Tots (Dedicated to the A-Team)

By Vanessa A. Redwood

Life as an A-cup (Or AAA...is that even on the scale?) in an uncensored and unclassified manner. Squeezing together chest skin for a Scarlett Johansson come hither look. This account is from a fully grown, completely surpassed adolescent adult of thirty-something standing in front of the mirror. Staring at the chest that never progressed further than permanent mosquito bites. Wondering why all those gallons of mint ice cream scoops and double chocolate covered creamed filled biscuits have not distributed evenly to her chest. No, even the glorious food has chosen to be spiteful. Travelling straight down to stubbornly stay strapped around the child bearing hips and thunder thighs for that all too flattering Telly Tubby archetype.

Do you share similar experiences? Are you able to resonate with the woes of having tiny tots? Whether it be you; your best friend (BFF to be precise); your sister; or your colleague who have cried out “Why me?” “Why do I deserve these molehills?” you can understand and commiserate with this adversity.

What you’ll encounter is an outline about breasts being a vital functionality organ. To their evolution throughout history in the eyes of society. To the beginning of brassieres and their purposes through to the variations that businesses have conceived. To society’s infatuation about breasts and their role within the entertainment industry as a commodity. To viewpoints from both spectrums of the A-team through to the D-team, to tell you to toughen up and embody the benefits of being small breasted because there is an abundance, truly!

Food for thought is what the primary intention is, as the A-team deserve a platform to be heard and spoken for with affection!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vanessa A. Redwood
• Release date: May 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9780994347411

Vanessa A. Redwood

A thinker. A ponderer. An author.Comprehending, questioning, and unraveling life's gazillion facets.

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TOTS

(Dedicated to the A-Team)

Copyright © 2015 by Vanessa A. Redwood. The Aurora Discourse™

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Cover design by Ellen Patricia Stretton

ISBN: 978-0-9943474-1-1

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Tots, The A-Team

Chapter 2: Breasts, The Organ

Chapter 3: Pregnancy, The Fundamentals of Breasts

Chapter 4: Evolution, The Quintessential Body

Chapter 5: Scriptures, The Biblical Pages

Chapter 6: Culture, Traditional Costumes Breast-ference

Chapter 7: Nakedness, Bare Essentials

Chapter 8: Brassiere, The Purpose

Chapter 9: Victoria’s Secret, Designing for Desire

Chapter 10: Adolescence, Teenage Trepidation

Chapter 11: Entertainment, Bright Lights and Breasts

Chapter 12: Commodification, Money Talks

Chapter 13: Alteration, Plastic Enhancements

Chapter 14: Cure, (Of) The D-Team

Chapter 15: Commiseration, Console and Conquer

Chapter 16: Tiny Tot’s, Empower

Chapter 17: Life, Isn’t Bleak!

Chapter 18: Endnotes

CHAPTER 1 - TOTS, THE A-TEAM

Life as an A cup (Or AAA...is that even on the scale?) in an uncensored and unclassified manner. Not from the heart and soul of a twelve-year-old playing dress ups in her mother’s slinky ensemble. Squeezing together chest skin for a Scarlett Johansson come hither look in front of the mirror, anxiously awaiting the days of puberty to hit for a growth sprout and for all the curves to appear instantaneously overnight. No, this is from a fully grown, completely surpassed adolescent adult of thirty-something standing in front of the mirror, in her 1950s inspired vintage bodice dress. Staring at the chest that never progressed further than permanent mosquito bites. Wondering why all those gallons of mint ice cream scoops and double chocolate covered creamed filled biscuits and the unstoppable sweet chilli oven fried chips have not distributed evenly to her chest. Here, the sugar and fat would be welcomed! No, even the glorious food has chosen to be spiteful with no reins on stopping at the bust area. Travelling straight down to stubbornly stay strapped around the child bearing hips and thunder thighs for that all too flattering Telly Tubby archetype.

Oh, the shame! The misfortune of never knowing what it feels like to have that all-important breast crack for a credible smouldering sultry look is the bane of an A-team’s life. To give a pout to a potential suitor may even bring on a cautious check as he mistakes you for being a rebellious teenager dressing up in her mother’s outfit instead of an adult drowned at the bodice. Not to be mistaken for a pear body shape, but more of a rectangle that just has unfortunate lavishes on sweets while forgetting that one’s metabolism has come to a standstill when a terrifying age milestone strikes. Eclipsing growth stages where a firm and resilient body can be anticipated, and replaced with sagging and gravity pulling forces instead.

Do you share similar experiences? Are you able to resonate with the woes of having tiny tots? Whether it be you; your best friend (BFF to be precise); your sister; or your colleague who have cried out Why me? Why do I deserve these molehills? you can understand and commiserate with this adversity. Assuming that you’ve chosen this book, not solely based on the fantastic book cover that captures the exact daily struggles of the A-team in one image, but are intrigued about the organ itself. Or this book was recommended for a light, insightful and straightforward account. Urged by your girlfriend, mother, or partner who knows you’ll be comforted by the fact that there is someone else out there harbouring the same misfortune. Have a look around and you will notice there are many surrounding you that also have a modest chest. Not in this city they don’t you say? Well, darling, this book is here to enlighten you. To give you a squeeze and gently tell you it’s all going to be all right.

What you’ll encounter is an outline about breasts being a vital functionality organ. To their evolution throughout history in the eyes of society. To the beginning of brassieres and their purposes through to the variations that businesses have conceived. To society’s infatuation about breasts and their role within the entertainment industry as a commodity. To viewpoints from both spectrums of the A-team through to the D-team, to tell you to toughen up and embody the benefits of being small breasted because there is an abundance, truly! At times, there will be topics and language used that may be quite vulgar. However, the intention is not to defame or degrade women, but to bring forth and talk frankly about a situation women can sympathise and associate with personal stories. Breasts are a fact of life. Whether they provide you with satisfaction, comfort or misery. We have either thought about them privately, spoken about them publically, and most certainly commented about them in awe or with amusement to our companions and ourselves.

Unequivocally, we have at least once read those sealed off sections in the teen/young adult magazines such as Dolly, Cleo or Cosmopolitan to learn secretly about breasts. About how long our breasts will take to reach their full potential and the exercises required to strengthen and in turn boost our bosoms. Or to read with relief that there are other’s experiencing either the same or have had other strange occurrences during this puzzling adolescent stage. As always, it is comforting to know there are women who share the same flat chest problems. Even more so the broadening of a grin when we see a woman in power, casting down orders to her clan. In a sheer top without any round protruding melons to distract the crowd, but with confidence that her capability brings people to their knees.

The exponential growth of information that is becoming more wildly and readily accessible to anyone who is seeking knowledge entails that no subject is safe from curious minds. It shouldn’t be surprising that children at a younger age are learning faster about what use to be a hushed and silenced discussion. Probing for answers and innocently blurting out statements in public, causing crimson cheeks to rise in their targeted teacher. In conjunction, children are no longer immune to the growths and expectations that adults experience. They too are now subject to being targets in this commercialised world with the opportunity to emulate their mothers’ style. No longer borrowed from the wardrobe and chest of drawers but fitted apparel that are purchased directly from the department stores. Both men and women have breasts, but women are conditioned to encounter prominent changes due to their unique biology. Small, large, or ginormous, regardless of size or form, women will experience the changes to their breasts over their lifetime. Dependent upon age, genes, lifestyle choices or even where we are in our lives. To where we may live, what we may eat or drink, and the recreational activities we choose to relieve ourselves from may comparatively affect this ever-changing organ. The human body itself is a fascinating subject, one that biologists and researchers delight in unravelling, from their inter-body connections to deciphering their miraculous progressions as a component of age and circumstances.

Breasts have become a significant aspect of defining who we are as women, further impacting our cultural and social understanding of them. Both from a maternal and sexual viewpoint, breasts have appeared in different formats from the biblical pages whereby a mother is providing nourishment and fulfilment to her newborn child. To print days where women’s breasts are hurled unethically across glossy advertisements for seduction and sex appeal. Leading to questions such as, do breasts exist for women and their babies? Or are they flashing lights to be sent to the public as an invitation to gawk at with open mouths? Are breasts used to sell mundane products for struggling companies that require a turnaround in revenue? Or do individuals themselves use breasts by way of comparing and exploiting to gain acknowledgement and advancement in life? Operating breasts to seduce and mesmerise opponents and onlookers, whether intentionally or not?

Breasts, as with any other body feature is superficial, yet this organ has contributed to humanity in multiple ways and on numerous levels either for reproduction, profiteering or degradation ambitions. Messages that utilise breasts aren’t always blatantly obvious. But when diagnosed and critiqued further, the underlying sneaky schemes are utilised to ensnarl spectators before they can even question the massive force drawing them in. And by then it is usually far too late to backtrack. Discussing body parts should not be a taboo topic, but cultivated in an educational and enlightening sphere. In a world riddled with contradictions, whether you despise or admire and love your tots, turn them into what you may. But at the end of the day be kind to your bosoms, for they are present with the primary reason for childbearing. How they look, feel, and how you interact with your breasts is an interesting topic, with stories and tales that will send you into giggling fits. Or have you gasping for air as to the grotesqueness of what society has turned what should be a blasé part of life, into something that does place people behind bars. Two body parts that are made up of flesh and fat, yet have the ability to captivate individuals, society and even felines with their curious minds when they reach out to paw at them. And, who could blame them? Whichever size your breasts may come in, they are for you to appreciate, enjoy and naturally flaunt.

And with that, let us review our best friends in a candid manner, with the invitation to discuss, agree or refute. Food for thought is what the primary intention is, as the A-team deserve a platform to be heard and spoken for with affection!

CHAPTER 2 - BREASTS, THE ORGAN

The term breast is derived from the Old English word breost that stems from Germanic influences to mean swelling and to sprout. Breasts comprise of different layers of connective tissue, blood vessels, lymph nodes, lobes, milk ducts and fat. In women, the breasts cover most of the chest area as they canvas the pectoralis major muscles from approximately the second rib to the sixth rib of a human rib cage. As a mammary gland, the breast is for the primary and unique function to produce milk for lactation. Constituting of the adipose tissue, glandular tissue and lobules where milk is generated leading to the ducts. Surrounded by dense connective tissue and working as a support frame, while also acting as the passageway for milk to flow towards the nipple with each duct widening and forming the ampulla (a sac). Above the ribcage sitting directly on top of the pectoralis major muscles, the breast tissue lengthens horizontally from the edge of the middle flat bone, sternum, to the mid-axillary line of the underarm. A deep layer of fascia circles the breast tissue that serves as a storage facility of fat and water. A thoroughfare for the lymph, nerve and blood vessels, padded with a thin layer of connective tissue to give the breast a soft consistency by also providing protective cushioning and insulation.

The skin enveloping the breast is akin to the rest of the body consisting of sweat glands and hair follicles. The axillary artery carries oxygen from the armpits to the outer half of the breasts with blood. Here, the blood is pumped from the internal mammary artery that extends down from the neck and underneath the breast tissue to provide vital nutrients to the inner half of the breast. The lymphatic vessels of the breast stream lead to the lymph nodes that are an important oval-shaped organ. Acting as a filter for foreign particles and cancer cells that is also by way of performing a function of the immune system. The small circular area on the body of the breasts coloured in a different shade is the areola, and variance in size and shape is dependent upon numerous factors. Larger areolas are common amongst mature women compared to those of prepubescent girls. Ethnicity and genetic makeup play a role as well, as Asian women tend to have smaller areolas in comparison to African women for example. Additionally, the size of a woman’s breast can determine the size of the areola, as women that are lactating or a woman with larger breasts tend to have bigger areolas. The nipple and areola have specific muscle fibres that react to stimulation, such as wintry weather or sweltering summer days that can either erect or flatten the nipples.

Factors that may be responsible for the change in size and appearance of a woman’s breast includes the volume of breast tissue, family history, age, and weight loss or gain. To the history of pregnancies and lactation, thickness and elasticity of the breast skin, the degree of hormonal influences on the breast and the effects of menopause. The dimensions, density and composition of breasts differs for each woman. As a result of hormonal body changes from prepubescent breast development; to menstruation that signifies fertility. To pregnancy stages for reproduction, through to the breastfeeding course, until climacterium sees the cessation of a woman’s fertility, concludes the completion of this unique glandular function.

Development of the breast tissue begins as early as the sixth week of foetal life, and by the ninth week two breasts buds appear on the upper half of the chest. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissue. The female sex hormone, oestrogen, assists with the sprout and growth during thelarche, the breast development stage. Women’s breasts become more pronounced in comparison to men who have an increased amount of testosterone (male sex hormone). An adolescent girl approximately after two years of spotting secondary sex characteristics, that involves the commencement of widening hips and pubic hair growth, will experience breast changes due to the stimulation of oestrogen. Responding to these hormones by evolving over the next few years in size, volume and density. The majority of girls tend to be anxious for this day to arrive, signifying initiation and to be on the path towards womanhood.

Two hormones, particularly the oestrogen and progesterone sends signs to the glandular breast tissue for development. During this thelarche stage, it is common for breasts to be unequal in size, a condition of asymmetry whereby one breast is slightly larger than the other. Whether you can resonate with or have heard the apprehension from your girlfriends, one of the chief concerns is that one breast seems to be growing at a faster pace than the other. However, rest assured, this is a common and very natural occurrence as statistically the left breast is slightly bigger. Roughly 90% of women’s breasts are asymmetrical to some extent, whether it be in relation to size, volume or positioning of the nipple-areola complex. While even up to 25% of women experience noticeable breast asymmetry with at least one-cup size difference.¹ Other possible abnormalities include the overdevelopment of breasts when a girl experiences rapid breast growth followed by weight gain typically prior to menstruation or straight after. Or the underdevelopment where breasts face obstruction, and they fail to develop normally and fully. Though underdevelopment isn’t the same as having small bosoms, as tuberous breasts is related to a congenital abnormality with no known exact cause. But a 2011 Canadian study has linked this to collagen deposition of the abnormal growth of the fascia that in turn restricts glandular development.² The establishment of a woman’s breast continues approximately over the next four years until reaching its final stages around the time a woman celebrates her twenty-first birthday.

According to individual hormonal changes, the breast tissues are receptive to these developments and will fluctuate in size and volume over the course of a woman’s life. Breasts consists of adipose tissue (fat), and with the increased amount of fat