Expert: ruth kraft - 7/21/2009

Question
I'm a mom of 4,and since I nursed all four of my babies, my breast are like deflated balloons. But I noticed lately that even though its been a year since I weaned my last baby I can still express milk. I was wondering if I started to express more milk with a pump will my milk increase thus giving me a more full breast look.

Answer
prabably if you pumped like a maniac. But you would have to pump amazing amounts for them to stay full. It seems like the breastfeeding makes breasts deflate like that but it is actually the pregnancy hormones that do that. So even if you had never nursed, its likely they would have done that anyway... Over time, 6 months or so , the breasts deflate even as you are making milk... and then each year they just continue on... so, you certianly can try, but know that you will be better off getting a push up bra because it will be alot of work to get them filled enough to really look full... and it wont last but a few months anyway..

good luck! I hope that helped... Sorry for the not so encouraging news... the benefit of being a women :)