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Ewa Michalak » S Prohibicja (629) » 75J 34:13
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Exchanging for 75K
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75J (34J) is too small. Should I exchange for a 75JJ or 75K? Other than the cups being 1-2 sizes too small, it fits fine otherwise.
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I'm not an Ewa expert by any means so I am not sure how many cups up you should go... perhaps 2?
I'm surprised that you are not spilling out more than this though, if your lying down measurement is up to date. A 3.4" inch difference usually spells disaster! If your measurements were taken a while ago, you might want to check them again as this will help find the correct cup depth.
Updated on November 29, 2014 Flag this
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I thought I commented yesterday but I dont see it - no expert here, but I'd think up 2 cup sizes here. I think that DOES look like 2 cups of spillage to me. I mean, thats not just a little quad-boob, thats a lot of boob not fitting in the cup at all. Unless this is meant to be a demi?
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dbmamaz No, I completely agree. In my response I include photos of me wearing two cup sizes smaller than I should and it looks very similar except that my boobs are even softer and it was a plunge.
wendybien Her lying measurement are about 2 inches smaller than mine though. So if she ends up fitting in a 75K and I wear a 75L, that sounds about right too me. (As I mentioned, soft breast tissue from nursing as well)
My measurements for reference (might be a little old - ok they're like 6 months old):
Comfortable ribcage 31.3
Loose ribcage 31.6
Tight ribcage 28.9
Horizontal perimeter 16.9
V. breast perimeter 17.1
Laying breast perimeter 17.9
Nip 2 Neck 15.0
Breast base height 8.1
Frame width 31.0My preferred cup depth is around 15-15.7 inches, depending on wire width and to a lesser extent, other factors.
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Yes to clarify the visual here does make sense w/ a 2 cup size discrepancy. It was the measurements in inches that were not making as much sense to me, in my mind 3.5" is more than 2 cup sizes. But now I am wondering if in some cases the lying down perimeter is not as reliable in women with larger breasts and smaller backs, as it's kind of impossible when lying down to make the breast "sit still" and balance it on top of the torso without sliding around. Or at least this was the case for me when I was at my largest boob volume. So maybe above a certain cup size, lying down boob perimeter isn't as exact an indicator of cup depth?
I'm really tired so maybe this is total hogwash. lol.
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see, my measurements (as a very, very soft, shapeless, pendulous 32J) are Horizontal 16, Vertical 15, laying 14. I do well with a cup depth of 14. because i dont want a bra that keeps them like they are all stretched out! they need to be scrunched up!
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Yes I know what you mean. Typically if I hit a depth of 16 (which is still smaller than my measurements) I get the dreaded sag. It's also what happens when I get bras without enough support. In general. I think not many bra manufacturers can scrunch them back up and lift them high without overflow.
Wendy, the boob does not balance on the chest with a lying perimeter at this size. That would make it a pancake. It kind of stretches out and lays there along the side of the body.
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Yes that was what I meant xelestial -- I had this problem when I was briefly a larger cup size after my first daughter, I fit in stretchy nursing bra cups that were roughly 14" but I could not accurately measure my perimeter because I never got the same lying down measurement twice. Once I deflated enough to fit in cups around 12" then I could balance the whole boob (albeit briefly) and yes it absolutely did make kind of a pancake, but it worked in the sense that the lying down perimeter measurement I was getting was consistent and it was a good indication of the cup depth that was going to fit. Now that I've lost more weight and am around 9.5-10" the pancaking also works great and is easy to measure.
Perhaps Bratabase should change the verbiage to "lying down pancake perimeter" and an asterisked caveat that if your boobs cannot settle in pancake position this may not be a reliable measurement...
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helpfulDid you try to pull the cups up as much as possible? It seems like they fold onto themselves in the bottom, especially in the side-view photos.
Can you try to pull them up such that your boob tissue sits exactly where the wires start?
And the width - can you check the wire-marks near your armpits to determine if they follow your root or not?
This is important before deciding which size to try next.[I also have very soft tissue and always need much less depth (like two inches less) than my laying perimeter, so don't worry about that.]
Updated on November 30, 2014 Flag this
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Maybe my photos can help you.
Here is me wearing two cup sizes too small (it's also a plunge style though): http://www.bratabase.com/browse/ewa-michalak/km-onyx-337/75K/
Here I was wearing one cup size too small: http://www.bratabase.com/browse/ewa-michalak/s-pieprzyk-473/75KK/
Correct cup size: http://www.bratabase.com/browse/ewa-michalak/s-szykus/80KK/ (please ignore the letter size on that as I got a bigger band to avoid having to pay for a custom cup)
Based on a cursory glance of my photos compared to mine, it seems like two cups up at first glance.
Updated on December 2, 2014 Flag this
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Pictures are very helpful! The plunge I ordered in 75J looks to be only one cupsize too small, so I sent it back for a 75JJ and this S for the 75K. Thanks for the input!
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So glad I was able to help! Best of luck!
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Thanks for the reply! My measurements are from September, so pretty recent. My breast tissue is rather soft (Breastfeeding seemed to give me that!), so maybe that is why it has less spillage than one might think?