Post-natal boob job - one for the mums...

[EDmumma]

Hello fellow mums,

I have recently seen a local breast consultant and posting here to share my wonderful experience and recommendation...

I have two young babies, 5 months and 19 months who I both breastfed - on the sound advice from midwives, health visitors and other health professionals. The benefits of breast feeding were spelled out and clear however I wish I was told about the consequences... saggy boobs.

I somehow lived in hope that, like baby weight, this would change over time.

After my consultation I since learned that no, sadly not. As there is no muscle tissue there is nothing left but stretched flesh (like a deflated balloon). Oh my, are we there already!?

Anyway, I am writing to thank Sharon King of Bloomers Lingerie - next to the Patch on Lordship Lane for a full bra fitting and finding something with enough support to scoop up my saggy sacks and make me feel a little perkier. I honestly can't tell you what a difference it makes - I usually dash to TKMax and grab something on sale with a number combination that sounds about right.

In lieu of surgical intervention, Sharon will make you feel like you again.

Best ?27 I have ever spent.

(http://bloomerslingerie.com/personalservice.php)

x EDmumma

[sillywoman]

Hmm, not such a cheery first post EDMumma?

But the 'breast consultant' should have told you that it isn't breastfeeding that makes your breasts change (saggy), it's pregnancy and birth. So whatever feeding choices you make the outcome is the same. The joys of being a Mum eh?

[EDmumma]

Hi,

yeah- gosh there is so much I am learning about anatomy as I try and work out which bits don't work anymore (including my brain!).

I was on the phone recently with a friend who has recently been promoted at work, which will include international travel to exotic places, and while we were chatting I was getting dog poo off my buggy wheel with a stick (not found in "Baby Love" by Helen Barker).

That's why my encounter with Kim from Bloomers was so lovely. She just made me feel like there was hope - even if it involves spandex, lightweight steel and some double stitching.

: )

[EDmumma]

and in the 30 seconds it took me to type that, my son just ate some cat biscuits.

where is the real childrearing manual???

[Saffron]

Cat biscuits are great. Fortified with vitamins.

Gravity gets everyone's boobs eventually... even men! They just don't get to prop them up with such aplomb! !

Xx

[sillywoman]

However I have heard very good things about 'Bloomers' before - particularly with regard to Maternity bra's so good call OP for bringing it to the wider family room attention. :)

[Kath Berry]

Oh yeah!

and have you heard about their "Bra Recycling Programme" - with all proceeds going to Breast Cancer UK - ?

Just take your old bras there and Kim will explain. It's a wonderful use of something that would otherwise be thrown in the bin.

I really liked Kim/ Bloomers when it was upstairs in the warehouse place near Cafe Nero on Lordship Lane. I am pleased she has moved to a bigger place and wish her every success.

Hey Saffron, perhaps she can start stocking man-bras (do they even exist?)

: )

[mima08]

Wow, I didn't know about bra-recycling: will definitely take those which no longer fit post pregnancy. Bloomers is great, and even though the initial expense might seem high-ish (I had never spend more than ?15 on a bra before), the quality is actually worth it (ie much longer lasting), plus it does make me feel good about my changed body, too...