breast implants

Breast enhancement, like any body modification (like my many tattoos) are a matter of personal choice. As long as body modification is done safely, to me it isn't an issue.

I normally wouldn't waste my time on this
discussion, but as there are issues on which
I feel strongly, I have to comment:

1) The idea of a girl (I'm a dude) having
implants is disgusting to me. Cutting yourself
open in such a private spot and putting in
bags of potentially hazardous goop...blaugh.
And phoney. The idea of this operation is
so disgusting to me that while I think I
wouldn't mind having a wife who's had a
masectomy (and perhaps a few other
physical flaws to boot, if she's otherwise
attractive), I'd be really grossed out to have
a wife who's had her breasts worked on. If
you're hoping to attract guys with your
implants, you're probably going to attract
the wrong kind of guy (likely a macho,
shallow type who sees you as little more
than a sexual object).

2) I'm all for breast feeding. I don't want
to pressure anyone to do it, I just want to
point out that there are antibodies in
breast milk that are meant to increase the
chance of your child being healthy. But I
agree with SuperGrover. I think kids
should be weaned while still small and
without a long-term memory to remember
any pleasurable feelings which went with
the feeding. That way, they are less likely
to regret it or to later pressure you to
breast feed again (I am totally against
mothers giving the breast to older kids
when a baby sibling is born, no matter
how pretilly they beg).

It's funny how people who don't have implants or want them are so concerned with women like me who have them.

I feel confident and sexy before and after my surgery. If you don't like them, DON'T get them done! Stop looking. Stop judging.

Hi Girl Tia

I guess breast impants in a trans-gender person may be less risky than in a people who are born females.
No issues with milk-ducts, etc.

If you don't mind me asking, how successful were your implants?

SuperGrover, I understand how you feel. Until I had kids, the thought of nursing a child past infancy would have definitely grossed me out!

However, it is important to realize that an older child does not nurse like an infant. An infant’s only food is breastmilk, and since he has a small tummy and breastmilk is the most digestible food for him, he nurses often to replenish.

As a child grows, he gradually weans from the breast. He starts with a bite or two of solid food. Pretty soon he eats enough food to replace one nursing session. Then, it grows to two. Gradual weaning is definitely best for the bodies of babies and their mothers. Quite often, when women get severe postpartum depression, it’s because they have weaned their children unnaturally and abruptly. The severe dip in hormone levels can cause a deep depression for some women.

Also, the older the child, the less often he nurses. A three-year-old may only nurse at night while he’s lying down to sleep (it’s a wonderful way to put children to bed!). He may nurse only once a week or once a month or only once every few months. The key is that the child leads the weaning. My children weaned at very different ages. Children just have different needs, and a smart mom knows that they don’t all fit into the same mold and treats them as individuals!

Most “older” children nurse at home. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone nurse a child much past a year-and-a-half or two in public (not that there’s anything wrong with it). The advantage for an older child is that he can wait until later. Many moms have a little password they give the children which means, “We’ll nurse as soon as we get home.” With infants, you obviously cannot do that, and their needs must be fulfilled asap.

But when the gums get hard and the teeth are showing signs of coming through...that's the sign that the baby is getting ready for solid food.

Uzma – you’re right! Somewhere between six months and a year, a baby is ready to taste his first solid food. However, breastmilk is still the very best milk for him. What’s really incredible is that the composition of the milk changes as the child’s nutritional needs change. The milk a mother produces when the child is a month old is different than the milk she produces when the child is a year old!
If you think about it, depriving a child of his mother’s milk only to give him milk that is meant for a cow makes no sense at all....

As for biting, if a baby bites his mother his nursing, then he isn’t doing it correctly. Unfortunately, many women don’t know how to get the baby to stop, so they abruptly wean the child which then causes far more problems than it solves. Unfortunately, the general knowledge about breastfeeding (in the US) is not adequate. Many doctors and nurses don’t know how to teach women to avoid and overcome the occasional difficulties that may arise during breastfeeding. Many women over the age of 25 were never breastfed as infants, so unfortunately, their moms can’t help either.

Here’s what I find very interesting about child raising, though. Childless adults sometimes seem to have stringent views on child raising and are the perfect parents until......they actually become parents!

;-)

I’ve been there, too. Once children arrive, one learns how much he never really knew and the unyielding boundaries are completely redefined!

I'm very glad you guys had few complications from your implants.. but I would never do it because of the risks..

1. Hardening of the tissue around the implant can make the breast feel rock hard
2. Sometimes this tissue can also shrink & squeeze the implant until it pops
3.the scarring from the placement of the implant may be small, but that's more scar than I'd like on my skin :)
4. Sometimes the implant can twist the muscle around it. talk about PAIN!
5. There are all kinds of issues with leaks/bursts. most of them aren't life-threatening, but just the thought of it is icky to me
6. It doesn't matter what kind you get, they won't look %100 natural. I can pretty much tell by looking that a woman has had implants. There are even fashion trends based on the un-natural effects of implants (*ahem*undercleavage*ahem*)
7. Even implants age with time.. and wear/shift/cause more complications.
8. The risk of getting a BAD boob job from the start is scary as well. The "breasts too far apart" or "cross-eyed nipple" looks are frightening to me, as are the nipple stretching that can sometimes occur with implants.
9. Surgery in general is dangerous. You can die on the table. O_O
10. Most importantly to me... the type of guy I am interested in can be intimidated by large breasts. ^_^ Assuming that a change like that will make you more attractive can be a big mistake. Sometimes you have to ask.. more attractive to WHOM?

OK, this is kind of getting off topic, but oh well.

I can't imagine having a 4 year old still breast feeding in our society! Maybe in other cultures that would work... It makes perfect sense in cultures where food is scarce.

But honestly. We're talking about us here, who live in a society with computers and automobiles and Rice a Roni. If you're out of diapers, you should be eating solid food. You should be in preschool!

4 year olds are old enough to have memories of their experiences in later life. No one should have memories of breast feeding!

Jennifer wrote: Hal, where did you get that impression? As I understand it, they simply advocate natural weaning. By the way, did you know that the world wide average age for weaning from the breast is four years of age? I have no idea how it started, but Americans have been taught that they shouldn't nurse past infancy. We're kind of prudish with our bodies. After all, breasts were designed for children, you know!

And your source of information would be............the La Leche League?

Sort of changing the subject here but to answer the question about getting implants after a reduction, I have a friend who did that. She had the reduction, didn't like being smaller and had impants--twice. Managed to breast feed her baby and no problems so far.

Not that I advocate implants, I don't. I worked in a hospital where lots of plastic surgeons operated and the number of complications who came in were much greater than the ones who came in for the implants. Nothing beautywise is worth risking your health like that.

>>>>>if American women are so unhealthy, why is our life expectancy now 80 years?

Technology keeps us alive practically forever. That's great in many instances, but if I'm 90 years old and all my organs are failing, I'd really rather not be kept alive by a machine.