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I'm resigned to the fate of mail order bras. I'm too large for standard bras here, which come in A and B cup sizes. I havent' seen a single bra over a 34B.
Sigh.
Even when I was skinny, my breasts were far larger than that. You know the kind - men look like deer stuck in headlights. So, to mail order shopping! Onwards and upwards, ho!
Other than Victoria Secret, which has a limited selection in the larger sizes, where else would you suggest buying bras via mail order?
I'm not looking for sexy lingerie, but I'm also not looking for ugly grandma underwear either. Functional and attractive would be nice.
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JenniK, as I mentioned in teh other thread, loves Layne Bryant.... Here is their web site.
I have no idea what size you are, but JenniK likes their selection, adn she is larger than a DD.....
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I'm astonished. There actually IS a topic on which I have no opinion.
Yet ... I was still able to find a reason to speak. The pathology of the compulsive conversationalist knows no bounds.
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Kwea, thanks. I'm checking out the website, and yep, they do have larger than DD, which makes me very very happy. And I can even shop by size, so I don't have to waste my time looking at styles that don't have a hope of fitting.
Now if I could only narrow down the selections automatically by eliminating all that aren't underwire...
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Yep, Hatrack is alive and well and posting a half dozen replies in the time it takes me to type two sentences and hit reply. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Lane Bryant's sister catalog is Roaman's. Some overlap in selection, but I generally buy from both (and to a lesser degree from the other catalogs in the family).
The other online place I like to shop for bras is Breakout Bras. I particularly like their search-by-size (see link) function. I imagine they will ship outside the US and Canada, although the free shipping will not apply. The website actually belongs to a lingerie store in South Carolina, and you can call or email them to see what shipping costs might be.
They have GREAT customer service (they once arranged to change the shipping address at the last minute at no charge, so I could have the bra in time, even though I was not at home), and I have been very happy with them.
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I've had good luck with the Hanes catalogue, don't know if they do online.
The only bras I've bought online are Motherhood brand nursing bras, and I don't think you need those. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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*grin* Rivka shops there -- although mostly at www.jms.com, their plus-size site. Actually have two catalogs in the other room marked and waiting for me to decide whether I'm really ordering. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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The boys never do leave, do they? Even when it's totally in their best interest.
I was contemplating starting a thread asking for suggestions regarding re-usable menstrual products, but didn't so much want it accessible on a board that my boyfriend frequents. But even with all the warnings I could stick on it, the boys would still read it! Silly boys.
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Maybe we can ask Jonathon for a spot on GalCact, or mack for one on MadOwl. A No Boys Allowed section. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Oh, like if we had a thread about mustache care or prostate exams, all the Hatrack ladies would primly stay away. Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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Oops. Sorry about that. Not being in the market myself, I confess I didn't look very closely at those sites, aside from double-checking the size ranges. Posts: 884 | Registered: Mar 2005
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What makes menstrual products, reusable or otherwise, something of no interest to boys? I predict many of the guys here come in close contact with people regularly using menstrual products, or plan to some day come into such contact, where it would be useful to be acquainted with them.
I'm not easily disgusted, and it always sort of amuses me that we perpetuate these taboos about something being unclean which approximately half the population has undergone/will undergo/is undergoing at regular intervals.
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quote: Oh, like if we had a thread about mustache care or prostate exams, all the Hatrack ladies would primly stay away
I can safely assure that I will do my very best to stay as far away as possible from either one of these topics, should you post it.
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quote: I'm not easily disgusted, and it always sort of amuses me that we perpetuate these taboos about something being unclean which approximately half the population has undergone/will undergo/is undergoing at regular intervals.
You've obviously never had your period. I think unclean is about the nicest thing you can say about it.
Also, what people some people want to be more private about things like this than others, it's your place to decide that for yourself, not for anyone else.
Unclean in the mental sense, not the physical. Society doesn't act this way about other, much dirtier things.
I've got two sisters and I did ballet for a long time (including being included in many group conversations where I was the only guy), I'm moderately familiar with periods.
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Of course people get to decide it for themselves, I'm just saying that the notion guys would or should stay away from discussions about menstrual products seems odd.
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Oh wow.... that's quite creepy because my friends and I would sing that same exact version in high school, as an inside joke Posts: 3636 | Registered: Oct 2001
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Re-usable menstrual products - like the cuppy thing? I saw it on the site sending goods to soldiers that Kayla linked to. Never heard of them before - not sure they're popular here.
Fugu, I completely agree with you. While having my period is not my favourite thing in the world (evidenced by habit for skipping them) I *hate* the societal attitudes that surround them.
And don't even get me started on everyday panty-liners marketed at 14 years olds so you can be fresh every day!
*ugh*
I personally have no issue with Tony knowing I menstruate. He buys tampons and pads for me. And nurofen. And sometimes chocolate.
It's just part of being a woman - and its the part of me that means we will be able to have children someday. Nothing icky about that.
Okay, that was a slight derail. Sorry folks. The Lane Bryant site looks pretty good - might have to do some ordering myself.
Edit: oooh! This one! I have been looking for a low cut bra for *ages*.
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It IS icky. It FEELS icky. I feel bloated, crampy, sometimes unable to get up; backaches, headaches, joint aches; general irritability, a tendancy to burst into tears, and best yet, TONS OF BLOOD, INCLUDING PAINFULLY PASSED CLOTS AND MUCOUS, RUNNING DOWN MY LEG WHENEVER I LAY DOWN AND CURL UP IN THE ONLY POSITION THAT'S AT ALL COMFORTABLE! Which, of course, means I get to clean some more. Goody.
How is that not icky and gross?
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Ok, it's icky in that it feels icky. (Though nurofen and chocolate do help. )
It's not icky in that it's 'unclean' - as in impure, untouchable connetations, unfeminine or unnatural.
It's natural. It's necessary. (Though I did read an interesting SF short story about cyclists and shunts recently... but I digress).
I guess I mean is it isn't taboo, or unmentionable because of its nature. Women shouldn't be embarrassed by it.
I tend to think sometimes that the way society portrays menstruation, the perceived ideal must be for every woman to have moulded plastic, barbie doll style instead.
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Edit: Your symptoms sound *way* more painful than mine. Have you considered any drugs or anything to help? I know some versions of the pill can regulate heavy periods and cramping.
That does sound horrible, ketchup queen. And I'm not trying to belittle your experiences. Rather just to suggest that menstruation is perfectly natural and normal. And happens to over half the population of the world.
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Awww c'mon guys. If ya wanna (title) flash your headlights, ya gotta expect the bucks to stop and stare.
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quote: Though I did read an interesting SF short story about cyclists and shunts recently... but I digress
I read that story! It sounded good to me! As long as it's not anything like a tampon-- they make my cramps much worse. >_<
I can't take any kind of hormonal bc, even low dose, because of a personal and family history of extreme low blood pressure and a family history of strokes while on hormonal bc.
As for other treatment, I don't have a doctor, health insurance, or money. I have a prescription painkiller, which I love; in conjunction with ibuprofen, it does completely stop the cramps. It's lovely, but I can't take it while nursing, so I have a substitute right now.
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And I've taken nearly every form of the pill available, and had the shot (depo-provera), none of which helped me. Even had exploratory surgery to find out what was going on when the ultrasounds were inconclusive. There's nothing physiologically wrong with me except for major hormone imbalances which mean incredibly bad periods. At least this month, I didn't throw up (why don't we have a barfing graemlin?) At least I'm finally in perimenopause, so I'm in the home stretch. It'll finally be over. In a few more years.
On to the original topic, I checked out the links - thanks to all for providing them. I've found a few bulletproof bras that look like they have more than adequate support, but I'm not sure that I want to carry around an extra few pounds in bra. And wouldn't they be hot? Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Cotton bras, even fortresses of cotton bras, can be more breathable than some others, especially if everything you're wearing is cotton. Of course, some people say the opposite. That's my opinion, though, and I'm sticking to it.
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So, to mail order shopping! Onwards and upwards, ho!
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The website actually belongs to a lingerie store in South Carolina, and you can call or email them to see what shipping costs might be. ![[Kiss]](graemlins/kiss.gif)
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Have you considered any drugs or anything to help? I know some versions of the pill can regulate heavy periods and cramping.
