hi HappyJigglers,
Don't despair. An article over at 007b said something about it taking a period of six months for the body to deposit back the fat into your breasts after nursing. For the meantime, massage, massage, massage for better circulation and retain shape and prevent sagging of loose skin. I don't know if noogling will tell the body thatYou're right now one of the best candidates for NBE to work since the body still remembers the stretched state from nursing?? together with noogling as a tool, it will work. Just give it time...In Chinese culture, they say that drinking ribs/green papaya soup will help keep retain the size. I'm drinking chicken feet broth daily which again in Chinese culture is very popular for increasing size or milk supply when nursing.
Here's an article about that:
Breast size in pregnancy, breastfeeding, and weaning
During pregnancy, breasts grow a lot in size. This is due to the growth and development of the milk glands. Fat actually goes away from breasts at this time, as the milk glands "fill" the breast. The areola darkens considerably, and breasts already start producing colostrum.
The "peak" size is usually reached when the mature milk comes in about 3-5 days after delivery. At this time most women experience some engorgement, which goes away in a few days. Then, once the breastfeeding relationship is established, breasts will constantly keep changing their size a little bit, as the baby empties the breast, and as milk is constantly being made in the alveoli (milk glands) to fill the breast.
With weaning, when the milk is no longer needed, the milk glands atrophy or shrivel up. The breasts will then shrink in size. If the weaning was abrupt (cold-turkey), this shrinking can be quite marked. However, that is not the end of the story. After weaning, over a period of up to 6 months, the body deposits fat back to the breasts. With gradual weaning, often there isn't any abrupt change in breast size, but the fat-depositing process can take place at the same time with the slow weaning.
With this process of "refilling" with fat, the breasts often end up about the same size as before pregnancy, though they may be hanging down more (saggier). However, some women's breasts do stay smaller than they were before pregnancy
From http://www.ivillage.com/do-breasts-shrink-after-weaning/6-n-137286
My breasts are much smaller after 10 months of breastfeeding. Why did this happen? Did breastfeeding cause me to lose two cup sizes?
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Breasts do not shrink after extended breastfeeding. Immediately after weaning your little one from your breast, you may find that they appear "deflated". Your breasts will become fuller, and closer to the way they were before, as fat is again deposited.
Breastfeeding often is blamed for changes in the appearance of the breasts. Actually your genetic predisposition, skin elasticity, amount of weight gain, and pregnancy history have more impact.
You will probably find that about six months or so after weaning, your breasts will become fuller. Of course you know that you are not responsible for any decrease (or increase) in breast size. This very likely has been genetically determined. (You might want to ask your mother or sisters if they had this same experience. Other than checking with close family members to find out if this tendency exists, I know of no other way to predict these breast changes ahead of time.)
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