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Nursing bras for flat chests??

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lurcherlover · 02/10/2010 20:28

I'm 37 weeks now and still wearing my pre-preg bras (I know, I know - underwire = naughty, but my boobs have grown by about a centimetre and they still fit fine - maternity bras drown me!) and am now wondering what to do about nursing bras. I have really small breasts - 36A and only just fill that, even now I'm pg (have felt very cheated!). The smallest nursing bras I've seen are a B cup and look massive at that. There's no way at the moment they would fit me - it would all be loose and wrinkly! I have read I should be fitted for a nursing bra at 38 weeks, but that's one week from now and I really can't see my boobs increasing in size that dramatically in a week! I can squeeze colostrum out of them so they are already making milk and the size hasn't changed. I know they may well get bigger post-birth when the milk really comes in, but I don't know what to do re nursing bras - should I wait til after the birth when the milk's come in before getting some? But what do I do immediately post-birth? I can't bf in my current bras, and I don't want to be bra-less and leaking everywhere until I've got a nursing bra - also conscious that I may not feel up to going to a shop to be measured for a while, and it's not really the kind of thing I want to send DH out to try and guess which one to buy, bless him! Or do I buy a couple of B cup ones now and stuff them with nursing pads?! Help!

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jennymclay · 24/06/2013 21:42

I love the Carriwell bras, so comfy and stretches with growing boobies! I was worried about when to buy a bra and how much boobs would grow but this one solves that problem! I got mine from nursingbra-shop.co.uk - you can search for bras by size (very handy cos i kept finding ones i liked that didn't come in my size!) and free delivery in the UK including Scotland Highlands and Islands postcodes :)

LikeCandy · 26/06/2013 16:04

I was an A (B at a push) cup through pregnancy and now baby is 3months old I'm in a D/DD - I'd suggest buying soft bras (I've for the M&P sleep nursing bras) to start with and get fitted after a month or so into feeding :)

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