Yes, growing and having a baby can change your life forever, not to mention your midsection (hello, stretch marks!).
But can we talk about our boobs for a minute? Because those, too, will likely never be the same after you have a baby.
Georgie, an Australian mom-of-two who chronicles the ups and downs of motherhood on her blog, JunebugsMumma.com, has hilariously – and oh so accurately – summed up the changes our breasts go through in a series of illustrations she calls, “The Life Cycle of Boobs.”
Here it is:
Look familiar to anyone?
Georgie’s four stages of boobs are as follows:
- Pre-pregnancy: “Plump; bouncy; and longed for in hindsight,” she writes.
- Pregnancy: “These girls are exciting, and look like a lot of fun; but if you want to touch them, you will need to woo the owner with chocolate, and a jar of pickled onions (and probably a foot rub).”
- Breastfeeding: “The blue collar, working class tits. This is when the hard work starts,” she notes. “These ladies are uncomfortable to wear and difficult to dress; but the job they’re doing is incredible, and they earn themselves some serious respect.”
- Postpartum: “A shadow of their former self, they leave their owner grieving for their cleavage (and reaching for the chicken fillets).”
Ah, pregnancy. Those were definitely the glory days for my boobs. Going from a barely noticeable B-cup to ample cleavage seemingly overnight? I wasn’t complaining.
Sadly, it was just a phase.
The breasts we’re left with aren’t one-size-fits-all either. It’s a topic that comes up a lot in the BabyCenter Community. From flour sacks to flapjacks, from stretch-marked ski jumps to socks with marbles in them – call them whatever you want to, but it seems safe to say that the ladies just aren’t what they used to be.
Can you relate to Georgie’s graphic? Be sure to visit her blog, JunebugsMumma.com and follow her on Facebook to see more of her funny musings on motherhood.
Tell us about your post-baby breasts.
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