# What Happens to Women With Breast Implants When They Bear Children? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073 "2003-07-17T05:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/1 "2003-07-17T05:14:13Z")
As anyone knows who has ever read one of my threads, I would never deliberately post something inappropriate or off-color. But I have been wondering something for some time now. And maybe there are some women out there considering breast implants that should know the answer to this question too. What happens to women with breast implants after they become pregnant and bear children? Because, think about it, after a woman gives birth, her breasts start producing alot of milk. And with breast implants, the milk has no place to drain to, does it? Doesn’t this cause the poor woman pain? Or at the very least, isn’t it an inconvenience if she wants to breast feed? Again, as I’ve said, this is just something I’ve wondered about for a long time now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/2 "2003-07-17T05:35:29Z")
What happens to women with breast implants when they bear children? They become mommies with breast implants. Seriously, Jim B., nothing that doesn’t happen to women who don’t have breast implants. Unless the woman had a really bad surgeon. Sometimes women who’ve had a double mastectomy become mothers. Wrap your mind around that. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/3 "2003-07-17T07:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jim B. \* > \*\*Because, think about it, after a woman gives birth, her breasts start producing alot of milk. And with breast implants, the milk has no place to drain to, does it? Doesn’t this cause the poor woman pain? Or at the very least, isn’t it an inconvenience if she wants to breast feed? > \*\* It souonds as if you’re labouring under the misconception that a breast implant occupies the entire volume of the breast; this is not the case. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/4 "2003-07-17T07:53:09Z")
Generally the way the implant is positioned [and how the surgery is done](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=%22breast+implant%22+breastfeeding&btnG=Google+Search). I’ve heard of more problems from women who have had reductions that required cutting off of the ducts from the areola. ---
**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/5 "2003-07-17T11:06:40Z")
Well, when I gave birth, my roommate did have breast implants and she was appalled at how BIG they got once she began lactating. They were extremely painful too, although I couldn’t tell you if she was in any more pain that I was. The implants in no way impeded the flow of milk. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/6 "2003-07-17T11:19:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cillasi \* > \*\*Well, when I gave birth, my roommate did have breast implants and she was appalled at how BIG they got once she began lactating. \*\* Lemme get this straight … **you** gave birth and your **roommate** began lactating?? :dubious: Julie ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/7 "2003-07-17T11:27:49Z")
I assume the missing information is that your roommate also gave birth about the same time. In any case, I’m bookmarking this thread now, until the truth is revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/8 "2003-07-17T11:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I assume the missing information is that your roommate also gave birth about the same time. \*\* And I assumed the missing information was that it was her roommate in the hospital, not necessarily someone she lived with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/9 "2003-07-17T11:54:14Z")
Ahhh … _light dawns …_ Julie :o ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/10 "2003-07-17T14:31:10Z")
"And with breast implants, the milk has no place to drain to, does it? " Sure, out the nipple. ---
**Author:** ![kaycee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@kaycee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaycee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-women-with-breast-implants-when-they-bear-children/189073/11 "2003-07-17T14:40:12Z")
Retired Mammography Tech. here Newer implants are positioned behind the Pectoralis muscle, breast feeding is still possible…and mammograms are much easier to do and the actual breast tissue is more visible than in the “old” days.