Breasts Are Different Sizes; Question Re:milk Production

My breasts are the same size, but don't produce the same amount at all ! My right one makes very little milk. My son woudn't take that one, only the left and I didn't know why.
My daughter tried bottles at the hospital and didn't want the breast at all. I have to pump and feed it to her in a bottle. She's almost one now, and I've been pumping this whole time.
The right breast still doesn't make as much and I'm pumping them both at the same time. The right breast makes about 1/3 of what the left one makes. So both of my kids are breasfed mainly by the left one.

I have a C and D cup, and it was my C cup that was the far better producer. We had a lot of problems with nursing, and the D cup actually dried up while we were still trying. The C lasted several more weeks. A bigger breast doesn't necessarily equal more milk. It has to do with the mammary glands inside the breast, not the fat tissue surrounding them.

M.:

talk to a lactation consultant... about breast sizes and feeding issues.

and no, he does not need vit d supplementation/ but he does need sunlight!

P., RLC, IBCLC
Pres. Lactation Support Group, Inc
www.lactationsupportgroup.com

Yes, we had the same issue. He would drink from the one side but it just didn't cut it. I think when he would just nurse to sooth or comfort I used that breast since the intent wasn't just to eat. That then lets the breast know to make more to try to keep them even...which didn't always happen. By about 10/11 months I just gave up on the one and he nursed from the one side only and it was fine. I felt silly with lopsided boobs but everything pretty much evened out at the end ;) I would continue to offer it and use it when he isn't starving such as at night (when he is out of it) and for comfort. But again I am not a L.C. so I am just letting you know what I did. I think it is pretty common though. Also he may be crying because the let down isn't as strong as the good sign so he isn't' getting that initial satisfaction.

I do notice that I get more milk from the right side. If he is having problems with a particular side, you could just switch him to the other side. I have a friend who had an issue that sounds similar and she ended up only nursing on one side and letting the other side dry up. Or you could use that side to pump from and he could nurse from the other side.

That's just my humble opinion.
B.