Boobs are KILLING me

[Anonymous]

I’m not even trying to sound dramatic but my boobs hurt SO BAD. I’m only 6 weeks and this started about a week ago but they are getting worse. Even brushing my arms against them hurts so badly. My husband jokingly squeezed one and I almost murdered him. Is this normal for them to hurt THIS bad?? Does it get any better?!

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s normal and yes it gets better...I think around the second trimester? I can’t remember exactly with my first two pregnancies but now in my third I’m about to start my third trimester and just my nipples are sensitive at this point.

[Anonymous]

I think it got better in the second trimester. However, if you breastfeed it’s going to get a lot worse after the baby is born. I remember my boobs feeling like super sensitive bags of rock in the early days. (Sorry)

[Anonymous]

Well, mine were just "sensitive", but yes - I knew I was pregnant because of that symptom before even peeing on a stick

[Anonymous]

Yes. It should get better after 12/14 weeks when the placenta is built and your hormones are a little steadier. If then gets really bad the first weeks when you breastfeed and are engorged right after milk comes in.

[Anonymous]

The good news is I had sore boobs my first pregnancy (briefly in the first trimester) but didn’t have that problem my next five pregnancies.

[Anonymous]

i'm 16 weeks and at least once a day my nipples feel like they are being attacked by razors. it's actually pain radiating from the boob itself, though. it's bad enough that i sometimes start moaning from pain, though it does usually pass within 30 minutes so i'm guessing there is no infection-- just that my boobs keep growing.

[Anonymous]

My boobs really did try to kill me, so I had a double mastectomy.
Signed, BC Survivor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My boobs really did try to kill me, so I had a double mastectomy.
Signed, BC Survivor

Ok come on now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My boobs really did try to kill me, so I had a double mastectomy.
Signed, BC Survivor

Ok come on now.

Drama queen. You got lucky. My mom died from breast cancer

[Anonymous]

Mine only lasted a couple weeks with my first two pregnancies! Hopefully it gets better soon. I’m 9 weeks with my third and had zero breast soreness.

[Anonymous]

Right there with you, OP. Also at 6 weeks. I have huge boobs, and it is so so painful when I have to pick up my toddler. Last time I went through this I had to start wearing a sleep bra at night. I think I’m there now.
It gets better in the 2nd trimester. Fingers crossed.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it can be very normal. Just so you have the range of experiences, for me it did not get better throughout pregnancy.

Things changed once I started BF'ing. They were worse with DD since she had latch issues and then I got a case of thrush that would not go away. They were better with DS, since he nursed well. In both cases, though, that sensitivity from just hormones or whatever that I had in pregnancy went away.

[Anonymous]

Op here- thank you ladies. I expected it to be a symptom but boy did I not expect it to be this bad! I was walking around target today and the cart handles pushing against them was brutal!!! I’m pretty much living in bralettes.

[Anonymous]

Yes mine were horribly painful the first trimester. Slowly got better in second trimester. Currently at 27 weeks and they haven’t hurt for probably about a month now, except for some days they feel more swollen. Supposedly it resumes in the third trimester though. I got these gel pads on Amazon that heat up to help with major nipple sensitivity.