breastfeeding & small nipples!!

After both babies my nipples have got much bigger, Im sure it will be fine. You can always see a lactation consultant- ask your midwife they can refer u even before u have bubs.

My nipples are small (especially compared with my ginormous bosoms lol, but they're small anyway) and they're also a little bit flat/inverted. I found they popped out fine when DS was born and stayed out (unheard of for me!) until about 4 months after I stopped BF. I did need to use nipple shields in the beginning, to help DS to latch, but he was 8wks prem ... not sure he would've needed that bit of extra help if he'd been full term.

I found the hospital lactation consultants really helpful and encouraging. If you think it might stress you out when bubs arrives (obviously you're already wondering about it now) perhaps you could have a chat with your MW now?

Good luck!

Yep Im the same. Have always been small in that area and still am (B cup). My breast size only change when my milk came in on day 2 after having Jackson. Since that settled down (about a week later) I went back to normal boob size Totally do-able with small boobies and nipples

I never leaked colostrum while preggy.
I mean if I squeezed my nipples hard enough I might get A droplet, but thats it. I've also never had to use breastpads either.
Guess I'm lucky.

I never leaked either and had a plentyful supply and the MW said it must of been good quality too as R put on between 400 and 500grams a week for about 4 weeks in a row!



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My nipples are quite small, could be covered with a postage stamp (oh the things I talk about on here!). And I am small cupped, A normally but go up to a B during pregnancy and early months of breastfeeding.

I am still feeding now and baby is nearly 13 months. Booby size and nipple size makes no difference honestly. I had over supply issues both times, what my boobs lack in size they make up for with enthusiasm!

My nipples are also inverted but baby sucks them out...lol. My mw first time around said inverted nipples aren't an issue if they come out with stimulation and I think if you have ones that don't you can buy a device a bit like a breastpump to help bring them out or you can use nipple shields.

And yep some leak colostrum during pregnancy and some don't. It's no indication at all about feeding so if you don't have any colostrum during pregnancy please don't panic.

troutpout wrote: Hi girls I'm anxiously awaiting my 1st bubs, and wondering about breastfeeding her. I've always been lacking in the boob department (lol), and even though they have got much much bigger, I still have quite small nipples, defnitely much smaller than a teat on a bottle or anything like that. Just wondering what peoples experiences are, and if this would make any difference when it comes to feeding bubs? I feel like I'm sounding really stupid.... but I can't help but wonder if they will be big enough?

Hey there first of all congrats on your pregnancy! what an exciting time
I had the same sort of situation as you (smaller nipples) and you know what it DID make breast-feeding harder as I had a really big baby with this huge mouth and a really high palate roof of mouth) so we didn't really match! It was quite painful. The best thing I found was asking for (lots of!) help from different people- MWs, plunkets nurse, friends, and eventually a lactation consultant. Even the LC doubted if breastfeeding would ever be sucessful for us but I certainly showed them lol and BFed for 7 months.

My advice would be first of all try not to worry just yet! You never know what might happen, you're baby will probably fit your boobs perfectly. And if not there are plenty of people to ask for help. And if it gets too much or is just too painful to carry it on then that's ok too!

Also, you could try nipple stimulation to help de-sensitive them (as often smaller ones are more sensitive) though i think you have to be careful about doing that near the end of your pregnancy as it can be used to stimulate labour

Good luck!

Mine are small but I had no issues after the first few weeks of learning how to breastfeed (I found it really hard!). Your nipples become quite stretchy after feeding for a while which helps! My nipples are much bigger now than before baby, also much perker (as my DH put it!)

Troutpout, its totally doable.

I am the same. Only got a B cup while feeding and I fed Ruby for 10 months and had heaps of milk.

Size doesnt matter hehe