Nov 14, 2012

I know self-exams are falling out of favor: now we're supposed to do them occasionally in order to stay aware of what our breasts feel like, but not a strict monthly thing that your whole life hinges upon. But even if we were still supposed to do regular exams, I wouldn't do them: I get this awful vasovagal-esque reaction when ... I press on my breast tissue. It's not tied up in any gender or body image issues. I don't think I'm going significantly deeper than my doctor does. It doesn't happen when someone else does it, even when it's rough from my partner or gentle from my doctor. But when I palpate my breasts, I feel sick to my stomach. Does this happen to anyone else?

Does anyone know of tips for larger breasted or denser breasted self exams?

PS: This article from DocSorrow at Rookie Mag is fabulous.
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OK, so maybe someone has let you know that having one side of your chest be smaller than the other is normal. But did you know that almost everything your breasts do is normal? Trust. What even is a body?…

http://rookiemag.com/2012/11/boobs/

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NeverTookHomeEc

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• Oh my gosh, you are just like me! Just yesterday evening I posted this problem exactly on /r/BigBoobProblems ! I feel really sick if I try to check my breasts, it's like my whole body is resisting it! My boobs are very dense too, and since they are big, it would take a lot of work to feel anything through that. And I just can't do it, just thinking about pressing on my tissue makes me feel really really sick.

• Another one here! Have never even done it :D They ache so much anyway. Why making it even worse :D

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Nov 14, 2012

So I was thinking about buying this bra... But I have no idea how to identify what style it is! Is it a plunge? Balconette? Balcony? Are those two the same thing? Full-cup?

I was advised to wear something open on top, does it look like it is? Or does it look like it'd be a bad shape for me?

Midnight Blue Loren

http://www.thebigbrabar.com/index.php/shopbysize/26e/2wenty8-loren-midnight.html

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• Looks quite like a plunge to me, the center gore is very short and it has a deep diagonal cut to the cups.

• You might want to look at the pictures of the same bra in blush:

  http://www.thebigbrabar.com/index.php/shopbysize/28dd/2wenty8-loren-blush-28dd.html

  And yes, it is a plunge. I cannot say whether it might cut in on you, bc it is so much too small for the model.

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Nov 14, 2012

Since my local Nordstrom dose not carry or can even order the Chantelle "Amazone" I am thinking of traveling south to San Diego . There is shop at the Fashion Valley mall called Intimacy. They are supose to carry bras by Freya, Prima Donna, Mary JO, Empreinte, Anita,
Chantelle and Elomi. Have any of you ever been fitted or shopped at Intimacy? If so, what did you think?

{intimacy} Bra Fit Specialists - Changing Women's Lives

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• I've never been, but I happen to know that Van de Velde, the Dutch company that owns Primadonna and MarieJo, co-owns Intimacy. Also Intimacy advertises itself as "Continental European Luxury Boutique". Guess what they sell most? Primadonna and MarieJo plus other Continental European brands. So think expensive, very expensive. I truly doubt that they'll have Elomi in your size, bc Primadonna and Elomi are too similar, it doesn't make sense for a store to carry both brands in sizes below a British G. My recommendation would be to call ahead to see what they have in stock in your size before you set out.

• I didn't make it to the one in Atlanta, but I've only ever read mixed reviews of the place. My advice is to read up on brafitting before you go, so you can double check what the fitter suggests. Ask questions. Speak up for your preferences. Decide on a price point before going. Don't let them pressure you into buying anything.

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Freya Deco

Just want to say thanks for the Freya Deco I bought from a user on here! It fits great!! I'm so glad to have a Deco in my collection since it seemed to be THE bra to have. I've never had cleavage before and this bra gives me WOW cleavage!

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• Pictures or it didn't happen! :))

• http://www.bratabase.com/browse/freya/deco-4234/28F/pictures/

  mine are at the very bottom :) the cleavage isn't that great in these photos though but i've been wearing it all day.

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Why not alter bras?

I just posted this in reply to a bra fit request but I think it deserves a conversation on its own:

Since or bodies are all unique, why do we expect bras to fit perfectly off the shelf? Perhaps we are missing something here. You had to modify a bra to fit, as did I, and so many others. Is this ... a bad thing? I have to alter sleeves on EVERY long sleeve top I buy. I've also altered waistbands and other aspects of clothing. Why not bras?

I altered a Fantasie bra where the straps kept slipping off and now it works very well. I have a different style Fantasie bra that I can't alter. So it is like other clothing--you can't get a totally wrong style to suddenly become right but you can get an almost-right style to be just right.

Maybe we could have a section here on bra alterations. I know some bloggers have posted their results (I have added a random example). Of course we will also need a section on testing bands and straps.
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Walking with Dancers: How to Alter a Bra

http://walkingwithdancers.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-alter-bra.html

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• I used to think the same way.. Desperate times do call for desperate measures, We should all just stop expecting a perfect fit and so on.... then I stopped myself from being a quitter.
  There are two major principles that apply here.
  First - we are customers. And therefore we are right.
  Brands should cater to our needs, we are paying them good, hard earned money for bras and we shouldn't take just what we can get.
  The brands respond to demands on the market. In other words, if there are a lot if women out there who need narrow gores, they should start making that kind of bras. And so far - they have. I do feel manufacturers respond to their buyers feedback, I see new bras they are making are fitting better and better. More and more brands are catering to smaller underbusts. More and more bras come wirh side support. we want strapless up to J - they make it. its bad at first, but I am sure they This is because there are women out there who are saying what will get there :) so if you ask me - we should make clear to them what we want.
  In the meanwhile altering is okay, but we shouldn't make it normal and a rule.
  Secondly - if we can do it, they cand do it. And with better stitching at that :)
  I see there is a demand for a center pull strap position. We should make that as clear as we can. I think some manufacturers are aware of this and have started on this idea :)
  Like I said - if we can do it, they can do it. You should send this guide to all manufacturers. We can even start a petition :)

• I tend to agree with you (on minor alterations), since I alter all of my center gores, although I see pictures of other women who fit fine into the stock bras. I alter most of my pants, etc., since not every person with waist size `x' is the same height.

  I don't appreciate needing to alter the band, though. I wish they'd just make them in shorter lengths, since it's a pretty big alteration, and there isn't a ton of band to take in when you've got a 28 that you're trying to make into a 26.

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Silicone strap pads - if loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

Have you tried them?
Now, I've had them for a while now, but I've stopped using them when I quit wearing 34 bands to 30's - the tighter band meant less strain on my shoulders.
However, my Boudoir Beau (have to update the review) made me pull them out again. The straps currled up in some horrific 15th century torture device, I ... almost ripped the bra off and burned it at stake on my office desk - that's how much it hurt me.
The pads made the bra wearable again. Today I wore cleo alexa to work - even though I have no strap issues there, I wore the pads again.
No strain on my shoulders and they actually keep the whole bra in place! THe straps don't move or slip while I roll on my pilates ball and it seems to affect the whole bra fit.
So - Yay!
Is there any downside to this? I don't see it

p.s. I realize now this looks like a paid commertial, I know Get yours even though there is no knife set in it

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Enamor Silicon No-Slip Bra Strap Pad - Enamor - Brands

http://www.zivame.com/brands-1/enamor-bra/enamor-shoulder-pads.html

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• I haven't used silicone pads, but I did notice that my Panache Tango Balconnette has a layer of padding under the strap. I thought it was strange because straps are not meant to bear much weight, but they do stay on my shoulders more confidently than my satin-y straps. It could just be how the bra is built, but I can't reject the possibility that the fabric stays put better. Now I kind of want to put a ribbon of silicone putty at strategic locations on my slipping straps.

• I would say that the main disadvantage is that it many time hides other fitting problems. For those not in a well-fitting bra adding something like this might make them think that it's the construction of the straps that's the main problem, not the size. :(

  But apart from that I don't see any problems. I love padded straps, they make everything so much more comfortable. (At a larger size even the 10-20% the straps are supposed to carry is quite a lot of weight distributed on a very small area).

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• Okay, so the most comfortable and the most supportive bra I ever wore is the Enell sports bra. I wear it arround the house and sometimes even sleep in it. I've got it in size 1 and it gives me slight spillage on the sides.
  So I would say if you want to wear it a lot - go with acommodating your bust rather than underbust.
  The only downside on this one is the uniboob - I don't like my breastss touching so much. However, Arround the house I wear it with hooked on just 4 last hooks - Then it is awsome. I thought I'd hate the material, but actually I love it and it is soooooo comfortable :)
  I feel it holds my boobs up where they want to be - it's the closest you'll get to holding your boobs with your hands and fealing almost no weight at all.
  I haven't tried the enell lite but I've heard it is a great leisure bra.
  You won't be needing to move the straps on that as it has center pull. And it is ease to sorten them on the seam at the top of your shoulders :)
  

• try royce sadie.

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Nov 12, 2012

I took some pictures for r/ABraThatFits, and since no one's been replying to me there I thought I would post that post here.

I basically need some fitting help! Also, I didn't post the bras to fitting help here since the bras aren't mine and I wouldn't want to have to go through all the bother of measuring the bras and ... finding out what model and everything just to repost it here again sorry!

Basically, Fruit of the Loom 34A (yellow) and 34B (pink) and VS 32D. I'm only concerned about the cup fit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ABraThatFits/comments/133avd/i_tried_on_my_moms_bras_to_check_sister_sizes_now/
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bras - Imgur

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• Any chance you could open a proper fit request? Alternatively it would be nice if you could label your pictures with the size somehow. I usually use Paint and then use "A" to write some text.

  It is hard to guess the size from the pictures. But from what I have seen the styles you have shown are simply completely wrong for you. All three bras are plunges, which cut in on you bc the rim closes too soon (typical plunge problem). You need bras that are open in the top. Usually this means halfcups or demibras. Look up the Masquerade Rhea to get an idea what I am talking about.

• hi t_maia! I've seen the Rhea, it's very pretty and I am considering getting it at some point :3
  Like I said though, I don't want to put it up here since the bras aren't mine and to my understanding I have to list the bras as mine to put up a proper fit request? If I'm wrong please enlighten me and I will post a proper fit request! D: Also, I labeled the bras by color in the above post (I'm using my mother's Mac and I don't know how to edit images in it ._.). The yellow one with polka dots is the 34A, the black and pink hearts is 34B and the white one is 32D. I'll see if I can edit the labels in imgur! :D

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• no problem here. I know my nipples from other nipples XD I might have more of a problem if it involved all asian women though :/

• Wait, three out of 30 could, or could not?

  I feel like I am generally good at determining when breasts look like mine in terms of size and shape, but it would be interesting to see if I can actually tell which ARE mine rather than which look like mine.

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