Frequently Asked Questions About Breastfeeding With Implants

There are many questions from women about breastfeeding with implants that I am going to go over in this post. It’s one of those topics that isn’t commonly talked about.

I had concerns about getting breast enhancements before having kids. One of my biggest concerns was making sure I was able to breastfeed.

I ended up getting breast implants in 2015 years before I had my first baby. Now 3 babies later breastfeeding was never an issue.

No Breast Implants to Implants

In 2015, I prepped for my very first NPC bikini competition where I cut a lot of weight. This meant any sort of fat I did have around my chest was nonexistent.

Having a small chest my entire life and then losing the last bit of fat I had on my chest affected my self image.

So I scheduled my breast augmentation a week after my first bikini competition.

It took 2-3 weeks to not feel soreness after surgery. But it took even longer for the swelling in my chest to go down. My breast implants sat high for a while until it ‘dropped’ and began to look more natural.

I do feel like breastfeeding and having them for a while has made them look even more natural than it did the first couple of years of having breast implants.

If you are wondering what size I went, I got 400cc round, high-profile silicone implants placed under the muscle. I am 5 feet and was 110 pounds around the time I had the surgery.

Can you breastfeed with under the muscle implants?

Yes. I had no issues breastfeeding my first baby successfully for 2 years.

According to CDC, breast implants below the muscle usually affect milk production less than implants above the muscle.

The reason being is because they are less likely to put pressure on the milk ducts and glands. This can ultimately slow down milk production.

Will breastfeeding ruin my implants?

Breastfeeding doesn’t directly affect your implants. However, breastfeeding can change the shape and size of your breasts which may seem like the implants look different.

My breasts sit a bit lower than they have previous to breastfeeding. This is normal in breastfeeding moms who don’t have breast implants. So I figured this is just a natural thing that happens after you breastfeed.

Is it safe to breastfeed my baby with breast implants?

Yes. According to Stanford Medicine, the implants themselves pose no risk to the safety or quality of the milk.

Pregnancy with Breast Implants

My friends and family that knew I had breast enhancements would ask me if I was planning to breastfeed and if I was even able to.

Their questions sometimes made me doubt my ability to breastfeed although my surgeon had previously told me I was able to.

Even during pregnancy, my implants were not affected. My breasts did grow in size along with my growing baby bump. But the breast implants were unaffected.

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What are the risks of breastfeeding with implants?

CDC mentions although research is limited, there are no recent reports of clinical problems in infants of mothers with silicone breast implants.

My experience breastfeeding with implants.

I was a little nervous about breastfeeding when I had my first baby, Emory, for two reasons.

The first reason was because I wasn’t sure if I was going to have issues producing milk due to having implants. The second reason was just that she wouldn’t latch for whatever reason.

Well fortunately, she latched on perfectly since day 1. Both my milk production and breastfeeding was not affected by my breast implants.

My second child was not able to breastfeed as well because she was a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) baby. And my third baby latched on and breastfed without issues.

I will add that I was also a little nervous that I was going to have stretch marks all over my store bought boobs. But it was nothing a slab of Bio-oil couldn’t help with.

Takeaway With Breast Implants

One thing you do have to keep in mind is that no two experiences of breastfeeding with implants will be the same. But hopefully an insight on my personal experience with breastfeeding gave you a better understanding from a real person and not an article you found on Google!

One last thing I want to share before I close out this post is that I had friends with breast implants who struggled to breastfeed their baby. But it doesn’t necessarily mean it was the breast implants.

It could have been a number of things like a latching issue, low milk production, or a tongue (or lip) tie.

My mom who did not have breast implants was not able to breastfeed me for longer than a week after I was born. And that was because she didn’t produce a lot of milk. She also did not have the lactation support a lot of women have today.

If I could have done anything differently, it would have been to wait to have my breast implants after I was done having children. That is only because I do believe breastfeeding caused my breasts to drop more than it was supposed to. They still look great, don’t get me wrong, but the skin has lost a bit of elasticity.

Anywho, I hope this post was insightful! Let me know what you thought in the comments below.