# Do Women With Small Breasts Generally Nurse Without Major Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164 "2014-03-20T17:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164/21 "2014-03-24T03:17:11Z")
Yesterday I escorted a walk-in OB patient from the ER to labor and delivery. On the way out, I chatted with a nurse I’ve known since school and I noticed that her name tag was dangling flipped around. The backside had 2 pictures of the actual size of a babies stomach (smaller than you might think). I asked her why did they have those and she told me it’s a teaching tool for new parents, so many are worried unnecessarily about being able to produce enough. Now, we didn’t get into discussing breast size, per se, but she was clear that it’s just rarely a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164/22 "2014-03-24T04:41:31Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > My theory is that female humans would have attracted male humans somehow even without large breasts. Just a guess here. Why do you say that? Because of other physiological features that women have that attract males? Well, couldn’t we pick any single one of those, and say “Without feature X, women would still attract male humans”? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164/23 "2014-03-24T09:47:57Z")
It’s big breasts that make it more difficult, not in the production of milk (obesity aside), but in the positioning. My smallish breasts enabled me to just hold the baby in one arm and feed, but the larger-breasted women had to use their other hand to hold their boobs up. Perhaps with practice that wouldn’t be necessary, but it made getting started more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164/24 "2014-03-24T10:06:32Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > I have never had a baby. I have massive boobs. I also have inverted nipples (which my sisters do not have). My Gyn has already told me that it’s highly likely that I will have a bitch of a time breastfeeding if I ever do have a baby. But, she didn’t relate it to the size at all, just to the nipples. > [@bob\_2](#): > > There are exercises you can do to get those nips to pop up. I think it’s best to get your husbands help. He may even enjoy it:) Try the [Niplette](http://aventniplette.com/) by Avent. I think you need to just pop it on for a few months inside your bra, and eventually they pop out forever. Alternatively, I think you can pop them out right before breast feeding to help latch. I have heard good things! 🙂 > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Speaking of Asian women and their capability to breastfeed, I recall [this](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.breastfeed/) story from 2008 about a Chinese policewomen who breastfed at one point 9 babies who were orphaned/separated from their mothers in an earthquake. That’s some heroism you don’t see every day! Nine babies! She must’ve had Super Woman Nipples. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-small-breasts-generally-nurse-without-major-problems/684164.md?page=1)