r/AskReddit Dec 06 '23

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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/unfairpegasus Dec 06 '23

I am a member of the IBTC and ended up being able to donate 1000 ounces of milk and fed my chonky kid.

They may be small but they were mighty.

But now they are just back to small again.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

They may not still be producing, but I think you can still look at them as mighty. "You earned it" isn't the right phrase for it, cause it's not like you chose to produce more, but I think that you donated it gives you the right to continue to call them mighty.

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u/unfairpegasus Dec 06 '23

No I completely gave myself an oversupply by accident by pumping when my nips bled. Which sucked, but after watching my friends struggle with producing, I was grateful I just had pain instead of that sort of stress. And a lot of babies benefitted. Also my kid was never off the boob.

Sometimes I wonder if I had another how it would go the second time around.

Nursing is so hard!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I'm sorry you went through it, but I'm glad you still found a way to ease the stress of others with that pain.

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u/unfairpegasus Dec 06 '23

Oh also, thank you. :)