What to do about suddenly massive boobs?

[alfabetsoup]

So, as a lifetime member of the Training Bra Club, I was not prepared to have my breasts turn into giant overheated rocks. I don't want to buy a maternity bra yet, as a)they're expensive and b) I'm only 5 weeks on, what if I get bigger?

[dshields]

Ah alfabetsoup...I too am a former member of that club! You are too funny, but I have no advice as this is my first pregnancy!

[mel~3jumpin beans]

Awww......sorry to hear but hey this is your chance to show them off. Buy you some great summery tops while you can!!!
Mine are sore and a little bigger but nothing anyone would really notice.

[~*max*~]

Yup, another training bra club member here. I like to wear sports bra-typ bras when preg & nursing. You can find some that offer more stretch so they will accomodate those fluctuating sizes. For nursing I would just lift up one side - much more convenient IMO than unhooking & rehooking, and needing to use two hands.

Enjoy 'em while you got 'em!

[minimunklemama]

What to do about suddenly massive boobs?

bribe DH with 'em :LOL

[Throkmorton]

Originally Posted by alfabetsoup

What to do about suddenly massive boobs?

Enjoy them?

With DS, I bought sports bras, or tanks with built in bras for that uncomfortable "In between" stage. Hopefully that happens again here, i kind of like the idea of being a B-cup again.

[starlein26]

i'm nursing ds so i don't get to enjoy massive boobs this time around ...unless something changes??

[sewmom]

Alfabetsoup, it's much too early for a maternity bra. Try a sportsbra and just bear with them. They will probably get bigger. Enjoy them while you have them.

[Naughty Dingo]

If you are ouchy and DP is amazed by the new abundance, make sure you have a swatting implement at the ready!

My poor DP is a "Boob Man" and he considers it one of life's greatest ironies that when my breasts are at their most luscious, they are either totally taken over by a nursling, or are too painful for him to fully enjoy...or both! I feel for him, I do.... :LOL

[alfabetsoup]

Thanks for all the advice! Think I'll have a look for some sports bras today.

[maybebaby]

Yes, sports bras are a godsend!

I wear a DD normally (although those darned online bra sizing calculators say I need a J! I will not buy weird sized bras...I will stuff myself into a DD :LOL ) but during pg I like a good sports bra to keep everything a) in place, and b) not constricted by an underwire.

HOpe you find a good bra!!

[ksmommy]

HAHAHA!!
ENjoy them and let your dh enjoy the, also...

[happeeevraftr]

Originally Posted by Throkmorton

i kind of like the idea of being a B-cup again.

I like the idea of filling out an A cup! Unfortunately I went right back down as soon as I quit nursing, and I'm not feeling any changes with this pregnancy.

[Marlet]

I'm not in your group but wanted to reply!
I was never small but my boobs got big really early. I found out I was pregnant exactly 20 days before I got married and in that time I went up a cup size (from an already LARGE C). They didn't really get much bigger after that until the end of my pregnancy but I got bigger bras (not maternity) anyways. By the time I actually got them I was already wishing I had them, I'd gotten too uncomfortable. I'd say get a bigger size for comfort reasons.

[Mamatoto2]

I had a similar experience with my first pregnancy....I went from a 34 C to a 36 DDD within the first trimester (and I did't even gain a pound until the second tri-not sure where all that boob came from). Anyway, I went to a discount store like TJ Maxx or Marshall's and bought one black and one light underwire bra each time I moved up a size (until I got to DDD and then I had to invest at the real Dept. store since the discounters didn't go up that high). I didn't begin wearing a nursing bra until I was nursing, and I never wore a maternity bra.