What should I do if one of my baby's breasts is bigger than the other when feeding?

Many women choose to breastfeed. Some women have one big breast and the other small when breastfeeding. What should they do if one breast is big and the other small when the baby is feeding? Women can massage their breasts every day during breastfeeding to increase blood circulation in the breasts. They can also change their previous breastfeeding methods to allow the baby to suck as much as possible on the side with the smaller breast. Let’s learn more about it in detail.

1. Improve breastfeeding methods

Some mothers have one breast larger than the other during breastfeeding and before weaning. At this time, the mother should pay attention to adopting the correct breastfeeding method and feed the breasts alternately.

When the baby finishes drinking from one breast, the mother should use a breast pump to empty the other breast, which will help keep the size of the two breasts symmetrical. At the same time, do not let the baby pull on the nipple, which can prevent mastitis during lactation from causing one breast to be larger than the other.

2. Sleeping posture

Do not lie on one side often, so as to avoid one breast being often pressed by its own weight and causing asymmetrical development. If your breasts are already asymmetrical, you should sleep more towards the smaller side. But also be careful not to "sleep dead" on one side every night. Otherwise it will cause muscle tension and pain.

3. Wear a suitable bra

Bras provide support and can reduce the effect of gravity on the breasts.

Starting from pregnancy, mothers should choose bras of appropriate size as their breasts grow larger. They must not not wear bras, otherwise their breasts will easily sag. After delivery, as their breasts shrink, they should change to smaller bras to provide adequate support. During the breastfeeding period, you should not be bothered by it. You can buy a special breastfeeding bra to make breastfeeding more convenient.

When wearing a bra, choose a style that is the right size and has a steel support. After putting it on, adjust it and use both hands to gather the excess fat around the breasts into the bra to make the breasts look fuller and more upright.

4. Keep massaging

Before going to bed or getting up every night, mothers can lie in bed and massage themselves.

Put the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of one hand together and place them on the opposite breast. With the nipple as the center, make circles clockwise from the outer edge of the breast to the inside. Do this 10 times for each breast.

This not only promotes local blood circulation and increases the nutritional supply to the breast, but also helps in the secretion of estrogen.

When your breasts are swollen, if your baby is not around, you can use a breast pump to squeeze out the milk, then apply a warm towel to your breasts to relieve the pain, and then massage your breasts.

When taking a bath, mothers can also use the water from the shower head to massage their breasts! It is best to alternate between hot and cold sprays. The alternating stimulation of hot and cold helps to increase chest skin tension and promote blood circulation in the breasts.

5. Physical exercise

Generally speaking, physical exercise can play a good role in breast enhancement, mainly by exercising the chest muscles, making the pectoralis major muscles prosperous and making the breasts fuller. In daily life, we should pay attention to our standing and walking posture, and always keep our chest up and abdomen in to facilitate breast development.

When doing physical exercise, you can increase the amount of exercise for the smaller breast. If a mother chooses to balance the size of her breasts through exercise, she must pay attention to long-term persistence, as only with perseverance can the effect be obvious.