Okay, I am 100% sure I want to start making polls in my blog posts more often, because you guys definitely rock at taking them and this was so much fun to read through! My Lopsided Much? poll had 76 responses in the first 12 hours, which is pretty damn awesome of you all! I’m writing this summary after a full week, and all in all 123 of you ended up taking the quiz. First off – the results.
- Have you ever breastfed a child?
- Yes: 84%
- No: 16%
- Were/are your breasts lopsided pre-kids?
- Yes: 52%
- No: 48%
- If you’ve been pregnant & nursed a child, are your breasts…
- More lopsided than before: 39%
- More even than before: 3%
- I have no clue, I don’t stare at myself in the mirror like you do Josey: 8%
- The same as pre-kids: 36%
- n/a: 14%
- When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
- Righty is bigger: 35%
- Lefty is bigger: 42%
- They’re perfectly symmetrical because I’m a lucky bitch: 23%
- Did the thought of possible breast asymmetry developing/worsening factor into your decision to breastfeed?
- Nope, never even thought about it: 64%
- No, I don’t care: 7%
- No, I was breastfeeding no matter what: 15%
- Yes, but I decided to breastfeed anyway: 1%
- Yes, I didn’t want to risk being lopsided: 0%
- n/a: 14%
- If you’re lopsided, do you care?
- Yes, it affects my self esteem & confidence to wear tight clothing where it might be noticeable: 2%
- Yes, it bothers me, but I still wear whatever I want and just try not to think about it: 21%
- No, I really don’t give a shit: 51%
- n/a: 25%
- Have you ever taken a survey about your boobs before?
- Obviously, all the time! 11%
- Um, no. Absolutely not: 79%
- Get a life, Josey: 10% (<– That’s 12 of you! LOL)
Also, you guys hailed from 11 different countries, including:
- United States
- Canada
- Unknown (WTF google?)
- Germany
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Hong Kong
- Israel
Now for a few additional questions I wish I had addressed thanks to comments from y’all. Don’t feel like you have to answer them all in the comments or anything, but I just thought it was interesting to think about!
- Did size correlate with milk output or no? – For me, yes.
- If lopsided pre-kids, did the lopsided side change? – No, righty just got even biggger.
- Are yours the same size but differently shaped? – Slightly different shapes, but probably b/c of the size difference over here.
- If you were lopsided while breastfeeding, did things even out once you stopped? – A little bit.
- If you didn’t breastfeed, did your boobs still change size/shape just from being pregnant? – n/a for me
- Do you have a different reason for being lopsided? (i.e. surgery) – n/a for me
In all my unshowered, pumping glory. 🙂
So there ya go – the results from my lopsided survey. I’m impressed that 51% of you don’t give a shit about the uneven quality of your girls and wear whatever you want anyway. Way to go! I’m working towards that. I’m definitely still self-conscious in some outfits, but I do try to wear it anyway and just have an “I don’t give a f*” attitude about it.
A big thanks to everyone who participated! It’s nice to know I’m not alone in my lopsidedness. 🙂