TMI breastfeeding question

Ok. So I have been reading a lot about tips and such for BF and I was reading about latching on and how the baby should get all if not most of the areola in their mouth for a proper latch ... my problem is I have almost E cup breasts and I have huge areola... how the hell is my little cinnabun with her little mouth (i'm assuming its little as she's not here yet) be able to get all that in there? Is there maybe a certain percentage she's got to get or....?

I want to BF so badly. I want to give her the best food and I want that bonding but I worry that my huge bewbs will be an issue. X.x

Is there anything I can do to ensure strong milk production ahead of time as well? I didn't produce well for my son and I think part of that was inexperience and not sticking with the pumping until his little preemie self could take the nipple well but I worry that I won't produce. I'd rather over produce at first than not produce at all. Anything I can do to ensure this?

They don't have to fit the whole areola in their mouth. If your worried about not producing enough you can always start to pump as soon as your milk comes in. It's not good to over produce though since it can cause clogged ducts. Look up Stanford breast feeding for videos.

I'm an FF and my areola are big as well. I also have flat nipples which I thought would be an issue.
Honestly they need as much areola in their mouth as they can, but they don't need all of it, so don't worry! I can see more of my areola than in most of the advice pictures I've seen, when she's latched on well, but I hear her swallowing loud and clear, lol.

Most of my areola doesn't go in my daughters mouth. So long as it's not JUST nipple, you and baby are comfortable, it really isn't much of an issue. Breastmilk is supply and demand, and takes on average 3-7 days to come in... Keep baby on the breast, and you'll produce enough.

They're primarily talking about not having the baby take just nipple. That will hurt like crazy and your nipple will be a weird shape when she unlatches. As far as milk production goes, pumping for a preemie is a completely different ball game than breastfeeding. The pump is just not as good at getting stuff out as a baby is. Plus when the baby is going through a growth spurt, they eat more which causes a natural increase in your supply. I've also heard that with each pregnancy, we produce more because our bodies build extra milk ducts during each pregnancy.

I feel like this time, as I'm older and more in tune with what I want to be as a parent, it'll be a little easier. I didn't ask questions as a 16 year old mom, I was humiliated to let nurses see my boobs, and to top it off Gabe was a power-preemie so he didn't get to latch as quickly as I'd have liked. Its comforting to know that I can still give it my all with huge areolas. I've heard its actually bad to pump when you are starting out? is that true? like it can cause damage to the milk ducts or something?

Baby just needs as much areola AS POSSIBLE, not all of it! They're generally referring to avoiding a shallow latch -- you don't want baby sucking as if out of a straw.

Quoting máthair draíocht:" I feel like this time, as I'm older and more in tune with what I want to be as a parent, it'll be a little ... [snip!] ... its actually bad to pump when you are starting out? is that true? like it can cause damage to the milk ducts or something?"

They don't recommend pumping in the beginning because it can cause over production and possibly cause frustration with the baby if he's trying to eat and there's nothing in there. Plus they don't like people mixing bottles and milk from the tap.   With my first baby, I exclusively pumped until he was about 5weeks old. Then I got his issues straightened out and breastfed him the old fashioned way for another 6 months. My middle baby swapped back and forth without issue and I never bother pumping for my 3rd.

I had enormous breasts and areolas and my second daughter had no trouble with latching onto as much as she needed. The other ladies are right, it is mostly advice to avoid them nursing only on the nipple, which hurts a lot!

Pumping in the beginning can cause you to make too much milk, I had this problem and got clogged ducts and infections. Not fun at all. I actually made almost a quart of milk each day, if not more. I had so much frozen milk that I was thawing it out for my oldest daughter and giving it to her to drink as special milk shakes, LOL.

I think your LO on the way will have no trouble figuring out how much of the areola she needs in her mouth to get a good latch (with practice of course). Some babies are born nursers, and others need a bit of help with getting it just right. Don't stress too much about making enough milk, as long as you feed on demand, and don't try to use bottles of anything unless you absolutely have to (baby is losing too much weight, you need to pump and have someone else feed for an important trip or surgery or something, stuff like that) you should make plenty of milk.

Pumping isn't a very good indicator of how much you are making either, someone mentioned that pumping doesn't bring your milk down like a baby does, and I have noticed that when I would pump in the past. As long as baby is having plenty of wet diapers and poops each day, then you have nothing to worry about.

Longer post then I intended, but I hope this, and everyone else's posts help you