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Saggy Breasts? Don't Blame Breastfeeding!

Posted by Karen Murphy

breastsWe were discussing this story here at Strollerderby (in the break room, next to the Diet Coke machine and the daily pile of Krispy Kremes), and we found that none of us here have sagging breasts! Not that we whipped them out to compare, not exactly, but what a coincidence, we all have the breasts of 15-year olds! I bet you do, too!

But in case you don't, in case your chestal area seems to exhibit the ravages of time, don't blame it on breastfeeding. Instead...

Nope. Blame it instead on smoking! What, you're not a smoker? Me neither! Then obviously, your breasts don't sag!

How do I know this? Why, a study, of course! By plastic surgeons, who gawked at drooled over studied in an extremely professional manner the appearance, shape, and elasticity of the breasts of women wanting breast lifts. They also grilled queried the women about various personal factors including their age, number of pregnancies, whether they breastfed, and whether they smoked. The conclusion? Breastfeeding wasn't a factor. Not at all.

What a relief. All that pulling, tugging, nursing in uncomfortable positions, has only led to bad posture. And I still have the breasts of a 15-year-old! I swear! (that's me in the photo, actually)

But what did seem to contribute to sagging breasts? Age, smoking, and number of pregnancies. So, uh, have kids? Looks like you can blame THEM.  


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Comments

 

Dawn said:

I bet SIZE doesn't matter either. Just because that's what we've been telling men for years. They probably think it applies to everything now.

November 3, 2007 4:56 PM
 

Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) said:

Wow, Karen, if this photo is of you, we are identical twins. At least in the chestal area. Oh, and in the abs. I'm sure that 18 months of being filled up and depleted of life-nurturing milk has nothing to do with the saggage I don't have anyway in my boobs.

November 3, 2007 5:54 PM
 

michele Godwin said:

MY breasts don't sag! Because I've gone from having the breasts of a 15 year old to having the breasts of an 11 year old! Yeahh!

My child sucked the very life out of my once pert boobies. Now - I got nothin.

November 3, 2007 11:23 PM
 

Autumn said:

I think gaining a bunch of weight from being pregnant and then losing that fat makes yoru boobs sag.  You are left with a lot of loose skin.  I do not see what the mystery is about sagging.  You also get it around your waist from pregnancy but the skin there is thicker and more elastic than the tissue pulled over our 40DD boobs when the baby comes. So if you get pregnant, your breast get bigger then you are not pregnant anymore they get smaller and sag. It is like taking air out of a balloon.  People who lose a lot of weight also have saggy breasts.  Here's to a good bra!

November 4, 2007 12:37 AM
 

minnie said:

yeah a good bra is cool.  but how do you explain the "real thing" if/when you have the good fortune of taking that bra off in front of someone special???  I always feel weird creating an illusion that will be immediately deflated, so to speak, if things get hot and heavy.

November 4, 2007 3:29 PM
 

Grammy said:

My sister could put a pencil under her boobs and have it fall down for years.  She smoked and drank.  Then, she had kids.  Now she thinks she lost a pencil under there but she can't find it.

November 5, 2007 11:36 PM

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