One breast is bigger than the other

"Why is one breast bigger than the other?" - How often do girls like this, whose puberty began, have their parents, sisters, older friends or just friends.

Sexual maturation in girls occurs from 8-9 to 17-18 years. From about 10 years begins the formation and growth of mammary glands, but the penultimate stage of the formation of the breast ends only in the years to 16-17, and finally the size of the breast can be established only after breast-feeding. At this time, the breast can grow rapidly, or virtually stop its growth. In addition, the enlargement of the mammary glands may not be proportionate. For a while, one breast may be larger than another, and eventually they can change places. All this is within the norm and there is no cause for concern.

Sometimes, when puberty, it seems, is over, and with close examination, you can see the difference in the size of the breast. And this is also not a cause for concern.

Nothing is symmetrical in our body. If you look closely, then the palms, and the feet, and our eyes are different. Do not believe it? In order to check this you need to take your picture. It is desirable to take a portrait. Take the mirror, and place it exactly in the middle of the face, at an angle of 90 degrees. Look, first, what happens when the left half of the face is reflected in the mirror, then turn the mirror and look at the reflection of the right half. How? Impressed? So, if the difference between the left and right chest is slightly noticeable and does not cause any inconvenience, then the problem called "One breast is bigger than the other" can be deleted from the list of current ones.

And what if one breast became larger than the other during pregnancy and / or lactation period?

It is also often with the question that one breast is more different than the other face during pregnancy or lactation. And in this case, do not worry. The reason is simple - lactation, that is, the production of breast milk by our mammary glands, which is necessary for feeding the baby. And the fact that one gland produces more milk than the other - it is quite natural.

When you breastfeed, a more frequent and prolonged application of the baby to a smaller breast can be the solution to the problem. Or pumping. Specialists in breastfeeding say that the more milk the child eats, the more it comes. Try to adjust the process yourself. You look, everything will be fine.

If this simple method can not solve the problem, you need to consult a doctor. There are also so-called "specialists in breastfeeding", who will advise you not only on the difference in breast size, but give practical advice on breastfeeding. Since the reason that one breast more than the other can hide and in the wrong attachment to the chest.

What else could be the reason that one breast is much larger than the other?

To sound an alarm it is necessary in the event that all stages of formation of a breast have ended, and the difference in the sizes of the left and right breast is considerable. It happens that at a sufficiently mature age in the absence of a previously significant asymmetry, the woman notices that one breast has sharply become larger than the other. Causes can be different from a hormonal failure before, God forbid, tumors.

In this case, explain the reason and help in solving the problem can only a doctor-mamologist (specialist in the mammary glands). And with a hike to it, in any case, it is better not to delay. You should not be afraid, most likely, he will appoint an ultrasound of the mammary glands and a consultation of a doctor-endocrinologist who will check the presence and proper production of hormones in your body.

Be healthy!