How should breasts feel in third trimester?

Question - I am scheduled for a C-section in 10 days, and I am planning to breastfeed. I’m starting to feel concerned about my breasts - I don’t see any signs of colostrum, and my breasts feel very “normal”, for lack of a better way to describe it. They were feeling super tender and sore my first trimester, and I think it subsided a bit my second trimester. Did anyone else experience this before giving birth??? Did you have issues BFing?

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This is how I was with my first born and I didn’t leak or anything like that and I had a c section with her and she latched on no problems afterwards.

They often won’t feel or look any different. Sometimes your areola will get darker or you might get more noticeable veins but that’s about it. Typically it takes 3-5 days for milk to come in and colostrum will come in at birth often triggered by the baby suckling. I was induced but it took my milk 5 days to come in. Just feed for as long and as frequent as the baby wants :)

Totally normal with my first that’s how it was. Normal no leaking and I breast fed just fine. That was 6 years ago ago. This pregnancy was totally different

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Hi everyone! I gave birth via emergency c section 9 months ago as my baby boy was measuring big, he pooped inside so there was risk of him inhaling it and I wasn’t progressing past 3cm to have a natural birth and now I’m currently 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby. I’m having a consultation on Tuesday to talk about birth options and to have any questions answered but I don’t know what to ask. I feel like it would be safer having a c section again but at the same time I don’t want a c section. Does anyone have any question ideas I could ask or any advice/stories of similar situations. Tia

Anyone else felt like this?

Hi, I’m 4 months postpartum, little one sleeps through the night and is formula fed, the last week I’ve felt extremely tired and very hungry! Just wondered if anyone else has felt this way/experienced this?

Hey what are your current symptoms?

I’m 37+5

I’m pretty mobile still but anything over a hour or 2 and I’m in discomfort

Getting up from a sitting position is hard

Some of baby’s movements now are bordering on painful especially around my crotch/pelvis

I’m exhausted very easily and nap every single day

Can basically only breathe out my mouth now and I’m snoring and dribbling 😂

Standing in one leg is very painful 😂

Some waves of pain/ tightening but I regular and mild

Low period type aches

And I feel like a fire breathing dragon with this acid reflux

My nose is growing 😂

My fingers swell slightly and go numbs in my sleep so that and constant toilet breaks keep me up ( checked swelling with MW and consultant and all normal, not a worry)

I also do not want to be social in person like I’d rather everyone just be my penpal atm lol

What are your symptoms?

Planned c section

Has anyone had a planned c section and been home the same day?

C section compression socks

Hey ladies when did you ditch the compression socks and how mobile were you when you did? I’m so done with them! 6 weeks tomorrow since the op and im walking around the house doing jobs and baby care but not really out and about yet (the odd day I am) is it safe to ditch the socks?