Breastfeeding With Small Boobs?

Will I have a harder time breastfeeding if I have small boobs?”

Updated
Feb 2017

The amount of milk you produce doesn’t depend on breast size. Big ones have more padding, but not necessarily more—or more effective—mammary glands. So relax, we know plenty of small-breasted women who’ve been successful at breastfeeding.

— Excerpted from The Baby Bump: 100s of Secrets to Surviving Those Nine Long Months

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