Question for all the prego ladeeeeesss (or previously)

ldrosophila
ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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My boobs feel like this...

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How much longer does this pain last? Can I expect it throughout the whole term?



Thank you for being my 'Our Bodies Ourselves' book MFP.

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  • GOATAesthetics
    GOATAesthetics Posts: 110
    I'm gonna need to see some pics before i can give you my expertise advice.
  • Catsteria
    Catsteria Posts: 16
    It went away for me around 8-10 weeks I think...
  • catrinaHwechanged
    catrinaHwechanged Posts: 4,907 Member
    Lol, just wait until your engorged. This is nothing! :)

    But really, no clue....I never experienced the boob thing early in pregnancy.
  • jboccio90
    jboccio90 Posts: 644 Member
    yeah, mine went away just in time for the morning sickness to kick in haha so about 7-9 weeks?
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Never had it during. Only after, while breastfeeding.
  • fitmom07
    fitmom07 Posts: 215 Member
    Mine feel like that if the baby goes too long without eating!
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    It ended or me at about fourteen weeks. It was smooth sailing, even through the first couple days of breastfeeding. and then I was introduced to Dante's Inferno when the little badger latched on after my milk came in.
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    I have two kids. Second one was born January this year. I still remember the tenderness, it only lasted for a few weeks though. They also went from a D to a DD.... which wasn't pleasant. Trust me if this is your first getting your milk will be far more painful then the tenderness of pregnancy. Ice packs ice packs ice packs.
  • Fiercely_Me
    Fiercely_Me Posts: 481 Member
    Lol, just wait until your engorged. This is nothing! :)

    But really, no clue....I never experienced the boob thing early in pregnancy.

    Very true!! I had big porn star looking boobs when my milk first came in, but they hurt so bad! Although in thinking back on it, the nipple soreness of breastfeeding takes the cake!!
  • BunBun85
    BunBun85 Posts: 246 Member
    I'm pregnant now, 6 weeks 4 days and mine only hurt right after I take my bra off but damn is that enough. My nipples also get hard at random times and that hurts pretty bad but other than that, it's not a constant pain.
  • catrinaHwechanged
    catrinaHwechanged Posts: 4,907 Member
    Lol, just wait until your engorged. This is nothing! :)

    But really, no clue....I never experienced the boob thing early in pregnancy.

    Very true!! I had big porn star looking boobs when my milk first came in, but they hurt so bad! Although in thinking back on it, the nipple soreness of breastfeeding takes the cake!!

    Most definitely!! My first was born two months early, so I was skinny again right away with ginormous rock hard boobs (he was in the nicu and I didn't have a pump and he couldn't nurse yet). I looked ridiculous!
  • knekno
    knekno Posts: 20 Member
    The feeling of watermelons on my chest were how I diagnosed both of my pregnancies. Really hurt when the bra came off, and it lasted about 4 mos. It helped me to wear a "sleep bra" like the AHH Bra when I wasn't "dressed."
  • Dunkirk
    Dunkirk Posts: 465 Member
    From memory, an old fashion remedy was to apply whole cabbage leaves
  • Oliviamarie05
    Oliviamarie05 Posts: 528 Member
    Luckily I didn't get the boob pain during the pregnancy. I didn't even notice them enlarging to an f cup until I had to buy new bras near the end. It is after birth when the milk comes in and you become engorged. Dear lord, it's like water balloons at their bursting point.

    I'm three months after the birth of my little girl and its still like that. Giant boobs bursting at the seams that you would rather never be touched ever. Sorry :/
  • TheJamLady
    TheJamLady Posts: 21 Member
    I've had three kids & each time the breast pain in pregnancy lasted 'til around the end of the first trimester. It's just the hormones charging through your body & may even out. Hang in there.
  • learnerdriver
    learnerdriver Posts: 298 Member
    a couple of weeks in the first trimester. Came back when baby born when the milk came in.
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    Mine were very sore with my first pregnancy, but it went away after the first trimester. The second time they had an overall dull ache that lasted until about week 18.

    And I wouldn't say engorgement is that bad so long as you can nurse or otherwise express your milk, but breastfeeding hurts at first even with a good latch. Eventually that goes away, and it doesn't hurt.
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    I'm gonna need to see some pics before i can give you my expertise advice.

    Zyzz twin ??
  • Prettymisssparkles
    Prettymisssparkles Posts: 1,274 Member
    Hug, I totally feel your pain. Feels like someone is trying to rip them off sometimes. :( I didn't have breast pain when I was pregnant with my first. This pregnancy is way different. Just wait till your milk comes....fun times.
  • Momf3boys
    Momf3boys Posts: 1,637 Member
    They were painful the first month or two but NOTHING compared to when your milk comes in...then it feels like two mountains on my chest...
  • storknursekelly
    storknursekelly Posts: 94 Member
    Hi,
    Being an OB nurse (worked in an office as well as 30 + years of L&D and 4 kids later lol), it varies with each pregnancy. Usually tho by 12 weeks at the latest, new mommies to be are relieved of the sorness, tenderness of the breasts, very supportive bras help tremendously as well as "hands off" for a few weeks from daddy. Also standing in the shower with breasts not hitting the water will help :) As far as through out the pregnancy just the normal growing, stretching again each of us are different but I can't encourage a good fitting bra & support enough.
    Once you deliver, if you are breast feeding, again support is a must because otherwise engorgement will be much worse as well as soreness & pain. So put your nursing bra on and wear it 24/7 amap to support & prevent more pain. With a normal delivery it usually takes about 3 days for your milk to come in, C-Section can be 4 or 5 depending on certain factors, but usually 3-4 if a scheduled C-Section. If you have had a baby before your milk can come in a day earlier than above. The engorgement happens because the baby isn't able or willing to empty the breasts quick enough once your milk comes in (very normal) but the more frequent you nurse the less engorgement. We can talk about that later if you want to friend me. :)) But for now, good bra support, warm baths & time will help. I wish you a beautiful pregnancy & a speedy & beautiful birth. It's the best job ever to help mommies to be become mommies ! xxxx's Kelly
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    My tenderness went away after the first trimester. Then after I had the babies it multiplied by a million. I could barely take a shower for the first week after they were born without crying. That's what happens when you take 34Cs and try to make them into 36Fs in a short time. And I leaked before I even gave birth. I was such a hot mess, but it's so worth it. Congratulations!!
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    It was a first trimester problem with all three of mine. And yeah, what people are saying about the milk coming it. Holy schnikees! For now, get a good sports bra that gives some compression. That helps a lot, and you'll need it again for a week or so after birth. And the cabbage leaves suggestion is great! I did that with my 3rd. So soothing!

    Good luck, mama! :flowerforyou:
  • PBsMommy
    PBsMommy Posts: 1,166 Member
    Mine were like this the first trimester... It went away the second trimester... And then it was back with a major vengeance in the third trimester... However, I think the third trimester was more because my milk came in and filled my boobs to the max. I found joy squirting my husband with the colostrum/milk.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    just first trimester for me. good luck :happy:
  • cocolo89
    cocolo89 Posts: 1,169 Member
    I had the soreness last until wk 12 I believe. I had oversupply of milk so engorgement was no joke. I still have oversupply, my lo is 7months and if I don't pump on time I get that engorged feeling. I'm.looking forward to them shrinking again after I wean around 12months.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    thank you all for the great advice...I'm in the 19th week so a big concerned

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