Huge Tracts of Land Tribe - Page 2

[heidirk]

One trick I use when I can't find nursing clothes that my boobs fit in, or that I can fish a boob out of, is to wear a belly band under a regular shirt. Easy access!! And I can wear my normal shirts.

[jul511riv]

need to find a nursing bra again...prefer underwire and all cotton...one that would ship to Israel. Really nervous about buying a bra I can't try on...but I don't know where to find such a thing in *ahem* larger cup sizes here in Israel...

[justmandy]

I just measured after unsuccessful bra shopping last weekend and discovered I'm a 42 J...it's weird, i don't even really consider myself as having really large tatas. I guess I was wrong!

Now to find a bra that fits....and I can afford...

[Kismet_fw]

I will have to bookmark Decent Exposures too. I hit D in jr high, and it's only gotten worse since. I'm tired of overpaying for what doesn't fit and doesn't feel good - and having to wait on delivery too. If I can get a bra that fits and is comfortable, it'll be every bit worth waiting for! :

[wendygrace]

So I went to the mall yesterday to get fitted just for kicks. Went to three different places and was told three different sizes. Of course, none of the stores actually had the size they told me I was so I couldn't confirm any of them. I hate shopping for bras. My band size was a 36, 40 or a 42 and my cup was a F, G and H. How does that even happen?

[heidirk]

where'd you go? Most places, people have only the vaguest idea of how to fit or measure someone. And then often they measure over clothes(which is pointless).

Also, US sizes run on their own (stupid IMHO) scale, European/german, another, and UK sizing another yet!

I've had greatest success with the European sizing chart. But you have to know which country your bra is manufactured in, too.

So, according to the European chart, I'm a 36-38 I. If I get a bra made in the UK, I need a 'G', and in the US, it's a 6D.


In the US they tend to label everything after a DDD as an F. :

Although, Lane Bryant does carry and can order H and I cups in some of their bra styles.

Here's the most helpful size chart I've found.

http://www.barenecessities.com/produ...id=ElomiEL1220


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[joyfulgrrrl]

I'm in too - I'm a 30/32 F/G - anyone in this size range? I'd love to find a super-supportive nursing bra that doesn't break the bank. I'm starting to have some pretty serious shoulder/neck/thoracic problems and would love to get something good!

[ursula66]

I am well on my way to having too much real estate to handle. I was a 32 DD (which is a hard size to find to BEGIN with) before I got preggers with #3. At 13 weeks I am busting out of those and I need to go maternity shopping again! At this rate the twins are gonna be gi-normous. Where in gods' name am I gonna find a nursing bra this time!

[wendygrace]

I went to Cacique (the Lane Bryant store), and two lingerie exclusive stores that I don't know the name of. And of course they all measured me with my clothes on and with a bra that doesn't fit well. I shot off a letter to Lane Bryant though complaining that they advertise FGH but don't actually have any in store to try on.

joyfulgrrrl, I believe i used goddessbras when I was doing nursing bras but really don't remember. The last time I bought was 5 years ago or so.

[heidirk]

I had a goddess bra that was OK. I didn't like the hook-and-eye on the cups tho' too tough to work onehanded.

[OperaDiva]

Ursula66, I started the same size as you, and have been reasonably happy with the bras I got at motherhood.com, I got a 34F to allow for rib cage growth during pregnancy. I did have to take up the straps a LOT to be able to get them high enough though, they would have been down to my belly otherwise LOL. No idea why they think people with big boobs are either 7 feet tall, or want their boobs to sag down into their bra, it is simply not true.

[heidirk]

I have decided, I would like to go back to a 36 DD.

[jul511riv]

Well, I just splurged and got a 36 G (I think) nursing bra...Beauty bylpar Jeunique with Banderin (built on "bridge construction" technology). I get AMAZING lift (for it not having an underwire) but I'm not sure it's the most comfortable bra in the world. The cups seem to be comfortable, it's the band around the ribcadge that isn't so much. I've only worn it for a few hours so far, though, so I'll try to let you know if that changes with time. I don't see a website on their "instruction book" for the bra (yeah, I KNOW!) but they have offices in Germany and the USA and Canada, maybe? Phone number is 909.598.8598 and fax is 909.594.8961. You could probably call/fax and ask for them to send any materials. The bra ran me roughly $100, but that was here in Israel, so it might be slightly cheaper in the USA (where it was imported from). The problem is that I couldn't "fit" a bra through the internet...so needed to try them on and decided to just buy where I was.

Oh wait: here is a new website I found: http://www.healthybraboutique.com/

[Gailmegan]

wow! a monty python reference and big boobs home. i really fit in with my 36 h/i. hi everyone! i just ordered 3 different nursing bras from breakout bras. i'll let you know what i think when i get them.

"what the curtains?" lol

[heidirk]

Hello! :



hmmmm, jul511riv- I think the band is what's actually supposed to hold everything up. I hope it works well for you!

The bras I've had that lifted, and actually held up were ones built like that.


I actually got fitted at the hospital's bra boutique, after ds1 was born.

[CageFreeFamily]

Okay, here's one for you..

Where can I find a nursing bra that lifts and separates... comes in a 34F... and will fit on a really petite frame? I'm barely 5 feet tall, it's all legs, and every bra I've ever tried that has even acceptable cup room digs into my underarms and the straps are too long.
I feel like I might as well be trying to wear a bullet-proof vest.

I'm a tiny gal and I have NO idea why my breasts get so freaking large while pg and nursing because they're just a regular old B cup when I'm neither.
I can't stand the looks I get either... those "Oh, yeah, those are real" looks.
I feel like living in a T-shirt that say I'M NURSING!!

Baby #3 is due in a couple of weeks and I haven't even bothered to get a bra this time. Don't know what I'm going to do...

[heidirk]

Try this link...

http://www.laurensilva.com/anita_mat...bras_s/455.htm

or this one...

http://www.barenecessities.com/catal...yle=12&vendor=


HTH!

[CageFreeFamily]

Awesome, thank you!
The La Mystere looks like it might work.

[heidirk]

they are very pretty. I'm in love with the Anita bras myself. those have served me very well for the whole last year.

[CageFreeFamily]

I tried the Anita bras with my last baby, but the cups and band are cut too high for my super small frame, so they dug in in all the wrong places and the straps were too long.

I'm really hoping I'll find something this time. I lived in TX last time and couldn't find any summer clothes that covered the huge padded straps and high cut cups. I was feeling pretty depressed that time around. Hard to wait a year to get your body back and then still feel inhibited...