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• Currently 30FF but I’m expecting it to go up soon due to pregnancy. Previous pregnancies have landed me at about 32G.

  I used to have an ideal size of 28H in my head (so the 32G boobs on my pre-pregnancy body, basically) but now I don’t really care anymore, I just want it to stay the same so I don’t have to keep such a wide range of sizes on hand.

• My size is currently in between 26F and 26FF. 55HH Comexims are too small for me, but 55J Comexim plunge is like 1% too big. I think this issue would be solved by reducing the cup height, thereby making the bra functionally smaller. Yes, I’d like to know what it’s like to have big boobs. For my body type, the largest size that’d look natural would be a 26G/GG; anything larger would look very disproportionate. I think maybe I could pull off EmRata’s size, but even then it may be too much. Whenever I think about wanting to be a different size, I consider the Kardashians and other celebrities. For me, the reason I’d want to be bigger is to seem more desirable to a male partner. Well, think about how these Kardashians are engineering the ideal body type of the generation yet they can’t seem to land an actually fulfilling relationship. Hm. Therefore, I know that being a little bit fuller busted would not increase my future relationship satisfaction or happiness. There are also plenty of beautiful celebrities around my size, like Emma Watson.

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• Pregnancy boobs are so challenging, lol! I just keep anything 1 down or 1 up from my "usual" size anyways now, since I seem to fluctuate enough.

  Congrats on your pregnancy and recent baby!

• I totally understand, we are trying for a third baby and I am finally down to 30J and
  a lot of my clothes started to fit right, which is amazing - and I am kind of scared of my breasts getting bigger again... Congratulations!

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• This may depend on what kind of medication caused the weight gain. (Not trying to be nosy about your medical issues, promise!) Something like an anti-depressant, you may lose weight fairly "evenly", i.e., lose the twenty pounds and be roughly the same measurements as before, because the gain was likely mostly fat. If the medication was something like hormonal contraception, your breast tissue itself may have developed more, so you might not lose all the size simply by burning the fat and building muscle.

  In my experience, my breasts get less full with weight loss, but I haven't really seen major cup/band size changes, though I did not really do "proper" measurements until I had lost about half the weight I wanted to lose. If you put on weight in your breasts first, that will likely be the last place you lose it.

  Congratulations on the weight loss and good luck with the rest.

• AllyBra Thanks! I have noticed that they seem to be less full on top and i can't remember where the weight gain happened first. While the med shouldn't have messed with my hormones, my chronic health problems worsened significantly after the weight gain while still on the meds, so who knows! Thanks for the comment. :)

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• Wow that sounds pretty insane in hindsight, that they approved you for a reduction at 16?

  I know for myself (and most women), breast tissue keeps growing until well into your 20s, and I always thought reduction surgery was not an option until at least 18 (and most doctors would even advise to wait until 21+).

  I personally don't have any useful input for you, except for maybe to look into the Reddit /reduction thread?

• bubblegum Thanks and good idea. I've done a bit of googling. Ya, I was approved for insurance and everything. They asked if I had grown in the past year and I said "no" and had probably convinced myself that was true.

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• Honestly size is so freaking subjective I’m done. There are so many factors other than bra size - overall look on the body, cultural perceptions, shape, etc that can contribute to size perception. I’m a 26FF UK. One can argue that I’m small, medium, and large all at once! Small because if you look at me, there really isn’t a lot of breast tissue there. Medium because “FF” is an average cup size in the ABTF world. Large because I’ve been told, in proportion to my overall body, I have more breast tissue than someone with my body type usually would. Also, I’ve seen 28Fs who consider themselves “tiny” and 28Es who consider themselves busty. So I think your personal perception is the best way to go about it. :) there are people wearing your exact same size who will perceive themselves all different ways. It’s so much more than just a band and cup size!

• Who cares! If it fits right and you like it wear it!

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• i know this is going to seem weird but i have a reason, but what is your Skeletal Waist Measurement (bend to the side, and where your body creases is typically your true waist, most the time it is above the belly button directly under the ribs) And High Hip Measurement (about 4 inches below belly button)?

  You seemed to have done well with the Comexim bra, def go to their website and order directly from them, you can even get alterations if you want. But I definitely think you gotta go Ewa Michalak. Just google Ewa Michalak bras. Go to her website and just look at the size of breasts they cater to. Her whole brand is for very big busted - especially small band large bust - women. Sooooooo many times I have seen women go from dreading wearing a bra to finally being happy they have one to take the load off. You can get her to alteration alot of the time too, like making bras long line. I also recommend going to the Search Listings area and searching via your measurements and then you can buy stuff cheapers and second hand right off of here.

• Nessa might be another brand, although it's my understanding their wires are a bit wider than Ewas.

  Also, their fabrics are a bit cheaper, hence the lower price point, but they do have some beautiful designs on their website. https://nessa.com.pl/biustonosze

  You can get them on BraStop https://www.brastop.com/collections/nessa-lingerie

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• It depends, I think my boobs are filling out more on top, but i'm not really growing wider, lol.
  Plus, when I gain weight, it's going mostly to my butt and my tummy. I know I gain weight in my boobs too, but not as dramatically, I guess.
  I should be going up cup sizes, but I'm still wearing the same size in my Comexim padded plunges - I wonder if I just had stretched them out, or they just contain all the extra boobage somehow, lol.
  Cause when I did all my measurements, the last I lost weight, I mostly lost weight in my butt & tummy.

• I have fluctuations caused by inflammation from food allergies/sensitivities, salt intake and other things. It can be enough to make my well fitting bras feel like torture devices on a bad day. Also another thing for me is, I’m in my 40’s. And I think I’m premenopausal, so my body fat distribution is changing, also causing some fit issues here n there. If your bra’s aren’t working for your body now, definitely invest in at least one well fitting bra to get you by.

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• What I'm hearing from this alone is that you're probably wide rooted, short rooted, and full on bottom. That sounds to me like you're pretty shallow for your size range--it makes sense that you'd like a plunge, they tend to be on the shallow side.

  From here, I'd suggest looking for plunges and also padded bras if you think you'd like them. I think you'll continue to like CK if you stay away from their full cup styles.

  Also, a lot of people don't tend to have static cup sizes. I do wonder what you would have thought of some of these other bras if you'd gotten them in a different size--for instance, maybe the Envy in 32HH, which at least in my size range (somewhat close to 32HH) has a pretty wide cup structure (although you still might find it tall--I'm short rooted too but get away with it because I'm projected and that pushes my breasts up and out of the shallower bottom of the cup).

  EDIT to add on: if you like a bra, check out its measurements on bratabase and see which bras users have entered similar measurements for too! You'll probably end up with certain measurements you pay closer attention to than others--for you that might be cup height etc

• @bustyand that would make sense, it seems like when I try to correct one fit issue, others pop up. I do have to say though that I prefer plunges because my tissue is pretty close set,and apparently I also carry a lot of it towards the center (I'm also pretty freaking short), so short that I get issues with Demi's, Balconies, with half cups being the literal devil for me lol. I did try a range of sizes with CK Delightful and Wonderful and found it to be a shape issue because a size down would definitely be too small, next size would still fit weird, then a size up would be too big. I have tried padded bras before and there's not enough space for me near the wires so they end up either folding over or the cup basically collapses on the bottom, they end up sliding a couple inches below my IMF, and I run into the same issue of my tissue slipping out albeit more rapidly lol. Until now I've basically just described my shape as an actual nightmare because I can never seem to get something that fits without other issues arising that points to a different shape/fullness/width and then it basically ends up being a Schroedinger's...breast?? Lol. I did notice that when I'm wearing a bra and am actually supported my tissue does this weird thing where instead of D it's more of a b when supported, as in I can tell the front half of my breast is a bit wider than the rest. I don't really know how big of a factor that would play though.

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• Hopefully the Elomi Meredith works out for you, fingers crossed ; )

• Maybe this helps, When you go to any particular bra size, like Panache Clara Full Cup Bra (7255) 34HH
  https://www.bratabase.com/browse/panache/clara-full-cup-7255/34HH/

  You can then click the "Explore" button that's below the sizes table under the picture and you'll have a set of controls to search for bras while changing only one of the measurements.

  On this example, I've increased the cup's depth 2 stops, but kept the rest of measurements the same.

  https://www.bratabase.com/browse/panache/clara-full-cup-7255/34HH/explore/?bust_perimeter_step=0&band_length_step=0&stretched_band_length_step=0&cup_depth_step=2&cup_width_step=0&wire_length_step=0

  From this, it looks like Elomi 34HH may keep the same cup width but have deeper cups.

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• Hmm, so it sounds like you need really wide wires?

  and/or would it just work better to wear more of a lounge bra? something like this https://www.bratabase.com/browse/sugar-candy/crush-bralette/

  I saw this meme yesterday, I can totally relate (okay, not maybe totally similar to your situation) but it's like we always want what we can't have. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRIPBQlYRi/

• BraOdyssey Yeah, I think I need suuuper-wide wires.

  Ugh, so I don't know if it's due to my medical conditions or what, but I almost always have the "headlights" look. It seems to show through sports bras, bralettes, and some very thinly lined regular bras. This whole area of my body is such a situation, I swear!

  Oh wow, I can definitely relate to that meme...thank you for sharing it and for replying!

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• I’d gained quite a bit over 2020, about 15-20 pounds. But so far for 2021 I’ve lost most of it, and working on getting back to my pre-second child body. I do 4 mile walks a few times a week and I lift weights five days a week. I do a full body dumbbell workout in the comfort of my home utilizing free videos on YouTube. Since it’s getting hot where I live now, I’m about to purchase a compact exercise bike. I also count calories/nutrition using MyFitnessPal.

• Beyond that first “two weeks to flatten the curve,” my habits didn’t really change much. I was definitely less active and gained weight last year, but only because I had a five-year-old and a two-year-old and was pregnant with my third.

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• Haha i was about to give sympathy until I saw your name - for me, when I hit 32K I was miserable because it was juts part of getting fatter! I'm finally losing weight and cant wait to get back to a J. But you go girl!

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• As for bra styles that accentuate breast size, in general I'd suggest a plunge for 'traditional' cleavage.

  Depending on your breast shape, a balcony bra may also give some 'cakes on a plate' effect, thus enhancing their presence.

  Oh and by 'no padding', do you mean actual *padding*, like those bras with a sloping cushioned area on the inside, or any bras that are molded (foam lined, but unpadded) as well?

  I've also heard of people using something like this, either worn over a well fitting bra or as a stand-alone option:
  https://venturi-store.myshopify.com/products/women-sexy-lingerie-lace-solid-color-cross-side-buckle-wireless-push-up-sports-underwear-breathable-sleep-bra-new?utm_source=show-recent-order&utm_medium=notification

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• A doctor is probably gonna be the only one that can answer that question for you. I believe I saw a post from you before talking about breast implants. In which case it would be extra important to have a doctor to check it because leaky implants can be a health hazard.

  A cup a month on itself doesn’t have to be an issue. I have heard of a lot of women gaining 1-2 cup sizes per month as a reaction to extra estrogen wether natural like from a pregnancy or from pills containing them. I don’t see why there would be difference in reaction between cis and trans women.

• @lunamoon Yes, I plan on getting implants once they're done developing so I can improve my shape etc. I'll be going with saline, so it leaks there shouldn't be any issues since my body will absorb it.

  I was thinking that I have been growing around a cup size a month consistently since last May. I know that everyone develops differently, but because of my shallow shape I often underestimate the fact that in reality I'm up there in terms of my cup size, and I have so much trouble finding a bra. 3 more cup sizes and I won't even be able to find a bra in Bravissimo.

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• now you admit to us that you're old enough to have a teenager, /s.

• Well, that kind of depends on how big their boobs are. After a certain size, in my experience, you're just gonna have kind of a rough time period. For smaller boobs certain sport bras might even work. I've tried gc2b--the fabric itself is okay, huge arm holes, set sizing that didn't exactly make sense for my body--and Shapeshifters--great because they're custom sized, take a bit to get to you, their standard fabric is pretty breathable but they do put in a binding panel if your boobs are a certain amount bigger than your waist, which isn't very breathable. See me (30H/28HHish) in my Shapeshifters binder here: https://www.bratabase.com/adventures/entry/19562/

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• well, I guess I kind of lost some weight, then gained some weight back. Because it's summer, I'm hoping to lose some more weight...It's cyclical. Not what you asked, but I think every woman should own about 20 bras BECAUSE OF weight fluctuations.

  And I don't think that's so extreme. 3-4 at a higher weight. Like, to always have a buffer of some bras at higher and lower weights.

• BraOdyssey I guess that’s true, they are prone to fluctuating. I’m guessing because I’m so hyper-aware now being involved in Bratabase and ABTF that I notice it a lot more than I used to!

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• My personal preference was silicone. They tend to overfill saline, in my opinion. What kind of look are you going for? Are you going for a more natural look or super bolt ons? I did high-profile silicone under the muscle. I have 475cc, but my doctor said he could have fit a 550cc, but nothing bigger due to my small rib cage. I just wanted enough to be in proportion so I could fit in one size dress top and bottom. :)

• Due to my shape I think no matter what it will look bolted on, so I'm likely to go with saline, plus I have the chance to go as big as possible. I like the full look with a round upper pole, so I don't think I'll regret going that route.

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