Breasts

Women have two breastsBreastsThe 2 organs of a woman to feed a baby after delivery. Breasts…Read more which are soft and round at the front their body. Each breast consists of:  

Fat, mammary glands and ducts inside the breast:

• mammary glands: small organs that produce breast milk;
• ducts: small tubes that carry milk toward the nippleNippleSmall knob in the middle of a person's breast. Women and men have…Read more;

The nipple and the areolaAreolaDark circle around the nipple.Read more on the outside of the breast:

• nipple: small knob in the middle of the breast;
• areola: dark circle around the nipple.

Functions of the breasts

The breasts have 2 functions:

1. A woman can breast-feed her baby with breast milk.
2. The nipples are very sensitive. Touching or caressing the nipples can give a woman sexual pleasure. If a woman is aroused, the nipples harden. The nipples can also harden for other reasons. For instance: if the woman feels cold.

Types of breasts

Every woman’s breasts are different. Breasts can be small or big, round or slightly oval. What they look like is not important for the way they function.

Breasts during pregnancyPregnancyThe time when a woman is expecting a baby. The pregnancy begins when…Read more

During pregnancy the breasts prepare for producing breast-milkBreast-milkMilk from a woman's breast. Women can feed their baby with breast-milk.Read more. They:

• grow bigger;
• become more sensitive and sometimes painful;
• may already leak a little breast-milk.