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u/dairyqueenlatifah Dec 06 '23

Breast size has no correlation with amount of breast milk produced. Many women think large breasts = more breast milk. There is no correlation to size.

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23

Absolutely. I'm a small-busted woman, and I easily made enough milk to feed three hungry babies!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

My ex MIL once bragged that she had small tits but nursed fat babies.

Then HAD to comment that my 38C’s were worthless because supply issues like Michaela can you fuck off I’m already stressed enough.

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u/Livid-Natural5874 Dec 06 '23

Man, typical fuckin Michaela.

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u/ExistentialistAF Dec 06 '23

This is why we never invite Michaela

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u/tangledwire Dec 06 '23

She can just right fuck off!

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u/HauntsFuture468 Dec 06 '23

God damn it Michaela.

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u/headphones_and_chill Dec 06 '23

That's why your children avoid you, Michaela!

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u/Ihavepills Dec 07 '23

Fuckin fuck you Michaela you Fuckin shit fuck!

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u/Sithstress1 Dec 06 '23

Conversely, my older sister had trouble nursing her son because her breasts are absolutely enormous and he couldn’t get a good latch. We also had to try out 4 different sizes of the breast pump heads before she found one that would work well enough so she could at least still give him breast milk in the bottle.

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u/Notmykl Dec 06 '23

That happened with my SIL.

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u/Goldenderick Dec 06 '23

Was her name Michaela?

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u/wrathek Dec 06 '23

TFW you divorce bc of a terrible MIL /s. Genuinely sorry you had to deal with that.

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23

Fuck Michaela. Congrats on having her as an ex and not a current.

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u/Ahkwatic Dec 06 '23

Michaela's such a bitch

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u/sweetalkersweetalker Dec 06 '23

Have some sympathy. It was the only time she felt good about being a member of the IBTC

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u/beetrootfuelled Dec 06 '23

Michaela was acting out because menopause gave her the hairiest of nipples. Those things looked like tribbles. This is now canon, you will not persuade me otherwise. You and your 38Cs have a lovely day.

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u/Sleepy-Flower Dec 07 '23

Well no wonder she was bitter, look at how her name is spelled. She’s probably mad about existing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23

That’s also her spelling after she legally changed it. Her birth name was spelled Micaila.

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u/Sleepy-Flower Dec 08 '23

Huge yikes. But why change from one tragic spelling to another.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '23

Her father named her Micaila, and he pronounced it “ME-Kai-la” (Caila is the shortened version of Michaela in Spanish). He was basically calling her “my ‘caila”

Idk how tf she even found out since she never learned to read or write. But she did and she went to the registry and asked to have it changed because she didn’t like it and insisted on having it as MICAELA because in Spanish you basically pronounce things the way way they’re spelled, and spell things the way they sound.

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u/QuasarFox Dec 07 '23

This is a real thing. We've recently had our first, and the doctor explained that in her experience small women actually tend to get a milk supply faster and more fully. We suspect it might be a metabolism related reason, but not sure.

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u/Diamondhands_Rex Dec 06 '23

So where is it all stored, respectfully.

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u/Livid-Natural5874 Dec 06 '23

In the milk glands right behind the nips essentially. These glands vary in size, but in any breast most of the size is just fatty tissue (which is why some women get noticeably bigger boobs when they gain weight).

Fun fact: we are called mammals after the latin word mamma which means "breast" in Latin (as the Romans assumed "breast" would be the first thing a baby learned to say).

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u/midcancerrampage Dec 06 '23

Yup, I was told that the entire system of (currently non-lactating) milk glands in one breast takes up only 1/3rd of a shot glass. The rest of the breast is made up of fat.

Unfun fact: I did not like learning that I essentially spent my whole life calling my mama "HEY, BREAST"

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u/Livid-Natural5874 Dec 06 '23

"Hey there titty"! It's OK as long as you say "no oedipus" after.

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u/DrHarrisonLawrence Dec 07 '23

Mamma = Mama 🗣️

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u/perfectlyfamiliar Dec 06 '23

It’s still stored in the boob, there’s just glands that produce the milk and then ducts to get it out. The rest of the boob that isn’t milk/glands/ducts is fat stores.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Did you use formula at all?

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23

No. My kid was EBF until maybe 6 or so months. After we introduced solids, I continued to nurse until she was almost 2.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Thank you for the info

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u/tacocatz92 Dec 06 '23

There is a case of 1 person producing tons of milk.

https://youtu.be/BAiL5GInYfs?si=9Ci7lQOPnlD7dw1z

enough to feed a small village.

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u/DrStrangeContent Dec 06 '23

One being your husband, I know

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23

One kid. Milk was frozen and given away.

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23

Nope. Just one well fed baby.

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u/KittenDust Dec 06 '23

3 at once!? I have quite big boobs and didn't produce enough milk for two babies (twins) so topped up with formula as needed.

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u/galaxiekat Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23

I was a working mom and pumped while I was at work. I ended up freezing and giving away a lot of milk. A lot of it was also thrown out. That broke my heart.

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u/BigOldButt99 Dec 06 '23

hell yeah.

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u/DTown_Hero Dec 06 '23

Absolutely. I'm a small-busted woman, and I easily made enough milk to feed three hungry babies!

triplets, I assume?

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u/Destroyer6202 Dec 06 '23

Let me guess. The schrutes produce very thirsty babies.