Does breastfeeding cause sagging breasts?

When a woman is pregnant, her body is stimulated by progesterone, so her body becomes fuller than before, and so do her breasts. The skin of a woman's breasts becomes tight during pregnancy, but after the lactation period ends, the hormones in the body slowly return to their previous levels and the breasts begin to sag and become loose. The more pregnancies a woman has and the more she breastfeeds, the more her breasts will become saggy and loose.

Breastfeeding not only does not affect the mother's body shape, but also consumes the energy accumulated during pregnancy and promotes the mother's postpartum recovery. It is not breastfeeding that causes changes in the breasts, but pregnancy itself. The hormones produced by women during pregnancy make their breasts much fuller than before and their skin stretched and tightened. Breastfeeding a newborn does not change the physiological structure of the breast, but only causes some reflex regulation of the breast. On the contrary, breastfeeding will make the breast fuller.

After pregnancy and lactation, hormones in the body gradually return to pre-pregnancy levels, and mothers' breasts also change to varying degrees. Some people return to their original size, some are larger than before, and some are smaller than before. Whether the breasts sag or not is mainly related to the number of pregnancies, personal physique and age. The relationship between breastfeeding and breast deformation is minimal. If the nursing mother chooses to wear a suitable cotton bra, her breasts will basically return to their original shape after weaning. Only when breastfeeding stops, improper or neglectful breast care may cause breast sagging. Therefore, breastfeeding itself does not affect breast sagging.

In fact, if you master the correct breastfeeding method, even if you are not familiar with it, it will not cause breast sagging. Female friends should choose a reasonable breastfeeding method according to their specific situation. For example, choosing the commonly used posture or side-lying breastfeeding is more useful. In addition, after each breastfeeding, try to empty the milk. When feeding, do not let the child pull the nipple excessively. After breastfeeding, you can massage the breasts for about ten minutes.