# Breasts and Pregnancy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406 "2002-08-24T20:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/1 "2002-08-24T20:53:39Z")
As I traverse this road of trying to concieve a child, I read a lot of smack on line. But one thing I heard really perked my ears up. I hear (through the webvine), that your breasts, once they’ve gone through the process of creating and storing milk, actually remain a bit bigger even after you quit breastfeeding. That, indeed after giving birth and from then on, you’ll have a fuller, bigger chest. Have doper moms found this to be true? I’d love to fill these babies out with nature’s natural implant! J ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/2 "2002-08-24T21:38:35Z")
Some get bigger, and stay bigger. Some get bigger, then shrink down to original size. As WAG, the average woman gains perhaps a bit. After nursing is over, it tends to be a bit more sag, however. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/3 "2002-08-24T21:38:35Z")
Okay, here’s what happened to me. I was a 40D ever since high school and right up till I gave birth to my first child. Once the milk came in I went up to a 42F. After he was weaned I went down to a 40E and remained there for the next three years (had to buy all new bras, too, and that was so expensive!). Then I got pregnant with my second child and, while nursing, went up to a 42G. After he was weaned I went down to a 40F and here I remain–my second child is six now so it’s been quite a while since I nursed. My fear of future pregnancies is that I may wind up a little further up the alphabet than I really want to go. But, on the other side of that, I have a friend who was a B/C cup for years. After she had weaned her baby she went down to an A cup! She says the kid ate 'em!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/4 "2002-08-24T21:43:56Z")
Holy smokes! The incredible shrinking boobies! If there’s one thing I don’t need it’s a bit more sag. Grrrr J ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/5 "2002-08-24T22:08:03Z")
Well, I gained a lot and don’t have much sag. I mean they’re big, but they’re full–if you know what I mean. Sorry, hope that’s not TMI. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/6 "2002-08-24T22:18:40Z")
and ix-nay talk about etch-stray arks-may, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/7 "2002-08-25T00:46:01Z")
I got bigger, but saggier. Most of my Japanese friends got smaller (and they are very jealous of me!). ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-and-pregnancy/125406/8 "2002-08-25T01:57:07Z")
The sagging is due to pregnancy, BTW, not breastfeeding. I was a 34B before getting pregnant. 2 kids later, I’m a 36C. When pregnant, I went up to a D cup, and when my milk first came in, DD, then back to a D once the supply evened out.