To think 40a is still bra size?

[Dhalandchips]

I've recently lost 4 stone. Still fairly solid and chunky but I've never had huge boobs even when breastfeeding, never went above a C cup! I do have a massive ribcage though. Went to M&S to get measured for a new bra. I'm a 40A!! I didn't even think that was a real size! I'm fat with teeny tits! Who knew!

R&P don't charge for measurements, no. They charge enough for the bras to not need to!

And you'll get a free coffee.

Python 37AA would mean you are totally flat, underbust and overbust measurements exactly the same. If that's not the case, have you tried the links posted above?

44D m&s

38HH bravissimo

My tits look and feel amazing now and no more strap marks, soreness etc after wearing a bra for the day now. Once I knew the size I bought one at the time from bravissimo then went onto brastop and got loads! So much cheaper but the same decent brands. Good luck OP!

This is really interesting, thank you for all your input...how can teeny boobs be a big cup though? DD/E?

I think we’ve been conditioned to believe that small boobs = A cup and big boobs = DD cup. But it’s not as simple as that. I’m really interested to see what size you are according to the Better Bra Campaign

M&S tell me I’m 38B. I’m not, I’m actually 34D.

M&S sizing is rubbish!! They told me I was a 34D, then I got measured by bravissimo and I was actually a 28GG! All of my clothes looked better straight away 😊

@StatisticallyChallenged

Yes, former female bodybuilder. My muscular shape still causes me headaches to this day

I used the Triumph fitting guide and haven't been so comfortable in ages.

@StatisticallyChallenged

Like another poster, I don't bother with bras now. Just go with sports bras instead

I am definitely going to try on bras with that guide upthread, I'm in a 34 DD right now but after reading this I think I may be wearing bras around 4 cup sizes too small and possibly a back size too big.

That makes sense BayandBlonde - you'll understand why in most cases the combo of size 8 and 34 rings alarm bells for dodgy fit as it's not a typical physique. Weightlifting, lots of rowing, that kind of thing can change it obviously.

For me a sports bra is industrial scaffolding

Quite a helpful visual guide

I remember going I to la senza, if anyone remembers them, wearing a 34 d after having had my ds, wasn't really in to get measured but she offered, she brought me in a 32 b and looked a bit perplexed when I said I couldn't fit I to it.

Having done the M&S to Bravissimo transition (and taken teenage DD to Bravissimo so that she never goes down the wrong bra route!) I would say that the 'feel' of putting on a properly fitted bra is very, very different from that of an improperly fitted one.

Initially, for me, this difference was NOT a good thing. It felt tighter, scratchier, more confining, 'too small', less comfortable. But that was because it was actually doing something - containment, control, dare I say it a certain amount of uplift?

Do bear in mind that 'feeling too tight' may not mean that the size is too small, just that you're not used to what a fitted bra feels like. Just like a baggy sloppy jumper feels 'comfy' vs a tailored structured suit, an ill-fitting too loose bra can feel 'comfortable' while still being 'the wrong size'.

justkeepswimming acrimonious split from stbx and stopped eating sugar! It's taken 18 months.

I'm very flat-chested - don't wear a bra day to day. The ones I do have are around 34B. I tried the intervention method thing I saw on here and came out as something like a 28F

Sorry about the split.... but wow! 4 stone in 18months!!! I want to do that!

Well done OP! I bet you feel good getting that shifted. And the weight . Defintely try John Lewis. Very old school service. If you prefer the no touching fitting try Bravissimo.

What bra size were you before your 4 stone loss? Congratulations by the way, good for you.

I used to do weightlifting competitively too (sorry if that's a drip feed) so I'm quite 'hench' as the teenagers say! I do feel better for losing so much but I've only dropped one dress size too. I'm going to aim to lose one more stone then I be the weight I was when I left school (decades ago) but according to the BMI system, I'll still be obese🤣🤣 I'm convinced there is such a thing as 'heavy bones' because even at abese, I have a scrawny ribcage, my collarbones poke out, my hip bones protrude yet I still am well covered elsewhere! I reckon that's contributed to the teeny tits as well. Not that I ever did steroids.

I've worn a 40c for years. Probably erroneously!

This idea that a DD is on any way large (it really isn’t if you’re wearing the correct bra size) is very old fashioned

Indeed

I blame the tabloids - especially the Sun - who try to claim that certain glamour models are a "busty 32D" when they are probably more likely to be a 28F

^^ I meant "a busty D cup"

@Dhalandchips I'm convinced that 'heavy bones' is a thing too! I've been the same measurements as a friend before now, same height, fitted into the same clothes etc and still weighed more than a stone more!

I look.back at photos from.my late teens, when my mum said I was a 36b and cringe. It makes me look weird and too busty. I worked out later I was 34d, then got measured at 32e. I'm tall with broad shoulders, but have a narrow back.