Thank Heaven for Little Girls
I’ve written about my ginormous breasts before. About my two breast-reduction surgeries. About my issues with body image and plastic surgery. And nursing after redux. But I’ve never gone into detail re: my quest for little-ish boobs because before now? There was no happy ending to the story.
At my largest, I wore a 36 FF. I was seventeen and miserable. I hated my body, my custom-made bathing-suits, my extra-large shirts.
But that’s not where my journey began. No ma’am.
In 8th grade, I was made honorary president of Diegueno Jr. High’s “Itty Bitty Titty Committee.” I was the last of my friends to start my period and subsequently grow boobs. The boys made fun of me. Girls called me names. I rocked an ultra-padded 32 AAA until 9th grade when I landed my first B cup.
Rockin AA soccer and a B cup, 9th grade
By 10th grade I was rocking a D, which wasn’t that big a deal. Plenty of girls I knew had large boobs. I just happened to be one of them.
Junior year was when everything went south. Literally. It didn’t matter that I was sixteen. My “girls” were low-riders. They had no choice. They were massive pendulums from hell. Forces of nature, not to be reckoned with.
Unless of course, you were gravity.
In which case, they were fucked.
trying to contain my cleavage, Halloween, Senior year.
Before my first reduction, I asked my surgeon to give me a small C cup. For the first month or so after the surgery my breasts were indeed a C, albeit a large C. Breast reduction surgery is NOT an exact science. Swelling and even after-growth affect the size you actually end-up with, but for me, it was more than that. I was eighteen when I had my first surgery and apparently fell victim to the fact that my breasts weren’t finished growing.
By my 20th birthday, my boobs were so pissed off at me for paying a surgeon to chop them off, they grew back. Not to their full potential, mind you, but at 36 DD they were still pretty huge. My doctor insisted on re-doing my reduction, so he did. And I got to deal with the aftermath of not being able to wipe my own ass for six weeks, all over again.
Two years after my second surgery, my breasts were once again D cups. And D cups they have been ever since, through my pregnancy with Archer, Fable, and beyond… It wasn’t until about three months ago that I noticed a change. My D bras were suddenly gapping and everywhere I went people were commenting about my weight-loss, which wasn’t nearly as drastic as it apparently looked.
It wasn’t until a few weeks ago when my friend asked me if “I had recently stopped breastfeeding” that I realized how much smaller I was.
“No offense but your boobs have disappeared. They’re gone. You look like a boy.”
It was one of the nicest things anybody had ever said to me.
I bought him a coffee and an hour of WiFi.
And that day? I went home and tried on all the bras that Hal shrunk over the years by accidentally drying them.
Sure enough? They all fit. Unfortunately they were too disfigured to wear comfortably without stab-wounds. But still. I was elated.
And so? I did something that I haven’t done in many, many years: I went bra shopping.
“When was the last time you got sized?” the nice lady at Nordstrom asked me.
“Um…. 1999?”
“Let’s seee heeeeeeeere,” she said, wrapping her tape around my rib cage.
“Uh huh! Just as I suspected. 34C.”
It was a Christmas miracle. In the middle of February. I started to cry.
“Don’t cry, honey!” she said, signaling to my postpartum shriveled-up little booblets. “Your girls are just darling.”
“I know it!” I cheered.
Finally.
Ten years of surgeries and discomfort, custom-made bathing-suits, psychological wtfuckedupness and thousands of dollars trying to stop my effing tits from regenerating like alligator-lizard tails, and my girls are FINALLY darling.
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I used to want smaller boobs and now I’m upset about the shrinkage…maybe it’s just the contrast to my post-baby belly, though.
my boobs have always been small. I didn’t need to wear a bra before kids & only need to now because i’ve got silver dollar pancakes swinging in me shirt. and I love it. I’m sorry you went through what you did to get here, but as a proud lifelong member of the itty bitty titty committee I’d be happy to let you rejoin.
Hurrah for (finally) being happy with what you have
Go you!
awww, so happy for you, my dear!! you look amazing! i actually have been dealing with the total opposite problem – since age 18 i was a 34c and i LOVED it (never wanted to be bigger!), but getting pregnant and having my girl changed all that. my poor boobage swelled and exploded with growth; although i gained less than 20 lbs of pregnancy weight, breastfeeding was not kind to me and i surpassed the “d” mark and beyond! now that i’m fully weaned things in the chestal area have gotten much more reasonable, but still so much bigger than before and i find myself longing for size med/small bathing suit tops. but my point here is that i’m super happy for you! after all the pain/stress/misfortune you’ve had with your boobage, it’s wonderful to hear you finally caught a break! ;D
cheers!
I´m so happy for you!!!!!
Enjoy it!
Yeah! What a nice post and what a nice ending to a long story! I am happy for you!
Not to be pessimistic, but my boobs shrunk when I had a IUD, once I got it taken out and went back on the pill, they grew back. But congratulations! You look great!
Ah, boobies. My LITTLE sister wound up with a fair amount of sexy cleavage and I got a 34A out of our genetic line. It killed me in high school, KILLED ME. I was rail thin with incredibly long legs and if I wasn’t careful (like when I went for that Winona Ryder pixie cut) I could easily look like a 12 year old boy.
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When I was pregnant with my little boy Jude, my boobs were swell. They didn’t get ginormous but they were full and looked great in the bras I’d been barely filling out for years. Too bad I couldn’t use them for anything fun then
Now that he’s five they’ve officially shrunk and look more like pancakes but you know what? I guess they’ll always be perky and I’ve finally stopped trying to figure out how I’ll come up with the cash for a boob job.
I think when it comes to our bodies, over the long run and as we get older, it’s about really trying to love what you’ve got. I’m glad you’re finally there
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I’m currently a 32 FF. I’m pretty sure my boobs are trying to take over the world. and when I have kids? I’m totally screwed!
So awesome! I’m glad they’re down to where you wanted them to be all along. My reduction is one of the best things I have ever done. It’s a WONDERFUL feeling to put on a top and LOVE how it looks, eh? Now go buy every button-up shirt you can find and revel in how it fits! LOL!!!!!
Yay for your adorable boobs!! I hope they stay just where you want them!
I had friends in high school who opted for the surgery as well, only to find their boobs the same size in a few months again. I felt really bad for them because they had back issues and hated not being able to do things the rest of us could. Though if I do recall, the guys did call me “Got Milk” in high school. And I too feel your pain about being stabbed by mutilated bras. Glad you are enjoying your boobies now, I am sure your husband and kids have always enjoyed them, lol.
Wow! I had the same experience! Well, I never reached the FF, but I was definitely double DDs. I thought, “when I have a baby, they’re going to be out of control!” And they were, when I was pregnant and right when I started breastfeeding. But now that my kid is 7 months old and I don’t feed him as often, they are a normal size. No awkward bulges out the side of my bra. I can wear button down shirts. Aaaand I can get a regular bathing suit! Hurray!
I’m not sure how I feel after reading this post.
I’m 26 and wear a 34DDD. My size fluctuates a little with my weight but not much. That is who I am. I’ve thought about breast reductions and I get the embarrassment and discomfort. To this day I still have friends who make really horrible comments and make me feel bad. I’ve always been big. I got my period early. My boobs became huge and probably from growing so fast they are WAY less perky than you’d want your boobs to be at 26. I guess I’ve just come to accept it. And the fact that weird things are going to happen when I have children. I’ll deal I guess. I’ve thought about surgery but for me I don’t think the risks are outweighed by the benefits. I don’t want to risk losing all sensation or not being able to breastfeed. Those seem like terrible outcomes to me. Plus, I’d find something else not to like about my body. Something else to be unhappy about. Right now I guess the only thing that bothers me about my size is that fashion is not friendly to big breasted women and for some reason a lot of people associate having big boobs with being fat. And the people who make terrible comments aren’t really my friends.
Your post made me think about myself and my situation a lot more closely. And it made me realize that while surgery may work/be an option for some people I know that altering my body still isn’t an option for me.
I guess what I’m saying is I’m happy that you were able to do this and that it worked for you and that you’re happy now. I totally understand how you felt beforehand and can imagine how wonderful you must feel now. Having surgery, especially two, must have been scary.
Annnnnd suddenly, after ten years of obsessing over how my teeny tiny tatats were far too teeny and tiny (they’re a B… when I stuff)… I APPRECIATE THEM! Just ran into the bathroom at work, gave them a little waggle, and hey! Little boobs ARE darling! Who knew!
What an ordeal you’ve been through. You look absolutely beautiful, and comfortable in your skin. Thanks for making me appreciate my teeny tiny tatas, Rebecca!
I am laughing at myself because I was an A cup until I got pregnant. My 34C nearly D in my third trimester and I think I am HUGE. I am hoping against hope I get my A’s back when I wean! I cannot imagine how I am going to feel when my milk comes in…
Like you, I was the last of my friends to get my period (13) and had itty-bitty titties to boot. Unlike you, they stayed that way. My mom is european and curvey, and I had a-cups most of my life; I hated them. Then I breastfed two big babies, weaned and whooosh– all the air went out. I am a barely-a wearing special sub-padded bras just to get a bump through t-shirts. As my OBGYN said, “your body knows when you don’t need them anymore.”
I had a mammogram yesterday and the tech stood behind me, pushing and pulling my flesh to smoosh between the plates and said, “this is the same technique I use for people with implants. I laughed, “Yeah, I had to special order the AAA falsies.”
I never got the bodacious boobs I wanted, but I will always tell my daughter that they were spectacular and did their jobs. Whatever your size, enjoy them!
I recently shared with some friends that I want a reduction when I’m done having kids. They all freaked. Any number of them would kill for my 36DDD-38G boobs (size depends on if I’m pregnant or not) but none of them understand how hard it is having such large, heavy, full boobs. I haven’t been able to buy a bathing suit at a store since high school (Thank you, Bravissimo!) and I recently discovered that no one stocks anything above a DDD cup anymore so now I’m back to ordering bra’s online. I haven’t worn a button up shirt in ten years b/c of the gaping holes my boobs create. I can’t buy regular tops anymore b/c I look like a Playboy Bunny who could feed a multitude of tribes in Africa. I don’t want to look like that. I don’t want to buy a XXL shirt so it will fit my chest only to hang around my waist. I know the grass is always greener somewhere else but I just can’t wait to buy a bathing bra off the rack and it not be a minimizing, beige, wide strapped bohemoth that even my grandma would scoff at for being so plain and matronly. CHOP. EM. OFF!
I don’t get this – aren’t people like Christina Hendricks – she of the voluptuous figure and generous boobage all the rage? (See the over of this week’s NY Mag.) A generous endowment sounds great to me.
You’re too funny… And yeah, you look amazing. Of course I find myself at the other end of this problem, sometimes wishing they were {slightly} bigger.
You seem to have a genetic mutation for a ever-changing body: going from blonde to brunette, dramatically increasing then decreasing boobs… Not to mention your butt, which from what I remember suddenly went MIA. Funny nothing of the like ever happened to me! Hair color’s the same, butt’s still quite round, and pregnancy excepted, boobs still just a tad too small in proportion!
But yeah, I also kind of think small is darling. At least they will never be down on my knees, I guess. Guys you’re interacting with look you in the eye. You can do sexy cleavage without it being too obvious. Or wear fitted x-small tops, instead of buying larger for the ladies but it ending up being too large elsewhere. Etc.
One thing never changes, that’s for sure: apparently very few women are perfectly happy with their bodies!
I wish I had some C’s. My cleavage has always been less then spectacular (at the biggest, and this is after full fledged post-baby when my milk came in, I was at a D…if only for a day. But it was quite the sight.) I’ve been rocking mid-range B’s since getting on some form of birth control, upper A’s before then. I have a love/hate relationship with the ol’ chesticles, but what woman doesn’t? I’m glad you’re right where you want to be though!
I’m 22 and my boobs have been growing at a steady rate of 1 cup size a year since I was 13. I am currently a 32J – yes that’s right J, but my bottom half is a UK size 12 a US 8. If I go up another size then even the specialist catalogues (Bravissimo etc.) don’t stock sizes that big. I can’t buy bikinis or sports bras in my current size either which restricts my exercise to low impact only.
I can’t imagine getting any bigger. But I can’t imagine having surgery either. It just seems plain narcissistic to me, even though my breasts cause a lot of physical pain too. The surgery itself seems horrific – terrible scarring, awful pain, not being able to wipe own ass etc. I know it’s something I may have to consider if I keep growing, but it’s definitely a last resort for me.
Rebecca, I am so happy you finally have the breasts of your dreams. Go show them off to all the world!!
I’m still waiting for my boobies to show up. But, I do have a B cup (finally), and they served 4 babies several meals a day……and also, having known friends who had to have multiple reductions like you did, I definitely shouldn’t complain.
Yay for your darling girls!
Hooray for your average size tits!!
I am a 32DD and I have worried about future pregnancies and nursing, so it’s a relief to read about your shrinkage after weaning.
Dude, I just downgraded last week to a DD cup and I was so happy! A C-cup sounds like heaven! Maybe once I stop nursing and lose some weight I can get there and then I will be buying all the cute tops in the world!
If you are off the hormonal birth control that would also contribute to a loss of the boobage. The girls always get a little bigger when using hormonal birth control, and shrink down when you are off it. So congrats on the tiny darling boobies.
I totally get why you wouldn’t want to get the surgery. For me? It was a no brainer. I was in pain. I was uncomfortable physically and emotionally and sexually et al.
And Christina Henricks is WAY hot. I love looking at her but I KNOW how bad it sucks to carry around that much weight up top and I wouldn’t want to be in her skin for two seconds.
(I had more than five pounds of boob removed from my body. That’s like carrying around a backpack all day for many years.)
I realize as women we are told we must be happy with “what God gave us” and I respect that and I’m by no means a plastic surgery enthusiast. I plan to age gracefully, wrinkles and all. But there is another side to the story and for me? Taking control of my body and well being was greater than self-acceptance.
Boobs are so fickle! Here’s my profile.
Teenager: 32-34A, itty bitty
20s: 34B-nearly C, not bad
30s and on the patch: 34C, and loving the cleavage
during pregnancy: up to 36DD or F — Wowza! Who knew?
after nursing: back down to 34B, sigh.
I was hoping to keep a little extra, but what can you do?
Glad you’re happy with your current boobage. I never knew they could regrow!
I too was the girl with the biggest boobs in her class (well of the skinny girls). I am a 32DD and spilling over (I don’t want to get measured again). I have never looked into reduction because I want to be able to breastfeed. One of the things I am most scared about as we are trying to get pregnant is just how much bigger will they get and will they stay that way? To hear I could go down to a C cup is so reassuring. Now I just need to save up for a lift because yeah. Pre baby and the suckers already look like I have breast fed 5 kids.
Always a reader, but this storyline of yours hits so close to home for me!
The boobs, oh yes, the boobs. I had nada – zip, zilch until 9th grade upon which they started growing, growing, and never stopped. By the time I hit 18 I was a horribly uncomfortable and embarrassed 34G. There was nary a second thought to agreeing to a breast reduction and its the very best decision I made. They’ll be perky forever (due to the scars and structure of the surgery) and while they still fluctuate with my weight (the not-so-little bastards), they’re much much much better than the very low, pendulous boobs of the olden days.
The best thing anyone ever said to me? While wedding dress shopping, the salesgirl asked my size and replied “Really? A D? Never would have guessed it”.
THE biggest compliment of my life. I dream of the possibility of ending up a C one day.
OH HONEY! I am soooooo happy for you.
I was a B cup until about my sophomore year of college and then KABLAM I was C, then D, then DD and now DDD.
I want a breast reduction, but just have not had the time, or funds, to accomplish that.
I think for my 45 birthday I will ask for some “darling girls”.
Sooooo happy for you!
I was just getting ready to write about this same thing! My breasts are the smallest they’ve been since I was…I don’t know…11, maybe? I have NO idea what size I am right now, but I was just noticing how much room I’ve got in my D cups.
I never had breast reduction surgery because there was no WAY I could afford it, but I wanted it since I heard there was such a thing. Gaining and losing the same 60 lbs. a few times certainly hasn’t helped matters.
The idea of ever being a “normal,” not-impossible-to-find bra size makes me tear up.
Oh how I wish that I had a C cup. Right now I am starting to spill out of a 36 DDD. I have gained a few (20) pounds and they always go to my boobs and my stomach. Yikes! I have told my husband several times that when we are absolutely sure that we are not having any more kids that I will have a reduction and a lift. I am sure that my back and shoulders will thank me. I am scared of the 6 weeks of not being able to wipe my ass though!
This is the happiest story I have ever heard. I go in next week to have my Es turned into small Cs and I CAN’T WAIT.
great post. glad you are happy with your boobies
That’s great! I too have had a breast reduction, and it was one of the best things I have ever done for myself. Like you, I had over 5 pounds of boob removed. What a difference! I had it in my mid-20s and haven’t regretted it for a moment. I never knew I could feel so… proportional!
The only difficulty has been that, a few years after my surgery, when I had my son, there were challenges with nursing and milk production. Not easy, but we managed, and I was able to nurse him (although not exclusively) for 7 months, when he made it clear he didn’t want to work that hard for a little drink of milk. I’m pregnant with #2 right now, and hoping that breastfeeding goes a little more smoothly for me this time, as it seemed to for you.
Since I developed boobs, I have always been a 34b or 36b. Never any bigger or smaller. They went up to a C when I was prego but I didn’t breastfeed (I know – bad mom!) so they were right back to a B in no time! However, once I went off of all hormonal birth control (the pill and then mirena iud), they have grown! Now I am a large C most days and swollen to a D during that time of the month. They have been saggy since the kidlet and now they are even worse – bikini tops get more and more difficult to find as I need supportive ones for ever expanding boobies…
Congratulations!! I’m in the process of losing 60+ pounds (12 down so far), and I can’t wait for my boobs to shrink. I used to have perky gals but when I gained the weight, the bresticles became big ugly fat bags. I totally get what you said about taking control of your body. That’s what I’m trying to do.
I’m 5’2 and small by nature. In high school I wore 36D and my cup overfloweth. My petite stature made my boobs look so much larger. Cue pregnancy and breastfeeding. I was a 36C after Daelyn. I’m now a 34B. And I LOVE IT! So glad everything worked well for you too!
for years i’ve stuffed myself into a DD. having giant boobs sucks, but what sucks worse is being a size 10 and buying bras at lane bryant only because they know how to fit a full figured boob. at least i thought that was the worst part… on my last visit they fitted me into a DDD (that was just a little too small) which was fine, but with OMG FOUR clips in the back. it’s too industrial for me. i still want to feel 27 and keep my husband attracted to me. i walked out with no purchase.
By 6th grade I was a C-cup. Freshman year I was a D. By college I was a DD. I’m now an F.
I dream of being able to have a reduction.
I’m a UK 30FF, which I just looked up is a US 30DDD. I’m also a UK size 10 (US 6) on the bottom half which makes me look top heavy. I have always wanted hips and a bum to balance out my big boobs and wide shoulders but I don’t think it’s gonna happen for me!
Yay!! Congratulations! I vaguely remember being a 34C and hope to get back to that one day. Enjoy your new small and perfect girls!
btw, for your readers who are larger like me (currently a 36DDD but while pregnant and BFing I was a 36F) I buy from herroom.com exclusively. I love them and the bras they sell.
I am so jealous. I have been following your blog for a few months now and love reading your thoughts. I keep telling my husband that after i push out another kid the boobs go. i have been a D or DD since forever and I hate them. you give me hope!
I was an early bloomer and had perfect, 36C boobs starting in the 7th grade. They stayed that way, and I loved them, and I really think that if you love your body and accept it then when you get pregnant and have a gigantic baby girl come out and suck the life out of your boobs for 8 months then you should GET YOUR HAPPY BODY BACK. But alas, I am now somewhere between an A and a very saggy B. Tear.
Maybe your unwanted boob matter is on its way to me? One can only hope.
Hi hi… I recently started reading your blog. It’s great hearing from someone who has also had this experience. I also got a breast reduction and I completely feel your pain, literally. I was a 30G. And that was after I lost 40 pounds. I first went to the surgeon around 17 and I was still a little overweight so I decided to try losing weight first. He told me none of the weight would come off my boobs. He was right. Finally after junior year of college, I got my breast reduction. I don’t remember the recovery period being too awful, but the change was so incredible, so liberating. I would do it 10x over if I had to. I would go to bed every night and go through 15 minutes of agonizing pain as my back stretched out from the day. I would never wear shirts that even had the hint of cleavage. Dresses? Forget it. Shopping was always demoralizing. After my breast reduction, friends who didn’t know about my surgery asked me if I had lost 10+ pounds that summer. Even a few weeks after surgery, I could not imagine how I lived the way I did before.
I got reduced to a large C, but I’ve been wearing a D, sometimes a DD now… it depends on the brand. I don’t know if they grew a little or if that’s just how they ended up. I also have a pretty small frame so that may skew the cup size a little. Sometimes I do wish that I had gone a little smaller, but I’m happy with them as they are now. They’re not too small so I still have some of my assets. I am however terrified of my boobs getting bigger after having children. It sounds like yours actually became the perfect size after breastfeeding so I guess there is hope after all.
Anyway. Just wanted to chime in with my story.
OMG! This story sounds almost exactly like mine! I too bloomed around 11th grade. I was always embarassed/uncomfortable with my large breasts, and talked a lot about having a reduction but never did. Now, after breastfeeding, my little boobies are shriveled…AND I LOVE IT! I too hear constantly that I have lost so much weight, while I have lost my baby weight… I really think that my little boobies make me look much smaller! Yippee for itty bitty titties!
I am wearing a D cup now, and while I know that’s not small to most women, it’s sure small to me! Go us!
I WAS WITH YOU!
Except I am scared of surgery and I don’t have the money for it. Also, I don’t want to have the problems with breastfeeding if I decide to ahve another child. Before my boobs exploded in high school, I didn’t know there were such things as H. I hate that I can’t find swim suits, shirts, etc that fit me. I’m going wedding dress shopping and I am just devastated by the amount of dresses that my boobs eliminate.
All through being pregnant and so far with nursing they’ve gotten bigger. I know they’ll stop and hopefully shrink but man are they hanging low.
I thought I was alone. Now I know I’m not. Thank you.
THANK YOU!! You’ve really given me hope! My college roomate got a boob job and was still smaller than me…until I had my daughter. Now we are the same size. And knowing that a second could make them smaller??? Call me optomistic, but I’m counting the days until I’m in a c-cup again!!! (Haven’t been a C cup since the 9th grade.) there are such pleasures after having a baby…you really do lose weight running after them all day and your boobs aren’t destined to become as big as the Himalayas!!!!
Congrats! I’m on the other side. I wish I had my nursing boobs back!!
I will just add, for those seriously considering breast reduction but concerned about the cost, that it is covered under some health insurance plans. I didn’t pay anything for mine. The surgeon documented my back pain, the ruts in my shoulders from bra straps, and I’m not sure what else… It had to be authorized ahead of time by my insurance company, but ended up being covered as a medically indicated procedure as opposed to just cosmetic (which would have been a prohibitive cost for me, too).
yay! Thats so freaking exciting! I’m happy for you!
I got ginormous boobs at the moment. Not really sure how in the world that happened. I’m really tired of everybody making comments about my girls and laughing how big they are. In the near future I will find me a doctor and get my boobs reduced. I haven’t shopped for bras in forever. I’m a 36G and I hate it. I can’t find bras that fit and I dont want to spend the money to get a bathingsuit that fits. I dont even know where to go for that! I would totally cry the day i can wear a cute sexy bra again. Congrats!
YES! What Jem said!
I was actually covered, too (for reduction) but the doctor under my insurance was using a new procedure that hadn’t had much testing and I was scared, unsure about his technique so I ended up paying for mine. BUT! Insurance absolutely cover BR because of the trouble/pain it can cause (and does when they’re THAT big.)
I am so jealous. My dream is for my little nursing boys to get my girls down. Like you, I was a late bloomer, but by 18, my 5’2″ self was all boob. This gives me hope that maybe, after J’s done with mama’s milk, I’ll be flat, or at least a little closer to it!
I forgot to say: how fabulous! And you & Fable look lovely in that picture.
What other plastic surgery have you had? I’m guessing rhinoplasty, tummy tuck and collagen in the lips. Considering the piercings and the tattoos I’d say you’ve spent countless hours staring at yourself in the mirror and striking poses when you could have been working on a degree and saving your money to buy a house. I’m sure you found it all richly rewarding, however.
I too would like to have a happy ending like this. My story is like yours except for the surgeries and the happy ending. Waiting for child #2 to be born/weaned before my hubby promised I could do something about it. Thanks for giving me hope that it will take care of itself!
Still living the 36DD – 38EE life. (pre & post baby)
Your story and mine could not be more similar (hi, are you me?) except for the fact that I am so depressed about my tiny boobs. I have never even considered plastic surgery, but am actually considering getting implants. My boobs, sad as this sounds, were a part of my identity.
36DD here, speaking:
I used to be a 34C. Before I had Little Miss Kickboxer. Sometimes, I still pull out those pretty lingerie bras and sigh for my lost … uh … sex appeal. Want me to stuff them in a box and mail them to you?
I appreciate that you write about your experience with large breasts and your breast reductions. It kind of gives me the courage to get a reduction myself.
I started wearing a bra when I was 6 years old. I cry every time I see my 1st grade picture because no 6 year old should require a bra.
I am now 27. Six pregnancies and 3 breast-fed children later I am wearing a 36L. It’s painful to say the least. I have dreamed of having a reduction since I was 13 wearing a 32D. I get really scared of possilbe side-effects, though. I am also wondering how to find a qualified plastic surgeon when I live in a town that doesn’t have a hospital, let alone a plastic surgeon.
Maybe one day it will happen for me.
While pregnant with my first child last year, I skyrocketed from a perfect 34C to a horrifying 34G. I HATE having giant boobs! I’m planning to wean my daughter sometime in the next couple of months, and the girls had better start shrinking pronto. I want to be able to walk into a store and buy a cute bra off the rack again. You know, one without three hooks and two-inch-thick straps.
I am nursing my second baby and while I love it, I am already buying clothes for my post-mom-boobs self~! I had reduction in high school, too, so I also have that funny “no, take them back!” reaction to increased boobage.
Very happy for you, and hoping for the same for myself a year or so from now!
OMG, Rebecca, you are such a baddass! You and Fable and your girls are all adorable in that picture. Seriously, between the IUD and the Boob sagas, I just appreciate you so much. You are a rockstar sister!
Oh man, it’s so nice to have little boobies…at least for now. in december i had a reduction, from 34DD to 34C, and oh man I can’t love my new boobs any more. and, luckily, i didn’t have as bad pain as you–i peed five minutes after the catheter came out, and wiped myself just fine from that moment on. it took me a little over a month before i could sleep on my side again, which was hell. but now, 7 weeks post-op, i’m almost completely back to normal. i can wear tank tops as bras! it’s the greatest thing EVARRRR.
i’m scaaaared about what’ll happen when i get preggers, but i have at least a few years to enjoy the gals before i put them through that. but as my surgeon put it, better to go from a C back to a D or DD than to go from a DD to like an F. yea? yeah.
I had a reduction done when I was 24. Don’t think my boobs were anything close to triple Ds but chest-wise I was larger than most normal weight-girls. I hated buying bras, and felt I looked huge no matter which tops I put on. Couldn’t find nice looking bikinis. If I wanted to go running I felt I had to tie ‘em up, and certain times during my cycle it was just too tender to run at all – the impact was too great.
My surgeon asked which cup I wanted, and I said ‘Just take it all’ – meaning make them really small! He told me I’d regret that, and insisted on leaving SOME. In hindsight I wish I’d insisted, as I think they’re still a little too big – but I guess others would say they’re normal now. I feel I can wear most clothes, and exercise is no longer a problem.
I’ve never told anyone about the reduction. My family know and say I look great; friends have been left to guess and I suspect they just think I lost a lot of weight naturally. Or don’t they? Here in Norway, plastic surgery is still rather uncommon and in my opinion not publicly accepted; and even I don’t like the idea that I’ve had my boobs done.
As for the pain – for me, it wasn’t too bad at all. No problems wiping the ass here
It probably varies from person to person – I’ve been told I have a high pain threshold, but have experienced far worse surgery pains than these. My scars are very pale now; normal skin colour in most places.
I have no children, so I still don’t know if I’ll be able to breastfeed. Time will show. The sensation in my breasts isn’t too much changed I think. So summed up? So glad I did it! It’s hard to remember how it used to be, but looking at old photos (the few where I wasn’t naturally covering up) makes me happy I’m not like that anymore. I’d do it again any day!
A C?!?!?!?! Oh my, jealousy!! I went and got fitted a couple of weeks ago and I’m an F!!! I was so hoping I’d be one of those people who’s boobs would be smaller after nursing and they’re NOT. I tell myself that after I’m done with the kids and the nursing that I’m going to get a reduction but I’m not so sure about not being able to wipe my own ass.
Just so you know…this is the week I tried to get my husband to understand my blog-reading habits. Babble sent him away mumbling “boobs, IUDs, penis-poking, diva cups, boobs…”
I’m so jealous! I cannot wait to be finished making babehs, and all that breast feeding brew-haha so I can get my girls shrunken. And lifted.
You look fab!
You are just so stinkin’ cute. Good for you for feeling good about yourself – you ought to! And I’m glad for your story – I remember those girls in highschool with huge boobs, and I had no idea at the time how miserable they were – physically and emotionally. We don’t hear much about stories like yours, so good for you for sharing.
Enjoy your smaller self!
Boobs are such an issue! I am tiny, especially for a girl my size, I think because I was anorexic during the teen years, I never filled in. But I lift weights so at least the are kinda full and I can go braless at 40
My first gf was italian and she had a reduction at like, 17, decades ago when the proceedure was new. The doctor just mutilated her. But the weird thing was she wanted me to get an enhancement? because her fantasy woman had perfect breasts. I was like. um. yeah, whatever. Creepy. felt bad for her. Seemed like an all over the map kinda thing.
Not the only person to offer to pay for me to have enhancements. Boys did too. Luckily I want to be loved for me, not some image of who I should be.
my life partner of 5 years loathes her breasts,they came in early and large and never were perky, but is too afraid to have the reduction done. She loves mine and would like to be my size…I wish there was some way I could make it less scary for her, but I fear she’ll never even consider it, and its sad because she has all the back problems/esteem issue others have stated here.
Anyway I just feel better fo rhaving talked about all that becuase it seems everyone else is nuts over giant breasts.
If you haven’t seen the indie film “itty bitty titty commitee” it does explore some topical issues under the guise of a girl/girl comming of age romcom
I had a breast reduction 3 years ago when I was 40. It was something I had wanted since I was 16 and was the best thing I have ever done (on a par with having my son and travelling around the world). I’d rather have scarred but small pert breasts, than large sagging, stretched marked udders. No contest. No big deal if it makes you feel better get it done.
Darling they are. I shrunk to an AA. You are just beautiful-my favorite face of the Momversation. Perfecto. Even when you had DD boobs. So, you are perfect.
I’ll say it again:
Perfect.
XO
I have always had normals boobs, until I had my baby. Now they fluctuate from a 34C to a 34EE…And they get lopsided. (Gorgeous, and very sexy, I know.) But, obviously, I need not complain. I have to hand it to you, you have been through a lot.
I feel your pain, and I’m so jealous that your girls have shrank. Mine just seem to keep getting bigger with each pregnancy. Thank god I’m done. I’d love to someday be able to wear a button down shirt without having “the gap.”
If I may say, you look hot. I’d kill for your little darlings. I am the only, and I do mean ONLY woman in my entire family (mom’s side, dad’s side, grandmas, aunts, cousins, everyone) with a small chest. I’ve mainly been an A, although for a few years I could kind of pull off a great push-up B. Then I got pregnant & for the first time in my life I had cleavage. And it was glorious. I was up to a C, and now that I’m done bf’ing and the last of the milk went away, I’m right back where I started from. Hardly seems fair after having pushed a baby from my vagina, no? Can’t a girl catch a break?