do you hoik up your boobs?

[mrsflux]

i had my first bra fitting since DS (8months ago) and am still traumatised by it!
to cut a very long story short the bra-witch refused to listen to me saying that the bra didn't feel like it fitted and i was clearly not the same size i was pre-PG.
she got shirty and told me that i had to always lift inside the bra and hoik my boobs up. (grab them and lift them into cleavage position)

WTF? is boob hoiking normal - have i been putting my bra on wrong for years????

I hoik...

I hoik

(am a DD and would fail the pencil test)

Yes, I always hoik.

I don't hoik when I put my bra on, but when you're trying new ones, to check a good fit the best way to get your boobs into position is to bend over and touch your toes.

That's what the bra fitting lady told me anyway!

the alternative to hoiking is to lean forward and shake yourself in. that's what they tell you to do in John Lewis, anyway, and indeed appears to work a treat.

yes when I first put my bra on, but not regularly, a la les dawson

E too and hoiking is required.

I thought this would be about Les Dawson style hoiking...

But yes, I hoik. It brings all the breast tissue up into your bra nicely

of course everyone hoiks
otherwise your boobs look squashed

Yes, it's very depressing in reverse I find. I spend as little time as possible out of my scaffolding F cup bra. Gravity is not my friend, mine look much nicer in a bra IMO.

I don't hoik, I lean forward and press my palms together (as in prayer position).

i am really sorry but what exactly is the hoiking bit ?
what do you actually do. Should I be hoiking my E cups then ?

I've been putting my bra on the wrong way since forever then!
I had been sort of leaning forwards to put my bra on. I have been hoiking today and find they look great fir 5 minutes then I move and the effect is lost so I don't really see the point.
I'm not a fan of hoiking.

Try the palm pressing MrsFlux- it makes your pectorals tighten thus lifting boobs to a more natural high .

I hoik and shake.

Angeilnajolly - please explain the palm pressing. I'm probably being a bit thick.

OK, you put your palms together as if you were praying- with your fingers and palms flat together and your fingers pointing upwards, and with your elbows out to the sides (some yoga positions use this). Then you press your hands together firmly. This tenses up the pectoral muscles which sit beneath the breasts. Try it now and you should feel something working in your chest. If you do it nekkid you can see your breasts moving a bit.
Anyway if you do this pressing together action when leaning forward slightly in your bra it just puts your breasts in the right position naturally.
Honest! Try it!

i need to hoik or I would be wearing breast loafers

i would also fail a pencilcase test

Another hoiker and shaker here.

I hoik.

But only since MN told me to.

Feel better for it too.

oh god do I hoik, but I'm a FF, wouldn't get my bra on otherwise!

I was instructed to hoik by the M&S bra-fitting lady. It changed my life.

No, I lean down and put 'em in the right place.

I hoik or wiggle depending on mood.
(saggy FF)