“I cant recognise my breasts anymore… they are so HUGE.” This line is said and heard by most pregnant women.
Breasts increase as much as three cup sizes at times in pregnancy and the whole experience is not a picnic. The increased amount of estrogen and progesterone causes the breasts to swell making them tender. Although the tenderness reduces after the first three or four months.
Now the billion dollar question : will they sag?
Answer: Depends on you. Sagging is most often caused due to lack of support during pregnancy.
How can it be avoided?
NO matter how firm the breasts are, prevention is better than cure and therefore you should wear a good support bra. If the breasts are huge, try wearing a night-support bra.
A support bra is more or less close to the soft full cup bra in design but with some additional features. These features include supportive fabric, extra soft elastic, broader sides and back and a deeper center front.
For the night support you will probably find a soft stretchy cotton sports bra extremely comfy and light.
There is no rule that one has to wear the drab softy bras when pregnant. Stores these days carry lots of options for pregnancy bras which are styled. A store that i would rate 20 on 10 is Mothercare. Those pink and blue polka dotted bras are absolutely cute and they come in sets.
Now some thumb rules of bras and pregnancy:
1. Always support your breasts. They are undergoing a huge change (no pun intended) and therefore need to be looked after.
2. Always buy soft bras as the tissue by itself is tender.
3. Its crucial to be examined every six to eight weeks as the breast size changes frequent upto the 36th week.
4. Avoid using underwired bras when pregnant and nursing .. i know the whole support great support thing but then the wire may press into the delicate breast tissue and therefore can cause pain. One may not be able to identify this pain as the breasts are already tender.
For the male readers, kindly share this information with the lady as uncomfy breasts are a cause of major irritation when pregnant and and after delivery if the breasts sag.
More to come on nursing bras soon.
