Nursing bras

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NoTeaForMe · 22/08/2010 23:30

I am 31 weeks pregnant and beginning to get my hospital bag ready (we're moving house too so feel like I need to have that one bag packed and kept separate so we know where it is!!) Anyway, when should I get measured for a nursing bra? Surely I need to do this as late as possible, but when do your boobs stop growing?!

Hope that makes sense and it isn't too stupid!!

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katiepotatie · 22/08/2010 23:39

They will get much bigger after your milk comes in.

I would get measured for one at around 36/37 week, and only get one or two, as i had to get remeasured when ds was 3 weeks, as the ones pre birth where too small and so uncomfortable. I had to by another 3 at a cost of £70 odd quid (I have big boobs though )

Hopandpop · 23/08/2010 08:20

i got measured at m and s and they were fab, got a bra to wear at the time and she said i would go up 2 cup sizes when milk came in and she was right! they had great nursing bras that unclipped easy but still gace support so my unclipped boob didnt suddenly slough! i ended up from a B cup to an E cup before and after pregnancy .

japhrimel · 23/08/2010 08:44

I've been told 36 weeks.

I'd make sure that when you get fitted the fitter knows how much you've gone up already. Quite a few books & magazines I've read have said it's usual to go up a cup size by the 2nd trimester, then maybe 1 more before birth and then 2 with milk - but I've gone from C-G in 24 weeks so do wonder whether I'll go up more than 2 cup sizes when my milk comes in.

Buying just 2 nursing bras at first sounds good. I think I'll keep the labels so that if I like them, I can send DH back to the shop with the labels and he can just ask "can I have more of these, please?" - he'd get the wrong ones otherwise!

LooL00 · 23/08/2010 08:56

Carriwell bras are really stretchy so are more likely to fit. i got mine from Boots (online) and I always wear it in preference to any of my other nursing bras. DC3 is 7 weeks old and I seem to change size throughout the day, when things settle down I'll get some prettier bras( if I can find any).

aswellasyou · 23/08/2010 12:15

I'm 36 weeks and bought a pack of two last week. My boobs haven't grown since about 24 weeks-they had gone up from a DD to a GG so I'm glad they stopped. I did some research but I could only find a few places going up to H cups, but no bigger, so I've had to get those even though I may end up bigger than that. Anyway, I would leave it for a few weeks yet, or more if you are still growing.

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