still getting used to everything, but I wonder how everyone else handles the changes. Help!

 

Great question because I was wondering the same thing. I was hoping they would go back to being small and perky just not as small. Guess thats not the case, huh? So I have to bf my girls till their 18 if I want to keep my nice full C cup??

 

LOL, I don't think mine are all that bad. Now are they what they used to be, NO :mellow: But they don't hang THAT far and aren't THAT deflated.....does that help

 

I miss my nice perky boobs too. Unfortunately mine deflated after I had DD and I didn't really nurse her long (like a couple of weeks). I think boobs are just like stretch marks, some people are lucky and other's aren't so lucky. My poor girlies have gotten sadder and sadder with each pregnancy. I just lost 50lbs and that was the final nail in their coffin... :cray: . Right now I would love to get someone to take the fat of my twinskin and put it in the boobs. It is hard to get used to a post pregnancy body. One day you will either be able to embrace it, or get something done about it.

 

You know, they say that it isn't breastfeeding that deflates them.. it's pregnancy. I can't find the website which I've seen that on though. :hug99: I guess I"ll find out when I'm done with Evan!

 

QUOTE(JicJac @ Jul 4 2008, 02:30 AM) [snapback]859524[/snapback]
You know, they say that it isn't breastfeeding that deflates them.. it's pregnancy. I can't find the website which I've seen that on though. :hug99: I guess I"ll find out when I'm done with Evan!


I've heard that, too, but I'm not sure I believe it. Or maybe it's true to some degree, but I KNOW I've been stretched out much more by milk than I ever was during pregnancy. I'm already seeing a lot of sagginess, and my old bras kind of fit, but there's no way I'm going to get away with one-hook backs and tiny little straps any more...

 

QUOTE(JicJac @ Jul 3 2008, 09:30 PM) [snapback]859524[/snapback]
You know, they say that it isn't breastfeeding that deflates them.. it's pregnancy. I can't find the website which I've seen that on though. :hug99: I guess I"ll find out when I'm done with Evan!



I think "they" say that not to discourage BF, but I respectfully disagree....at least for me.

To the OP, I've had to embrace a new body and I'm choosing to come to terms with some of the changes by doing what I can for me. For instance, I'm taking up running and practicing yoga - my goal is not a hot body (although if that happens I'll be okay with it ), but rather to pay my body back for all that it has done for me and my girls. It carried them and then fed them exclusively for the better part of a year. I'm so thankful to this body! Yes, I feel quite self conscious about my boobs - especially since they are matched with wider hips...not my best look, but I try not to focus on it. I will treat myself to some exercise and be kind to myself. It's an amazing thing that our bodies have done. If all else fails a boob job would probably do the trick, but I'm certainly not going to willingly go under the knife ever again after my experience with a c-sect.

I bet you're beautiful...be nice to yourself

 

Thanks for all your thoughts! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'll have to go buy myself a cute new bra and try and embrace what I have I'm looking forward to bf my future babies and getting those C's back, even if it is temporary!

Thanks for humoring me

Melissa J.

 

I'm not looking forward at all to the flappy saggy remnants. Although I would rather like to lose the D cup and be able to fit more comfortably into my old shirts without straining the seams.

I've also heard that it's pregnancy not BFing that deflates the breasts, so I'm going to ask the 1-4 forum as a spin-off.

lisa

 

I wish it was considered beautiful by mainstream media, general public etc a mothers changed body! I try to remember the miracles my body gave me when looking at my self in the mirror. That, or just not looking in the mirror! My mom was always a beanpole w/ small tas and then after my sister and I, hers stayed a nice, full c (I'm guessing they are a c). Of course, I haven't seen her naked since I was a small child, so maybe they sag to her waist and she just has nice bras! My husband jokes that I will have to pump and donate my milk for the rest of my life to keep them, I also am an a-b normally. A friend of mine has had 2 children, after bf them for 1-2 years, hers look like triangles when she bends over. She enjoys the push up bras with the air or water in them. Cheaper and safer than surgery!

 

I know that I have not bf until now, and mine deflated years ago... about 15 to be exact! It has gotten worse with each pg. I have always had large breasts. With bf, I am a DDD. I am sure that when I am done, they will be really sad... and so will I... :cray: But that's the way it goes. From the moment you get pg for the very first time... your body is never the same again! Eventually, as others have said, you will either accept it or change it.

 

I literally cried for 3 days straight. Call me superficial if you will, but I was miserable. Then it started all over again when I went bra shopping and had to fold my pancakes into a B bra. I used to be a full C/D. My DH was seriously worried about me!

Now 5 months after weaning, i'm okay with it! Not happy, but it's the new me. I can't even remember what I was like before! and with a super padded underwire bra on, I look pretty decent!

 

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I've heard that, too, but I'm not sure I believe it. Or maybe it's true to some degree, but I KNOW I've been stretched out much more by milk than I ever was during pregnancy. I'm already seeing a lot of sagginess, and my old bras kind of fit, but there's no way I'm going to get away with one-hook backs and tiny little straps any more...

I am living proof it isn't true! I nursed my ds on one side only because my right breast didn't go fast enough for him so we just went to one shortly after we started. My right breast was small and perky post bfing but my left looked horrible and was super saggy. We will see what happens when my girls wean...

 

I've already decided that I want a boob job when I'm all done having kids. I was an A cup before my first, and between him and my twins, and I love the larger D's I have now. I'm a tall woman, 6', with hips to match, and I look really tiny up top, unless I'm nursing. Can I nurse them off to college?? lol