My problem is a variation on the theme. I'm only a B or maybe C cup, but I'm a 46 or 48, depending. And once you get much past a 40, the only options available are ugly things that look like they belong on the prow of a battleship. *grumble*
Bras do, in fact, suck; I am starting to love how this knowledge unites women of all sizes. And, seriously, check out some of the links in this thread, because I found bras in your size at figleaves.com, including an actual bustier that was totally pretty!
See, I spent my life flat-chested (B cup, barely) except for the year I was nursing, and then I got sorta fat the past 5 years, and the breasts, they grew and grew and grew. So even though they are now a 38C (which is as big as they ever got when I was breastfeeding), they feel huge. I actually have to buy the bras with underwires. *is sad*
But I realize I can't complain b/c I am not in pain.
Want to hear a sad, sad story? If I hadn't had that, um, seven-year fling with straightness, I would have much more normal boobs right now. Because every six months that I spent on the pill, I gained a full cup size. AND WHEN I WENT OFF THE PILL, THOSE CUP SIZES DIDN'T GO AWAY.
This has left me terrified of getting pregnant and nursing, because: OMG, what if the boobs don't shrink back after you're done? I can't go through the boob-gigantizing process again!
So my first reaction to your comment was: oh thank god, her boobs shrank back after she stopped nursing. I am a relieved human, here.
I actually have to buy the bras with underwires. *is sad*
Bra changes are highly traumatic; my sympathy is totally with you. And the underwire transition is particularly horrible, because, okay. Now? I love underwires. Without them, my breasts would occasionally just bonk right into my knees. But when I was 14 and had to start wearing underwires? THEY HURT. They hurt, and they made my breasts look huge (and, yay, then guys stared, as though
( ... )
I am wearing, right this very instant, a plain, yet sassy, beige balcony bra in 32HH. (I bought it at Figleaves, which basingstoke already linked you to above, and it is made by Panache. Other nice bras in big cup sizes are Fantasie and Freya.)
It fits so perfectly, and if I look down my shirt, my boobs are nestled in separate little cups with the underwires flat against my breastbone between. (Also I just spilled tea on one of them while admiring them.)
You know what I can wear without lookin' all weird now? Wrap tops! This bra shoves my boobs up and snuggles them in and doesn't let go. Wrap tops are still a *little* deformed but it's not the freakshow it used to be with minimizers and whatnot. :)
I play rugby, ginormous boobies and all. I wear a Shock Absorber bra for this. It is the best sports bra ever invented, in my little world. The band size runs a bit small, so I wear a 34GG in it, and that works fine - tiny bit small in the cup, but not so's to cause any problems.
I'm a 38F (nursing boobs--they were a 38G or H back when Lillian was getting all her food from the tap), and finding sports bras has been HARD. None of the places I've been (running stores, etc.) have had anything larger than a DD, so I've been wincing and double-bra-ing with two too-small ones when I jog.
You know what I can wear without lookin' all weird now? Wrap tops!
Oh, wow. I cannot even imagine wearing wrap tops, or in fact sized tops of any kind. I go for the "giant oversized stretchy cotton" shirts, because anything else and it is, as you said, a boob freakshow, especially given my ongoing problem with random boob parts just popping out of my bra, giving me a mutant lumpy look that is so not trendy. (Plus, trying to get, for example, a dress, or even a sized shirt, that fits both my breasts and the rest of my body is just - wow. Really, really hard.)
(Also I just spilled tea on one of them while admiring them.)
*giggles*
I regularly spill stuff on or into my breasts. I've always said there's nothing more dignified than a woman rooting around in her cleavage for something she dropped, and that's me on a regular basis. (Just a couple hours ago, in fact, I dropped my allergy pill down there.)
This is actually a decent explanation of the whole measuring process (although their cup size chart is weird); you need to be wearing the kind of bra they show in the picture - one with a center panel - to do the breastbone test. Other kinds of bras are meant to fit differently. It's all very complicated.
*stares down at own cleavage and sighs*
Breasts, why did you not come with an owner's manual?
Pretty bras for us, um, 'larger' ladies. And they aren't just pretty - they give good support.
And they also do spaghetti-strap tops with built-in bras, and swimming costumes, and bikinis, and they're generally fantastic. Although a little on the dear side. (That's 'little' in the same way as it can be applied to, say, Australia.)
That is a wonderful, wonderful store. You UK people are spoiled, I tell you. Although I think Figleaves.com covers much the same, um, territory, the addition of fitted tops that will actually fit your boobs is a pure genius.
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My problem is a variation on the theme. I'm only a B or maybe C cup, but I'm a 46 or 48, depending. And once you get much past a 40, the only options available are ugly things that look like they belong on the prow of a battleship. *grumble*
Bras suck. Meh.
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*solidarity*
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But I realize I can't complain b/c I am not in pain.
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This has left me terrified of getting pregnant and nursing, because: OMG, what if the boobs don't shrink back after you're done? I can't go through the boob-gigantizing process again!
So my first reaction to your comment was: oh thank god, her boobs shrank back after she stopped nursing. I am a relieved human, here.
I actually have to buy the bras with underwires. *is sad*
Bra changes are highly traumatic; my sympathy is totally with you. And the underwire transition is particularly horrible, because, okay. Now? I love underwires. Without them, my breasts would occasionally just bonk right into my knees. But when I was 14 and had to start wearing underwires? THEY HURT. They hurt, and they made my breasts look huge (and, yay, then guys stared, as though ( ... )
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I am wearing, right this very instant, a plain, yet sassy, beige balcony bra in 32HH. (I bought it at Figleaves, which basingstoke already linked you to above, and it is made by Panache. Other nice bras in big cup sizes are Fantasie and Freya.)
It fits so perfectly, and if I look down my shirt, my boobs are nestled in separate little cups with the underwires flat against my breastbone between. (Also I just spilled tea on one of them while admiring them.)
You know what I can wear without lookin' all weird now? Wrap tops! This bra shoves my boobs up and snuggles them in and doesn't let go. Wrap tops are still a *little* deformed but it's not the freakshow it used to be with minimizers and whatnot. :)
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I play rugby, ginormous boobies and all. I wear a Shock Absorber bra for this. It is the best sports bra ever invented, in my little world. The band size runs a bit small, so I wear a 34GG in it, and that works fine - tiny bit small in the cup, but not so's to cause any problems.
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I'm a 38F (nursing boobs--they were a 38G or H back when Lillian was getting all her food from the tap), and finding sports bras has been HARD. None of the places I've been (running stores, etc.) have had anything larger than a DD, so I've been wincing and double-bra-ing with two too-small ones when I jog.
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Oh, wow. I cannot even imagine wearing wrap tops, or in fact sized tops of any kind. I go for the "giant oversized stretchy cotton" shirts, because anything else and it is, as you said, a boob freakshow, especially given my ongoing problem with random boob parts just popping out of my bra, giving me a mutant lumpy look that is so not trendy. (Plus, trying to get, for example, a dress, or even a sized shirt, that fits both my breasts and the rest of my body is just - wow. Really, really hard.)
(Also I just spilled tea on one of them while admiring them.)
*giggles*
I regularly spill stuff on or into my breasts. I've always said there's nothing more dignified than a woman rooting around in her cleavage for something she dropped, and that's me on a regular basis. (Just a couple hours ago, in fact, I dropped my allergy pill down there.)
I am class personified, I tell you.
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bzuh?
::tries to surreptitiously look down her shirt while at her desk::
I don't see how this one *could*, really. Maybe it depends on the style of bra.
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*stares down at own cleavage and sighs*
Breasts, why did you not come with an owner's manual?
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Pretty bras for us, um, 'larger' ladies. And they aren't just pretty - they give good support.
And they also do spaghetti-strap tops with built-in bras, and swimming costumes, and bikinis, and they're generally fantastic. Although a little on the dear side. (That's 'little' in the same way as it can be applied to, say, Australia.)
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That is a wonderful, wonderful store. You UK people are spoiled, I tell you. Although I think Figleaves.com covers much the same, um, territory, the addition of fitted tops that will actually fit your boobs is a pure genius.
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