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About ruth kraft
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Almost anything that is Birth, pregnancy, new mother or breastfeeding information.

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I am a doula ( profession childbirth and postpartum support ) childbirth educator and hypnobirthing instructor.

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Certified through DONA international, CAPPA, HypnoBirthing and Florida outreach childbirth education program

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Certified through DONA international, CAPPA, HypnoBirthing and Florida outreach childbirth education program

 
   

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Breastfeeding - Post Breast feeding


Expert: ruth kraft - 10/15/2009

Question
My sister has 2 children now... they were 15 months apart.  Her first was only able to breastfeed for 5 months before she had to go back to work full time and couldn't keep up, and shortly after she found out she was pregnant for her daughter.  Her breasts were a D cup and a B cup when she stopped.  When her daughter was born she breastfed her for about the same amount of time.  Now she is 18 months post breastfeeding and she still has 1 B cup and 1 D Cup, should she be concerned?  Her doctor had told her she didnt qualify for reconstruction because her insurance didnt consider it a "deformity" because it happened after a pregnancy and was considered a "natural"  Does this sound normal... 18 months seems like a long time to be still a B and D Cup.

Answer
I would have to say I have never heard of a woman having such a big difference between breasts. Now, not saying it can't happen but usually its a much smaller size difference. I would suggest she get a second opinion for sure.

Good luck to her. It is definatly not a common occurance.

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