Holy nipples and blue veins: Is this a normal thing to happen when you’re pregnant?

o boy...!!! i have blue veins runnin to my nipple area and i cant stand it,i dont even know if im prego but i think iam!!!..my boobs never had these,these veins. it gross man..if i am pregnant i cant wait to have my baby. n by the way i hope its a girl!!!,but if i get a boy,,i 'll still be happy and so will his dad!!

I totally loved the dark gigantic nipples!!! I felt very exotic :) The veins not so much. The darkness has now sorta gotten very light, my little one is 4 months, but the veins are still there. It's crazy! and a bit embarrasing at times. I see them so clearly and I wonder if everyone is staring at my HUGE blue veins.

I read in the comments that they should go away once you stop breast feeding...hope they do.

Thanks for all the comments! It's good to know that all of this is quite normal and I can't wait to see what's to come in the future after hearing some of the stories. I will definitely keep all of you posted. Oh, and can't wait for my boobs to start sagging. Breast lift, anyone?!

I just ordered two Double D bras. And no, I am not happy about it. Even my sports bras are tight. No one but porn stars needs boobies this big!

Omigod--so freakin hilarious! Yeah---then wait til your done with the breastfeeding and they deflate to the "rocks in socks" look. You are going to wish that you could still see those blue veins and all that will be left in place of , are these deep in-bedded stretch marks. And who says coco butter works? My arse! The only thing that saved mine was a boob job.

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Crazy pregnant boobs. LMAO. Just wait, you haven't seen anything yet. Wait until month 7 and 8 and I'll be looking for a follow up post.

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Oooh Alice--- never say never!
Breastfeeding doesn't last forever. Never fear, your breasts will eventually become sexual assets once again:-) In fact, lots of women enjoy their breastfeeding boobs in a sexual way too. Please don't say scary things to Jane like that... not everyone feels the same way about these things:-)

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Jane,

That's part and parcel of pregnancy! And trust me....once the baby is out, you will probably never see the breast as a sexual organ anymore! You will most likely see the breast as a baby-feeding machine.

Tarzan,
The question on whether it goes away....for me (still breastfeeding), the veins are still there, areola is really BIG but the darkness has gone away.

The boobs do not go back to the perky state, so enjoy them now, because after baby comes, those boobs belong to baby until you say enough is enough! Which is basically at about one year with my last three. I am preggers with the fourth now and its a she so I am thinking of letting her stay latched on longer.

hahaha this is hilarious. I freaked out a bit too when I saw the same thing happen to my poor boobs. I'm 5 months post-partum now and only breastfeeding once a day, and "my girls" are basically back to normal.

the "linea negra" (dark brown line that goes from the middle of my stomach down to my nether-region) is still very there though.

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I am totally in 'brown town'. Very brown nips indeed -- though as for a size increase -- BARELY. I'm basically still an A... or a very small B. Sigh.

Today: 39 weeks, 5 days.

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Lisa... my mother never breastfed & by her late 40's her breasts have lost any memory of every having been perky anyway.
At least we know ours have served their intended purpose.
3 cheers for breasts!

Yep, those veins are normal. That's your body bringing lots of blood supply to your breasts. They are getting ready to do lots of work! Your nipples and areolas will get darker in colour, but if you're very pale, they probably won't get brown. I've read that this is probably something from evolution- making it easier for the baby to find his target:-) Mine stayed a bit darker, but the veins went away after I finished nursing. As someone else said, they are probably going to get alot bigger after the baby is born. Major Porn boobs for a while. They should get less sensitive after breastfeeding is fully established though.
Just to clarify something that somebody else posted: It's actually being pregnant and the pregnancy hormones that make your boobs lose some of their perkiness over time- not breastfeeding. It has alot to do with genetics too though. It differs from person to person.

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The darkness and the size went away for me but I didn't breast feed so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. But after 2 kids they went "almost" back. The great thing is my husband doesn't make me feel gross or different about my body then and now because he has such awe of what I did in the delivery room. Its time to invest in cocoa butter lotion and if the your really itchy get some cocoa oil this will help tremendously! You can get them at wal mart.

The ol' pregnancy boobs! We are all victim to the veins, dark nipples (or as Jenny McCarthy called them, "burnt pancakes"! The dark blue road map like veins did go away for me but not the darkness-- or the large nipple. I am still kinda grossed out! Oh, and, yes, if you plan on breast feeding-- plan on some sagging too. Mine and from what all my friends say have lost their "perk". I must say I do miss my pre-preggo boobs. :(

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Tarzan: The veins will once breastfeeding is over (my experience, anyway) - but my aerolea are still slightly darker. Definitely not AS dark as they were in the beginning, though.

Stay tuned for hugeness, though... my husband couldn't get over just how MUCH bigger they could get when I was breastfeeding!

This made me giggle - I remember those days! Yup... sorry to say it, but it's all just normal for pregnancy. :) It's all a good thing, though, as different as it seems at first - it's just further evidence that your body is doing what it's supposed to.

I don't know what your plans are for breastfeeding/formula feeding, but if you're breastfeeding you'll be VERY happy about the new aerolea - helps baby find what they need. Mother Nature is a clever one, for sure!

I think this is a normal question for a father-to-be to ask....

Ummmm... do these go away?

Oh yeah, welcome to Motherhood Mama!! It's great. My 2 year old asked me why I had blue marker drawing on my boobs. Yep, the joy of being pregnant and then nursing :)

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