Garba Omale, a
consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Garki Hospital has
condemned the fear by women that breast feeding will lead to the
sagging of their breasts.
“Many wrongly
informed women do not adhere to the prescribed six-month exclusive
breastfeeding period because they feel their breasts will fall,” Dr
Omale said. Exclusive breast-feeding practice is that period when a
baby is fed exclusively with the mother’s milk in the first six months
of birth, to boost the child’s immunity. Dr Omale stated that “
breastfeeding does not create sagging breasts, even more; it does not
have an impact on a woman’s breast shape. Whether you breastfeed or
not, at some point, your breast will sag.”
According to him,
“ When the weights of breasts are pulled down by gravity, genes which
determine the elasticity of your skin and ligaments are the only things
that can prevent them from sagging,
“Obviously, large
breasts will sag easier, since the gravity is pulling them down the
more.” Dr Omale said that the biggest cause of flabby breasts was
pregnancy and not breastfeeding.
He said that
because pregnancy and breastfeeding occur at about the same time,
people have mistakenly blamed breastfeeding for drooping breasts.
