Body question for after delivery...

october12th · August 2011

Ok, this might be a little tmi...but I am curious if after I have my baby if certain parts of my body will go back to 'normal'. Mostly just my nipples. It seems like they take up 75% of my breasts and I really am not a fan. They used to be normal size, and now at 7 months pregnant, they are at the center of my self-conciousness.

Thanks ladies!

CakeParrot · August 2011

Yes, from my previous experience, they will go back to a more 'normal' size. I can't remember how long it took, but I think it was once I stopped BFing (at 13 months).

mrsgabus · August 2011

MIne went back to "normal" after having my son but Im not sure if thats the case for everyone. Things tend to change even just the slightest... example I lost a cup size after having my son, I started at a d and grew to a dd and after my son was born I ended up being a C.

shellybell15 · August 2011

Mine did not go back to the way they were before (neither did my boobs) but they definitely looked more normal and proportionate. If you plan on breastfeeding I wouldn't expect them to change anytime soon, though.

SailorGray · August 2011

My boobs are so not the same boobs they were before having DS. That being said, my nipples did return to a "normal" size.

hannafemme · August 2011

My good friend who has just finished nursing her third child gave me the best visual the other day. She said after nursing three kids, her boobs look like pancakes with a raisin on the bottom! Ugh!! Its all worth it though right??

nic326 · August 2011

Ugh...NO! I fully plan on getting my boobs done after this child because they look nothing like they used to. They are saggy and my nips look like hubcaps

hollinor · August 2011

nic326:
Ugh...NO! I fully plan on getting my boobs done after this child because they look nothing like they used to. They are saggy and my nips look like hubcaps

LMAO! That is hilarious! I was BARELY an "A" cup, and perky as a teenager when I got pregnant with my first. I only "tried" to breastfeed for two days. My breasts never were the same again. (I know that was not due to my pathetic attempts at breastfeeding.) I went from and "A" to a "C", and then down to a "B". The perkiness was but a distant memory. *Sigh* But thank God they never looked like pancakes with a raisins on the end. That would be horrific!

chloescrochetcloset · August 2011

Haha! I always describe my after pregnancy breasts to my pregnant friends as "tennis balls in socks." However, my nipples did go back to normal, thank goodness!!!!

Sharra711 · August 2011

hollinor:

nic326:
Ugh...NO! I fully plan on getting my boobs done after this child because they look nothing like they used to. They are saggy and my nips look like hubcaps

LMAO! That is hilarious! thank God they never looked like pancakes with a raisins on the end. That would be horrific!

Hey! Hey! Don't hate on us 'I-HOPers' : )~

Pregnancy does a number on your boobs for sure... and what Mother Nature doesn't put back into place... my plastic Dr. will ; )