I watched a breastfeeding video, and couldn't help but notice the topic of discussion--nipples.
So I noticed that everyone in the video had these cute, slightly pink-ish, perfectly round areola. I feel like mine are much much larger than those women's, and do not have a defined line; this is skin, this is areola. I feel like my areola looked like that of the women in the video BEFORE I got pregnant, and now they are grossly enormous.
Anyone else having this encounter?
Will my areola shrink? Or become more concentrated?
And finally, when I have stopped breastfeeding, will my nipples/areola return to something more resembling their original state?
Re: areola size
I have wondered this same thing!!! Will they ever shrink back to normal?!
My DH commented on them the other day because he read about it in one of his books and was obviously proud to have learned something and "apply" it - I was so upset that he even NOTICED!!! His comment "It's natural for them to be larger, happens to most pregnant women"... yeah, well - that doesn't make it any more acceptable for me! Good lord, sometimes I wish he would just not comment UGH.
Poor mom, no one ever wants someone to walk in and say eww to anything! Little kids and teenagers have no filters!
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I really hope they go back!
I HATE my salami areolae!!! I used to love my boobs, but now they are just huge and gross.
I breastfed and pumped for 11 months....
Pre-baby they were small a little bigger than a quarter and sort of a light brown and pink color.
While pregnant they got bigger and dark
...(looks down top)...Now they are back to their original size. Not quite as pink as they were pre-baby, but they are a light brown/tan color.
They are a lot more sensitive now. If it's cold, then you can practically see them through a sweatshirt. I'm surprised I haven't poked someone's eye out yet. My nips were never like that before Katie came around.
I do miss my little perky bewbies...now I have 'mom boobs'
Thank you SO MUCH for all of your input!!
I talked to my mom about it too (she's preggy with her 9th, so I thought she might know a thing or two) and she agreed with all of you...super huge and dark when pregnant and breastfeeding, but after you ween they shrink back CLOSE to original.
The general consensus is that videographers pick out ladies with "model" breasts (or in this case, nipples and areola), because we are used to seeing the "normal" breast/nipple ratio and not everyone has encountered the "pregnancy breast." So in the case of the breastfeeding video I watched, it might distract from the point they were trying to make if they featured saucer-ladies like us.
On a cheery side-note, men tend to find our saucer-size nipples more attractive because they are more exotic.
I will say "tend" because sometimes it takes a little life under their belt to break from what society tells them to like. But when they stop relying on porn, studies show that fertility is an awesome turn-on for men, be it those big thighs, hips that prevent us from wearing junior sizes anymore, round bellies instead of flat ones, huge boobs, and those saucer-like areola--men will pick them over their skinny counterparts, as long as the fertile body still looks healthy.
...so maybe we shouldn't fret just yet.
Pregnancy is a tough pill to swallow, and I personally don't like feeling huge and gross. So when I look down at my monsters I don't feel so attractive, and the vote of confidence from some study conducted boosts my self-esteem. I just hope the hubby concurs!
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All right so I said men TEND to like those exotic saucer boobs we get.
Unfortunately, that isn't my man. He admitted that he likes my smaller pre-pregnancy boobs better. However, he did say that he loves me more for carrying/birthing his babies.
So ugh. But at least I have something to look forward to when I'm not so pregnant. And I AM glad that he has a preference (and was willing to tell me)...
Hope all you ladies find encouragement with your own boobs.
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FWIW - From what I've been able to compare them too, mine have always been on the larger side anyway. Now they're even larger. I think they're hideous, but it'll benefit breastfeeding.
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