Does anyone have a selection of bras just for summer and warmer weather that have looser bands? I remember last summer feeling like some of my bands were too tight, possibly from the heat (though it doesn’t get super hot here compared with other areas...if it’s 30C/86F, it’s a heat wave lol!). The last few days have been warmer...we broke ... a record high yesterday...highest temperature sinc 1920-something. I noticed that my band felt snugger than it has since I got it a few weeks ago (65FF PL Milady) and I don’t think that it’s anything to do with my size. My measurements remain the same, though I’ve lost a few pounds, but not really much change in the boobs.
Anyway, I noticed that my sternum was hurting a bit more today and the band just felt tighter than before, and it is the looser of the new ones. Just wonder if I should have a few looser 30s or tighter 32s on hand for days like this...
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What size are you now? Do you feel you are still fairly similar in shape to what you were wearing before pregnancy (or in bras entered previously here) or have you totally changed shape?
Oh for size, I just measured today! My ribcage is 72cmSix pregnancies, two kids, breastfed the first for four. Second is at two now. I know my ribcage is a bit bigger. All my decent bras are in storage and the only ones I have now are a sports bras and nursing bra. I just got a 75F from EM and the band was a bit of (surprisingly) but the cup was very big. After scooping and swooping, I could almost fit it but then my boobs escaped to the sides again. The cup was too big though in general.
I don’t think I’ve changed too much. Just softer tissue and more shallow.
Oh for size, my rib cage is 72cm. For cup size I think maybe a tighter 75 in EM would fit and maybe go down a cup or two.
My issue is that I have a hard time filling the tops. Or if I do it’s often due to diagonal seams that cut into me.
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