Two physical activities that women go through that have dramatic effects on the body are childbirth and breastfeeding. Prior to these activities, the woman may have the time of her life of keeping beautiful, well-maintained physical features favorably the breasts. The breasts' appearance becomes changed when the woman has experienced childbirth and breastfeeding.

However, it has to be known that breastfeeding do not necessarily create sagging breasts. This state of the breast to sag could have been caused more on childbirth, especially when the woman has had multiple childbirths. There are certain hormonal changes that happen to the body of a woman when she is pregnant and later on has opted for breastfeeding. This hormonal change affects the appearance and state of the breasts being the responsible for the activation of the mammary gland.

Tests and research were done to prove the allegation of childbirth causing the sagging or drooping of breasts as against the breastfeeding activity of the mother. Those women that underwent breast augmentation surgery have met the point that breastfeeding did not cause the breasts to sag, some mothers going to as much as 9 months of this activity. Pregnancy itself already did pave way for the sagging effects of the breasts because of the hormones that gets active in that area.

Apart from pregnancy, there are other factors that contribute or cause breast sagging. Strongly considered for the sagging is the weight loss when the woman suddenly gets rid of body fat that was once covering breast area with the skin. Since there was dramatic decline in the weight, the fat also was burned in the breast area, the skin now has nothing much to hold causing it to sag. There is also smoking that is held responsible for breast sagging. The age of the woman may also have effected the drooping of breasts.

The studies and researches done on causes of breast sagging particularly by Dr. Brian Rinker, MD, have confirmed various reasons for this problem with the breasts. The reasons to have caused breast sagging are age, getting pregnant, weight loss, size of the breast and smoking. There is no justification done on these studies to prove that breastfeeding causes the drooping of breasts.

To make a personal evaluation, be conscious of one's physical features including the breasts. Analyze carefully how your lifestyle is to determine if a healthy way of life is lived. It is through your personal analysis that the determination is made if how normal are the physical attributes are handled. The woman owns her own body and it is her call however way to feel good about it.

If the breasts is experienced to be uncomfortably saggy and the woman is losing self-confidence, it will not do harm if she resorts to some form of medical cosmetic procedure to make the enhancement. What is important is that the woman's confidence is rooted back for her to be happy of the self. The confidence exuded will make a good reflection of the woman to live her life.