Underwired nursing bras- please tell me I can have them.

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I'm 38 weeks pregnant so have just dutifully been to mothercare and bought my nursing bras. They make my (rather more substantial than they used to be) boobs look like lonely satsumas at the bottom of a christmas stocking. I know underwired nursing bras exist but I also have a recollection that they are not a good idea. Why not? I've been wearing underwired bras through pregnancy once I hit D and without them they practically skim the floor.

they really are frump sacks aren't they? the issue is you can block milk ducts which can be uncomforable and result in mastitus. i am sure someone on here linked to a french company that do v. glam maternity bras. will have a hunt for you.

They do exist.

They do make you look better or less like lonely satsumas anyway!

They do have risks when you are breast feeding though. Basically, they can contribute to blocked ducts which can lead to mastitis.

Having fed four babies/toddlers over the last 11 years, I ought to be able to recommend some fabulous bras so I will be back with a list of favourites, if you like.

My recommendation is that you only purchase one comfy bra (without the wires) until your milk supply becomes established. That way you can be properly fitted because you might find that you are even bigger once you are feeding. This comfy one can become the lazy days at home one and then you can try more flattering styles and see how you get on.

(I have used underwire ones BUT I have developed mastitis as a result.)

check out mrsbadger's links here

I saw some in H&M recently, but they seemed to have a v limited range of sizes.

Also Sibellia and hotmilk

I would recommend buying at least one non-wired comfy one eg Bravado to tide you through the first weeks (you can wear them as sleep bras later) then getting measured after the birth - wired ones really have to fit properly

I was just think the same thing myself. I tried this bra on yesterday and for the first time my boobs weren't round my knees, nor did they look like squashed lemons (i'd kill for loney satsumas ). Not sure whether to get it though.

Does that mean I should already be wearing nonwired bras. I'm having a cesearean (having one doesn't mean I should be able to spell it, does it?) next wed so I haven't got long to get my ducts back in shape!

your current wired ones are fine so long as they fit

during the whole post-birth rib-shrinkage/ engorgement / supply settling bit my norks contracted and ballooned alternately so I wore unwired ones safe in the knowledge that if they were a bit too big or a bit too small nothing awful would happen.

I wore underwired bras through pregnancy and breastfeeding. Tried non-wired nursing bras but felt like I was trying to carry two beer barrels in Tesco carrier bag. NOT comfy. Wore non-wired at night.

Cannot remember the make of mine - got it from Figleaves on line (sorry, pants at doing links). Issue is making sure they fir properly. That's all. I was usually a 32F when nursing so there was no way I was letting those babies suffer through lack of support, I would have been tripping over them!

Oh, and don't let Mothercare fit you. They lie about your size to fit in with their range of bras .

The lady in Bravissimo said to me that as long as they fit properly then it is fine.