![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I've been doing a lot of reading on boob issues and milk supply. I did a lot of reading about breastfeeding when I was pregnant, and about ways to increase supply, but I never really read about actual issues - probably a denial thing. And then when I started having a lot of problems, I started looking.
A guaranteed tried-and-true, even-the-LLL-doesn't-deny cause of insufficient milk supply is undeveloped or underdeveloped breast tissue. Signs of this include lack of breast changes during pregnancy (hello! how many times did I complain about this?) and markedly different breast sizes (check).
My boobs are so different in size that my previous primary care physician asked me if I wanted her to write me a referral for an insurance-approved breast augmentation. (I said no. Yikes!) They were about a cup and a half different in size BEFORE pregnancy. Now I'm guessing more like two or more. It's awful.
I wish someone had told me this stuff (you know, like a medical professional who had seen my boobs multiple times) ahead of time so I wouldn't have been as devastated. Aah well, live and learn, I guess.
A guaranteed tried-and-true, even-the-LLL-doesn't-deny cause of insufficient milk supply is undeveloped or underdeveloped breast tissue. Signs of this include lack of breast changes during pregnancy (hello! how many times did I complain about this?) and markedly different breast sizes (check).
My boobs are so different in size that my previous primary care physician asked me if I wanted her to write me a referral for an insurance-approved breast augmentation. (I said no. Yikes!) They were about a cup and a half different in size BEFORE pregnancy. Now I'm guessing more like two or more. It's awful.
I wish someone had told me this stuff (you know, like a medical professional who had seen my boobs multiple times) ahead of time so I wouldn't have been as devastated. Aah well, live and learn, I guess.
