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You betcha. Started considering it at 15 or 16 (DD then). Still considering. The major reason why I didn't, other than sheer laziness, was that after breast reduction surgery, there's a 50% chance of not being able to breast feed, and even though I didn't think I'd ever get married, yadayadayadayada.
Still thinking about it. Haven't reached any firm conclusions.
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Jenni is seriously considering it, and she will probably have the surgury in a few years. She was in a car accident a few years ago (when we were just dating.... ), and has back problems bevcause of it, so her insurance will probably cover it.
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Question: when you have breast implants, you put in silicon. When you reduce the breast size, what do you take out? Fat? Tissue?
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A little fat, a part of your mammal gland and skin too, obviously (I even heard that you could give it to people who have been badly burned).
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I have considered it, and I know that it is now sometimes possible to breastfeed after breast reduction surgery -- but the odds are too high against it. That is not something I would risk giving up.
Also, if I were able to successfully lose more weight, it would be less of an issue and any surgery would be less of a risk. So that's first.
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I've slowly been losing weight since I started college, but my bra size hasn't changed (DDD). It's still porportional to the rest of my body, though, and I'm not having any back problems, so I don't think it's in the future for me.
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A coworker recently had it done because of the back pain she was having. She's really happy with the results. Of course, she's beyond the breastfeeding concern as her kids are teenagers.
I wish there was a way to transfer some of my body mass north about 6-8 inches...
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I had to go bra shopping last week. The lady told me that I could no longer play in the land of thin bra straps and only 2 hooks. As if that isn't bad enough, I'm a freak. She measured me to be a 32D. As we all know, there's little chance of findin' *that* one anywhere. So, I've ventured into the land of the thicker straps and multiple hooks of a 34D. If it weren't for the pregnancy I just wouldn't wear a bra at all.
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I've thought about breast reduction, never totally seriously, but as a "ok so I could just get these cut off and I'd be totally ok!"
A family friend of mine had the surgery as a high school (I think, could have been college, but I don't think so) graduation present, she was a 32DDD at 17. She did breastfeed her daughter, the surgery was probably almost 10 years ago, and Ama Rae is 5 this week.
Oh and just for the sake of the thread, the Victoria Secret Semi Annual sale starts soon, it's online now.
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Well, I went in and got measured a couple weekends ago, when one of the department stores was running their annual bra sales. As I suspected, the lady said I should probably wear a 40B or 42B (both of which are really hard to find), but I did find a 38C and 40C that fit ok. I think I probably tried on 40 bras that day....
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Space Opera: Try here, looks like they have a pretty big selection of 32Ds (way more variety than they ever have in MY size ). There's also a general "bra resource" page for women who need small band sizes with large cup sizes, but it seems to be down at the moment: here.
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I wonder if anyone does sample analysis of good bra size measurements. Given just the number of people here who purchase off-size bras, a store that more intelligently structures its inventory and takes a little time to educate people would likely do quite well.
Of course, it seems to me that far too many (large) stores fail to do basic statistical analyses of the demand for various sizes, and instead just stock a certain number of each of a relatively common range of sizes per item, not taking into account the likely demand for somewhat rarer sizes.
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Fugu, this is what you should do for a living, now go, do it! I wouldn't be surprised if your friends were willing to give you their bra sizes for research.
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I actually think at various points I've heard most of those of my IRL friends, though I forget many of the details.
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I don't think I've ever told you my bra size *thinks* but it is in this thread somewhere. Most of us would and do say it quite freely.
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Part of the trick would be pricing, a lot of the complaints about hard to find sizes seem to go hand in hand with complaints about the prices of specialty places.
Another would be fitting issues -- part of the issue with a mail-order business would be a way of making sure people got bras they were comfortable in, for which the size itself doesn't seem to be completely reliable even for someone knowing her correct size.
There's likely a pretty decent market, though, my distinct impression is that women who have a hard time finding fitting bras choose not to own many bras at all.
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Yeah, the measurement system sounds like it would work, but in reality, it isn't all that helpful.
Like, measurement tells me I'm a cup size larger than trying on real bras tells me I am (32B). And I've tried on many a 32B that didn't fit at all. So I would NEVER order a bra without trying it on first, because chances are good it wouldn't fit, even if it was my size.
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Honestly, the measurement system sounds like its just sort of what happened. I'm pretty convinced there are likely better ways to measure bras.
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Jenni and I want to have children, that is part of it. She would prefer to nurse. Also, there is the time lost from work, and the fact that she has to be health before they operate.
She types for a living, so even minor discomfort in a seated position with her hands in front of her would cause her a problem at work.
To be honest, part of it is that she hates hospitals as well...
And the part 2 years or so have been very busy, with the wedding and all.
quote:Originally posted by Kwea: She types for a living, so even minor discomfort in a seated position with her hands in front of her would cause her a problem at work.
My coworker (we're legal secretaries) took 3 weeks off after her reduction for exactly that reason. She was originally only going to take one, her doctor told her no less than two, and when she tried to come back after two discovered that it was still difficult to bring her hands together close enough for the keyboard without pain. Just something for Jenni to keep in mind when the time comes.
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I have thought about it too,but since there is always the chance that I *could* have another baby to nurse (which would either require elective surgery on someone elses part, or someone elses willingness to adopt) ...but even if that never happens, I am too sentimental about the stretch marks and sagging ( my badges of honor, you know) to change that.
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I talked to Jenni, and she said that the new insurance her job switched to won't cover it now, either. I still think that she could fight for it and win, particularily with her back problems, but in conjunction with all the other reasons it just isn't worth it.
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Random question: when did get bras get to be so, um, round?... I watched some '70s movies recently, and realized that in them women's breasts looked, um, soft and actually breastlike. So when did bras get to be so round and bulletproof and aerodynamic??
(Sometime in the '80s I'm assuming, I avoid most '80s movies and that's why I probably didn't notice when it happened...)
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I've promised myself that when I graduate from college I'm getting a reduction. I'm also past breast feeding stages so that's not an issue.
I have one relative and one good friend who did it and both say their only regret is not doing it ten years earlier. I've lost weight (over 45 pounds now in a year) and my bra size hasn't changed, so I don't think losing more weight is going to do it. I do have back issues, and bra straps cut large grooves in my shoulder. I'm tired of it.
My friend has the same insurance I do (our husbands are both firemen for the same department, so I mean it's the exact same plan) and she was a cup size smaller than me and they paid for everything so I'm pretty sure I'll be covered too.
I can't afford to miss school, though, since I'm going year round until I'm done so I'll wait until after I graduate, then do it in the summer before I (hopefully) start my new teaching job.
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quote: I've lost weight (over 45 pounds now in a year) and my bra size hasn't changed
I hear you there, Belle. I also lost quite a bit of weight, and was really hoping that it would come off the top, too. But it didn't. In fact, the more I lose, the more I think all tops make me look like a cow now (it seems to become more apparent as I lose weight off the rest of me). Went in for a new bra fitting the other day and still take a 42 DD.
I'm sure some women would love to have large breasts. (Kind of like straight/curly hair - you always want what you don't have). However, I'm really sick of them. (probably because there is no longer anyone around to even enjoy them as a playground)
I just went to Nordstroms recently for a bra fitting and they told me I had been wearing the wrong size bra all this time. $100 later I have the right bras and they are wonderful (and they are riding high!) but it sucks not being able to buy cheaper off-the-rack bras. Gone on my days of shopping for undergarments at Gap Body. I am a 36 DDD.
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Someday I am going to get an actual fitting.
Plaid: I tend to agree with pH on this one. I prefer round bras to pointy "breastlike" ones. Mine ARE round, so round is actually fairly breastlike for me.
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The fitting at Nordstrom was lovely. I highly recommend it. This is the bra I ended up with. They were having a sale that week so I got 2 of them for just under $100. It is a smooth padded underwire bra that has amazing lift and separation and I have none of the, um, cold weather issues discussed in the other bra thread. What I love best about them is I have less back fat. I am not fat really but I could stand to lose about 10 pounds and the pras I was wearing before made it seem like all that weight was in back rolls. Yuck! An interesting note, this is Oprah's bra.
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Why is it they always show women with less than huge boobs in bra ads like these. I mean this bra comes in 44G! Why do they have a 32C modeling it? My bigger chest looks way better in that bra than she does so this is really a bra made more for those who have a larger load to carry.
quote:Originally posted by Megan: Someday I am going to get an actual fitting.
Plaid: I tend to agree with pH on this one. I prefer round bras to pointy "breastlike" ones. Mine ARE round, so round is actually fairly breastlike for me.
Yeah, mine are pretty roundish, as well. And when I took off the weight I gained in Chicago, they stayed the same size. And maybe even grew a little. Which is SPECTACULAR because I used to be not so blessed.
Unfortunately, VS doesn't have much in the 32C department, and they gave me a credit card, so I shop there more often than department stores. So it's a 34B for me. It doesn't make TOO much difference with most bras, unless I'm trying to jack them up to my chin.
Thing is, bra sizing is weird, and I would've kept wearing an A cup if I hadn't asked someone at VS what was wrong with my bras. See, the band size was definitely too big. I thought that meant the cup size was too big as well, but an A cup in the 34 size was much, much too small.
Buying underwear shouldn't be guesswork. It's gotta be way tougher for people with more boobage like you, quid.
quote:Originally posted by plaid: Random question: when did get bras get to be so, um, round?... I watched some '70s movies recently, and realized that in them women's breasts looked, um, soft and actually breastlike. So when did bras get to be so round and bulletproof and aerodynamic??
(Sometime in the '80s I'm assuming, I avoid most '80s movies and that's why I probably didn't notice when it happened...)
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I gave up on bras back in the mid eighties, but then I don't have much to lift up or sag down.
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quote:Originally posted by rivka: I blame Madonna.
When I think of Madonna and breasts, I think of scary pointy cones and not roundness at all!
I suspect that perhaps plaid was referring to round in the "unmoving perfectly shaped fake boobs" sense vs. sort of naturally soft and floppy, rather than round vs. pointy (50s bra look). (rivka, that was not addressed to you but to other posters above, because I figure you probably were responding to "bulletproof and aerodynamic" as opposed to "round"!)
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Rabbit, I'm seriously considering doing so as well. It's more comfortable to go without, and I wear mostly loose T-shirts, so modesty isn't much of an issue. Have you had any problems with the whole not-wearing-a-bra thing?
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Nope, No problems at all, but I should emphasize that I have very small breasts. One reason I stopped wearing a bra was because I had trouble finding bras that were small enough. I've got a bit more now than I had 20 years ago, but still not enough to be a problem. I do own a couple of sports bras that I wear sometimes when I'm cycling or running, but even then I usually go without unless I'm at a particularly sensitive part of my hormonal cycle.
I haven't had any modest issues, it just isn't obvious on my body. Most people are surprised to find out I don't a bra.
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), and has back problems bevcause of it, so her insurance will probably cover it.![[Frown]](frown.gif)
As if that isn't bad enough, I'm a freak. She measured me to be a 32D. As we all know, there's little chance of findin' *that* one anywhere. So, I've ventured into the land of the thicker straps and multiple hooks of a 34D. If it weren't for the pregnancy I just wouldn't wear a bra at all. ![[Grumble]](graemlins/grumble.gif)
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