What happens to your breasts after you give birth?

Question

If you breastfeed what happens to them and if you don't breastfeed what happens to them? Do they stay a little bigger or do they go back to original size?

Answer 1

A few days after giving birth, they will swell enormously. If you choose to breastfeed, they will stay slightly enlarged for the time that you are breastfeeding. After you stop, it depends on your genetics. They may go back to normal, and they may sag. If you don't breastfeed, they will be enormous and painful for a few days (engorgement) and then shrink to either normal size or sag, again depending on genetics.

Answer 2

They engorge after a few days and are very painful. If you dont breastfeed, within a week or 2, the milk dries up. Some women go back to normal, some dont. I was an A cup before I got pregnant and now I am a C...they grew and stayed this way during and after pregnancy.

Answer 3

all i know is if you dont breastfeed, your breasts may be swollen for a week or two, it is not painful but more of a nuisance. you may experience some leaking but eventually the milk dries up. i personally have stayed larger, i was a small "c" before then went to be a full "c." I never breastfed and my child was never sick. plus, i still have amazing breasts and i am almost 35! so, do what is right for you, not what some earhty hippe says!

Answer 4

There's no telling.. Some they go bigger, some shrink, and some just stay the original size. If you don't breastfeed it still changes them just because they have been growing the whole time you've been preggo!

Answer 5

If you breastfeed, your breast will stay larger the whole time you are nursing. However, they usually go back to normal size after you stop. Many women say their breast aren't as firm as they used to be before the pregnancy al-together though.

Answer 6

It depends on the woman. I cant say about if your dont breast feed because I bf all my kids. But when I got pg with my first I couldn't fill out a B cup. Now after nursing 3 children and 4 pregnancy's, I am a solid D. Somewhat drooper than I would like but I guess that would come with age anyways and nursing my children was so worth it!
Good Luck
God Bless

Answer 7

Well, w/ my first child they went back to normal after the milk dried up but, I had also lost too much weight so I think that might be the reason why. I am pregnant w/ my 2nd & I have been wondering if there is anyway I could keep some of the fullness. It sure would be nice.

Answer 8

I breastfed my son for a year. After I stopped, they went back to normal size, but slightly droopier. That would've happened with age anyway.

Some mothers find their breasts actually get smaller after having a child.

Answer 9

With my first, they stayed the same, I was a solid B.
With my second, they swelled to a D and stayed that way. Until the milk dried up it was PAINFUL!!
Then, they went down with my last child, now I am a C.

It all depends on you!

Answer 10

They will go back to their original size no matter what. After birth and after breast feeding.

The longer you breast feed the closer to normal they will get while still feeding, as your body gets better at only producing whats needed,so you're not so huge all the time.

Theyre amazing things. Breast milk is even more amazing. You know you give you baby a whole dose of LIVE white blood cells with every feeding? Breast fed babies are 14 times less likely to end up in the hospital, 4 times less likely to die of infection, and are effected less by all 40 of those vaccinations they get their first year.

Thats freaking amazing to me.