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breastfeeding and size issues, anyone experience this issue?
My right breast is the main breast I feed from due to the fact that I had blocked ducts on my right side a couple days after birth and it was so painful I used had 2 use a pump instead of putting my baby on it. Now its cleared and my breast is soft and its also much smaller than my right side. I mainly do feed on the right just because after the ducts got cleared I thought that I had dried up! Now I know it does produce milk but its just a little bit, not enough to feed my baby, and now my baby just won't drink as vigorously as he does on my good breast and I feel that if he's not really sucking hard enough on my left side then i'll never get a good milk supply . I have been advised that if I keep feeding on left side it'll produce more milk, but my question is..if the milk really starts to come in will my breast grow in size as did my right breast? My breast are normally the same size and now there's a cup size difference between them and its noticeable even after I put on a bra and a shirt...Also I had my baby a month ago...is there hope for me to even the sizes out?
P.S.
I'm still not giving up on breast feeding even if I stay with such noticeably different sized breasts and even if I end up only feeding from 1 side!
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Try to start every feeding from the left side. He won't get much at first, but eventually the milk will increase in quantity. By starting on the left side you will get his more enthusiastic sucking which is what you need to increase your milk supply. You can also try pumping that breast after each feeding to try to tell your body that that breast needs more milk. I ended up in a similar situation, my left breast just seemed to naturally produce more milk, or maybe I started my baby on that side too often, whatever the case. I stopped nursing about a month ago and my left breast is still a little bigger than the other. I am really hoping that they even out again as the fat replaces the space where milk was. Who knows though! But, they have evened out a lot more than they used to be, so I would say there is still hope! But, your best bet it to start with your smaller breast for few minutes, and then switch to the other side. If you have time I would really try pumping the smaller breast after each feeding just to try to build up that supply. As your baby gets older, and you produce even more milk, it really will be more comfortable for you if both breasts are being used to hold your supply! Good luck!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
If you work on it you can both even out the supply, and probably get the baby to nurse equally well on both sides.
Of course no woman has breasts the exact same size, but the difference will no longer be noticeable to people on the street ;-).
Lopsided! What can I do?
...When baby prefers one side, or when supply or breast size is greater on one side
- barffLv 44 years ago
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