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Em, I was the same, I was only a 32A before I got preggers, but I was also only 16, had my son at 17, so I was a teenage mom, and I think maybe I hadn't stopped growing before I got preggers. I did try to breastfeed my son, the first month I did fine, no real issues, then my breasts did not produce more milk as he grew, it stayed the same, like they didn't change with him how most people do. So at a month old they put him on formula to supplement what I couldn't provide, and I REALLY encourage every woman to at least try to breastfeed. After he was put on formula he started having gastric problems, where after he ate he would spit up all his food, and I don't mean the usual little bit of baby spit up, I mean he projected across the room, picture Linda Blaire in boy baby form LOL. I can laugh about it now, but it definitely wasn't funny at the time. He couldn't keep anything down, and it didn't start until AFTER they put him on formula and it was a so called good brand, the most doctor recommended, Enfamil I believe the one that starts with an L. Well anyway, then they put him on a specialty one, Enfamil AR (which is for babies with Acid Reflux, which was ultimately what my son had). They put him on all kinds of medicines, but nothing was working, he was losing weight at an alarming rate, they put him on something I mixed into my milk and the formula to get him more calories to help his weight. Nothing was working, I got desperate and took him to a gastric child specialist, this guy was from the middle east and barely spoke english, but saved my son's life! His english was so bad that he had to write down everything he was trying to say to me, but at least he could understand and write english, that's all that really mattered. Well he was actually the one that put him on the additive in the formula and milk for the calories. And he also told me to stop all the medication my normal pediatrician put my son on for the acid reflux, he told me to get regular Mylanta the kind adults take, and to give him a small amount, he told me the exact amount to give him and how many times a day. Instantly it helped him, for the first time he was able to keep all his formula down. So this is my thought, my breastmilk was exactly what he needed, and the formula is just not that good for babies. I felt so bad and cried myself asleep many times that I couldn't produce more milk then I could, I tried fenugreek while breastfeeding to try to increase milk production, I was pumping (milk pump not the same as a BE pump) at least once between feedings to try to stimulate milk production, but ultimately I ended up producing less and less and dried up by the time he was 3 months. I feel that my breasts did not develop fully or I would have not had this issue. I did go to a 34C while pregnant and breastfeeding, when gorged I got to a D, a painful D but a D lol. After I dried up I went to a 32B. Then after losing the little bit of left over baby weight I went to a 32A again. And since my son was a year old, I was 18, I have been doing NBE, well that's when I tried my first product. Since starting 4 years ago I have grown 4 1/4 inches, and I think I might have been a 32AA cause the 32A's were a little loose in the top of the cups, I just refused to wear a AA. Now I'm a 32C and still growing, so I've grown 4 cup sizes. And my shape has improved, but I think that is from a combination of things I have done and still do.
Before NBE when I was an A or AA my breasts had a tubular shape, they still have a very very slight tubular shape, but not near as bad, I always thought my tubular shape was caused from pumping during breastfeeding cause my breasts were nice and round before pregnancy. I'm not sure what caused it for me. Before NBE (sorry I don't have any pics from back then, was too embarrassed to take any) my breasts were much further apart, basically a little flesh under big puffy nipples. Now I still have big nipples, but with the more breast tissue it looks ALOT better. I think what helped my shape the most was massage, exercise (I use the easy curves device, have for 2 years or so now), and pumping. Pumping has changed my shape most of all, and in my pics section I show this with side view pics. I started NB a 32B as I had grown 2 inches with an herbal product called Zoft in the past, and I've grown 2 1/4 more inches with NB and still going, well NB and Ultra Breast. 2 more inches and I feel I will have a much better shape than I do even now and I will be happy. 2 more inches should put me at a DD, if it puts me at only a D I'd still be happy. I'm actually even fine if I stay the same size I am now, I just want to improve the shape a little more, as I know it's possible, I'm living proof it is.
But yea, on my original point, I definitely encourage every woman to at least try to breastfeed, it is the very best thing for your child, and it gives you and your baby a bonding that bottle feeding could never give. I'm not going to lie to anyone the first week I breastfed was hell, everytime he went to latch on and suck it hurt SOOO bad that I cried, and I have a high tolerance to pain. During the first week my nipples became chapped, cracked, and bled a lil. The doctor gave me this lanolin type cream for my nipples that has the same effect that chapstick does for your lips, and it was safe for the baby. It healed my nipples within 2 days. And eventhough my mom kept begging me to stop and just formula feed (she hated seeing me in pain) I kept on as I'm stubborn and determined to do something once I put my mind to it. Might be why I've tried so many things in NBE the past 4 years, and eventhough some didn't work, I kept on going. I don't know how to give up, not in my character.
LOL I'm going to stop rambling now, just wanted to give my 2 cents in. Not sure about this T stuff and where I fall on the scale, don't really care. I know NBE works and that's all I care about. Good luck to the rest of you ladies, I hope you find what works for you, and hope you get the boobies of your dreams!
Hope this gave you some hope.
