[breast4success]

Hey Blue792,

I meant to post earlier this week since I had my mammogram and received my results. I'm glad I waited and saw your question.

The extra week didn't do anything about my smaller breast. It is still slightly smaller than the other by the same degree as before I started pumping. 

I don't know if doing more weeks on one breast would have resulted in them being more even - looking back, I'd say it probably wouldn't have (in my case) since I did hit a plateau before I finished pumping.


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Anyway, the good news is my mammogram came out normal. No abnormalities found and my breast density remained at the same stage (B) although they are slightly bigger now. So, I did gain actual breast tissue and not just fluid. I got it done about 34 days after my last pumping session.

I also remeasured myself and took pictures since it was a little over one month after officially stopping. I lost about .5 inch but visually, the loss was only evident on the smaller breast (where I did the extra week). Also, my underbust is back down to about 27.375 inches (slightly larger than when I started but much smaller than when I ended).

I reviewed my weekly measurements chart I kept and, sure enough, I am back to the bust size where I started noticing that I wasn't really gaining additional residual swelling and felt I needed to either increase the pressure or the length.  That happened at about week 9 or 10. In hindsight, I probably could have stopped at 12-14 weeks because the extra pressure, hours, weeks didn't really result in further growth - at least not for me.

I still gained 3 to 3.5 inches which is a very good response. I'll recheck myself at the end of June to see if there is anymore shrinking, but I'm thinking I will probably stay the same size.

I may or may not do extra pumping on the smaller breast later this year - perhaps for 2-4 weeks. Just depends on how things pan out and if I really care that much to do it.

Hope this helps.