I think what you should say to her is, Keep on
Nursing! There is nothing like a milk-sated
sleeping infant, and then a grateful nursing
toddler, to make you feel delighted with your own
unusually shaped, deliciously functional
"nursies".
Each of my assymetric breasts posed slightly
different management issues, but in general I
just used both sides equally. They did get more
similar to each other during extended
breastfeeding. Afterward they returned to 2 cup
sizes different -- albeit both more wonderfully
womanly-shaped -- but now I feel proud of them!
Tina
At 6:27 PM -0500 1/13/04, Christine Lichte wrote:
>Hi. I am working with a mom that has very small, assymetrical breasts. Milk
>supply is not a problem at this time-and may not be. Her right breast
>changed the most during pregnancy and then engorgement. Her left breast
>changed very little (It is basically flat-similar to the picture in the
>Breastfeeding Atlas) although she does hear a fair amount of swallowing.
>In our conversation she opened up to me and told me that she does not like
>having her breasts so "uneven"-- her right breast is now between an A and B
>cup and her left breast is not even an A. She came to terms with this over
>the years, but now it is so much more noticeable and she does not like the
>way it looks. She knows she can make her outward appearance look okay with
>extra padding on that side, but she is more concerned about how she looks
>in the mirror. She plans to pump that side in hopes of increasing milk both
>for baby and to even her out. She will not stop breastfeeding because of
>this, but I would like to help her if I can. Will extra pumping on that
>side help? Any other suggestions or something I can say to help her feel
>better? Thank you.
>
>Christine Lichte, LLL Leader, IBCLC
>
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