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*puts finger to mouth* Shhhh... I'm waiting to see her response.... I may have a future as a sex councilor. Posts: 1094 | Registered: Mar 2004
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And I'm having a helluva time finding bras in my size here. Imagine, south Asia. Imagine how petite they are. Skinny like sticks. Imagine their feet size. No, not relevant to boobs, but it's still a sticking point. I have size tens. Can I find shoes that fit me here?
Only if I wear the mens sandals. Which is what I do.
Clothes in my size? Somewhat. I'm a bit . . . bigger. There are all of two stores that carry anything in my size.
Now think about bras.
Can I find bras here in my size?
Are you kidding me? Back in Canada I had a difficult time as it was. There isn't a hope here. I'm just hoping my bras hang in long enough . . .
Remind me, the next time I'm in civilization, to stock up.
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I don't usually link to sites that have nekkid pictures . . . but for the ladies who have difficulty finding bras is their size, I strongly recommend this site. They have great prices, free shipping, good shipping times (although I admit to never having had them ship stuff out of the U.S.), and great customer service.
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rivka, that site does have a large selection, including nursing bras with lots of support-- sadly, largely outside my budget range.
And my husband has requested I not imply things about our personal life any more, as he's met a few Hatrackers, is meeting more in less than 2 weeks, and anticipates meeting even more in the future. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I went into the clinic a while ago - campus quacks - and had the worst of the lot of them.
I was complaining about a back/chest pain that was random, unpredictable, and fortunately rare. He suggested at one point that perhaps my boobs were too big.
I hover between (B)arely There and (C)an't Complain!, and I'm about 5'9. It amused me.
... Not enough to ever want to go back to that doctor, though.
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posted December 14, 2004 08:23 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See, I'm nursing the baby, and sometimes I wish he'd focus on things that aren't quite so sore... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(sigh) I gained a few pounds back there and became a Double Dang... I'm still up there, but I lost some weight and my back stopped hurting so much, a fact that I'm very happy about.
Make no mistake, I love my boobies, but sometimes they're more trouble than they're worth! (pun intended) So far, anyway...
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rivka, if you could only see how pretty he blushes, you'd know why I do things like this. I promise not to bring up sensitive subjects at the shinda.
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I know they aren't as good as the ones in the original post, but beacause someone requeasted that an attempt be made for the other sizes, so I took a crack at it. Those were what I came up with, I think they are okay considering it is 3:30 am. Posts: 376 | Registered: Sep 2004
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So...um...how do you know what cup size you are? Is it just what fits? Or do you use that formula where you make some measurements and calculate it based on those?
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Basically you're supposed to measure around your bust line and just below and find the difference, which somehow corresponds to the letter sizes. I think the more common way to do it is to just try on the various sizes, though. It seems like they vary by brand anyway.
I am a bit curious about the "sleep bras" in rivka's link. Are there people who actually go through the trouble of wearing bras while asleep?
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Measure just below your boobs around the rib cage. That's the number portion of your bra size. Measure around the fullest part of your boobs. For every inch, you get another cup size. One inch=A, 4 inches=D. And so on and so forth.
Or something like that. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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OK, in measuring, what if you have post-nursing breast droop? Is there way to measure that? Cuz when it's all gathered in the cup, it sticks out way more than when they're just hangin, ya know?
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I have. I love Victoria's Secret. I'm between two cup sizes, so most bras never quite fit. At Victoria's Secret, they measure you, then hand you about twenty different bra styles to try on till you find one you like. Viva VS!
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Elizabeth, it's not just post-nursing that causes that. Big boobs and time does it, too. Dunno if it's to the same extent, never having experience the whole post-nursing bit.
I dunno. Those are just guidelines anyway, and since all bras fit different, there's still a lot of trial and error anyway. Call it a starting point? And if the drooping is significant, add on another letter? Or two? Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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If there's significant drooping, I think you're supposed to wear your best-fitting bra to measure.
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I'm with Katie. Victoria's Secret is the best; those ladies working there know what they're doing. I've had a lot of friends go there only to find out they've been wearing the wrong size bra for years.
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Something like 90% of American women are wearing the wrong size bra and don't know it. And Victoria's Secret is totally useless to me, since they only carry 30-36 A-D. Guess it's Omar's Tent & Awning for people like me Or online specialty shops that make you wait weeks and charge an arm and a leg, and after all that the one you get still might not even fit because you can't know for sure without trying them on.
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Hmm. My sis is a DD and is able to find things at VS. Could different stores carry different sizes? I agree though, that it must be a pain. Every time I hear my sister complain about how her t-shirts don't fit, etc. I'm very thankful I don't have to deal with that problem.
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Heh...okay, maybe they go a bit higher than a D cup, but somehow I don't think they carry 36/38 J/I, which is what I need (depends on the manufacturer). And yeah, it's hard to find clothes that fit right. T-shirts and such are okay, since I can either wear them baggy, or garner male appreciation of the strain marks across the chest if the mood takes me For blouses, though, I have to buy size 18s and have them tailored to take the waists in to about a 12 Bye-bye, lots of money...good thing my job is casual dress so I don't have to wear those kinds of clothes often.
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Jeez, Stray. That sounds like my shoulder problem.
I have to get a size or two bigger in shirts than I really am if they're button-up because my shoulders are so broad.
Except I'm not that, er, ample. So they are all baggy I tend not to wear button ups. But some of them are so cute!
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Too bad you're not in LA-- there's a shop called The Wizard of Bras that is apparently amazing. Of course, they're also expensive, and you may be shocked by the groping if you've never been there before, but it's apparently the best-fitting bra you've ever worn.
I'm chicken. I was going to go there to get a bra for my wedding, but decided I couldn't handle the intimacy...
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I find it kind of amusing that, despite someone's comment early in the thread to the effect that men have an obsession with breasts and like to talk about them all the time, this thread is primarily populated by women who are telling us, in great detail, about their own breasts, using terms like "boobs" and even "boobies". The men, meanwhile, have largely been polite and respectful. I'm just sayin', is all. Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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I've never put stock in the directions for finding out your bra size. If I follow those instructions I end up with something absurd like a 42AA. In truth, the best fit for me would probably be something like a 40B, but I've never been able to find such a size (so I end up with a 38B, which can be found but is a little tricky, and a bra extender). Everyone assumes that if you have a big ribcage you must have big boobs too. *sigh* If only that were actually the case.
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I understand that women with a small ribcage and large breasts have it even worse, ludosti. They don't even have the extender option.
And yeah, a lot of the sizing charts are bogus--especially the part where they tell you to add X (usually 3-4) inches to your underbust measurement, and then subtract *that* number from your bust measurement. Wrong wrong wrong! This will give you a bra size with the chest band too big and the cup too small--it's cheaper for them to make the bras that way, but it will be unsupportive and uncomfortable for you. You should only add 1 or 2 inches to your underbust before subtracting, if you add anything at all--the difference in my unaltered measurements (no adding) is ten inches, which puts me at about a J cup on the size charts, which is usually what fits me. STEWpid bra manufacturers.
And don't even get me started on the mathematical hokey-pokey I have to go through if I want to adjust a knitting pattern to fit me.
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Holy cow. I need new bras because the elastic is giving out on my old ones and I've lost wieght so my newer ones are also too big around the barrel. Sizing seems so complicated... eh, just gimme a couple inches of masking tape to hide the pointy bits and I'm golden.
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Quoting myself here. Just want everyone to know I was kidding.
JKJKJKJK whatever is takes for people to get the green light to use humor. Good cripes, people. If I really believed all men were that insensitive WHY would I have willingly placed myself under the laws and whims of one for the rest of my life?
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Just a tip on bra sizes, it is surprising how many ladies (and even more men) don't know this, but the letter of the cup does not determine the size of the cup. The size is different depending on the band-size. For example, a 34 B is the same cup size as a 36 A. A 34 D is the same size as a 36 C and so forth. I have no clue why it is done this way since it makes everything more confusing, but it seems that the letter is more about the proportions between band and cup than it is about the actual cup size.
My understanding is that the cup sizes that are discussed by men tend to be those at a 36 band-size. Just what I've heard. Posts: 7050 | Registered: Feb 2004
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