From pregnancy, through breastfeeding, to after weaning, our experts explain how your breasts change — plus we give you tips on caring for them along the way. Read on to find out what to expect as you journey through the trimesters, breastfeed your baby, and eventually wean her. Surging hormones and a shift in breast structure mean your nipples and breasts may feel sensitive and tender from as early as three or four weeks. Some mums-to-be have sore breasts during pregnancy right up until the birth, but for most it subsides after the first trimester. Your breasts might not actually grow much until shortly before — or even after — the birth.
During pregnancy , you're likely focused on your growing belly and how your unborn baby's size compares to various fruits and vegetables "He's the size of a kiwi now! But there's another big bodily change that's going on: You're dealing with pregnancy boobs. From feeling like they're going to burst out of your old bras to watching your areolae take up more real estate on your breasts , it's an understatement to say that your set might go through a transformation. So, what's behind all of these dramatic breast changes?
Here's how your breasts change throughout pregnancy and after Baby is born. Almost from the moment of conception , a woman's body starts preparing to breastfeed. Breasts are busiest in the first trimester. During these weeks, progesterone causes milk glands to develop and estrogen stimulates growth of the milk ducts. Breasts typically expand one or two bra cup sizes and veins get darker.
Forget the pee stick — the first way I really knew I was pregnant was courtesy of my breasts. As my pregnancy progressed, they started to grow My husband was initially excited, but his joy was short-lived as they were too painful to touch. By the time the baby was born and my milk came in, I had taken to calling them my "alien boobies" because they were doing all kinds of weird and unexpected things.
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