When I first started writing this blog, I learned quite innocently about how running in an insufficient jog bra can lead to irreparable damage in the breast tissue. Then, I went on a hunt for the best jog bra I could find. (link) At the time, I was still nursing and was holding on to 10 pounds of body fat. Which lead me to the CW-X Extra Firm Hold Bra. Thought it was the best thing on the planet. Seriously. I ran in it, washed it and ran again. I had no other jog bra in my closet that could keep me from bouncing. Running with bouncing boobies is very painful and I don’t recommend it!
Fast forward 1 year. Baby stopped breastfeeding at 16 months and in the last six months, I have lost 10 pounds. And I’m very saddened to share that it seems for me that I lost my body fat in my chest (first). Boo Hoo. In addition to that, the weight training (I’m guessing at this) has put muscle on my back/rib cage area?! Anyway, now, I’m left with almost nothing but a bigger band size! There isn’t a bra in the closet that is comfortable now. They dig, pinch, chaff, etc…Massively painful so much that I did some research on bra size today just to share with you…
Turns out that women change their bra sizes six times in the course of their lives! SIX. And the first bar was invented in 1913 when a woman named Caresse Crosby took two handkerchiefs and attached them together with ribbon. Then, it turns out that the manufacturers who ran the companies (men) sewed them to girdles. Binding them horribly in a way that resembled the corsets (?) from the 1800′s!
And then in the 1950′s, women looked like they had torpedo boobs.
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So, are you wearing the correct bra size? I remember many moons ago watching an Oprah episode of how most women wear the wrong bra size and I’m finding this to be true even with myself. You think it’s right until something happens like a birth or weight loss or whatever else, I’m sure I’ll find out someday.. If any of you have had this happen, please leave a comment. I know I’m not the only one.
In the mean time, I will leave you with some links for you check it out yourself.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Rachel's Husband // Feb 18, 2009 at 6:07 am
The baby time was a good run, but prefer you lean like you are!
2 Amanda // Feb 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Let’s see… I still look like I should be a middle schooler so I don’t know when my next 5 sizes are coming, but I’ll gladly take them!
3 Kirsten // Feb 18, 2009 at 3:54 pm
6 sizes…I’d believe that. Maybe more. In HS I was a 34D (wore a 36C bra, since the 34D is a tough size to find).
Gained weight in my 20s and was a 38D when I got preggers…then pregnancy and lactation turned me into some sort of maternal circus freak. I ballooned up to a 40H/I, depending upon the nursing bra. Yes…and there are crazy sizes larger than that.
After weaning I shrunk down to a 38DDD. Lost weight (40#s) and managed to only get down to a 34DDD. At this point I started talking to my PCP and OB/Gyn about referrals to a plastic surgeon for reduction. My insurance company approved me almost immediately for surgery, so today I am a perky 34D, again. I’d love to be a C-cup, but I have very wide based boobs that start in my armpits, so going smaller would have resulted in “pancake breasts.” I’d not be able to fill out the cups on bras properly.
My favorite sports bras are a couple that Champion makes. I know Enell and Moving Comfort also make good bras in larger sizes, but I have always liked the Champion ones best.
4 Tiffany // Feb 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I have changed Bra sizes – especially in the cup department. The one big thing I have always loved about being pregnant was the I actually had boobs! Now I am a very small A – I need something while working out but not much!
5 Fit Mommy // Feb 19, 2009 at 12:45 am
Wow. What a story. Glad you’re able to workout!
6 Bra Size // Feb 19, 2009 at 6:10 am
Great article. Part of the issue is that your bra size can change so much. Add to that the fact that no manufacturer is consistent about the sizes and you have problems. The answer I have found is to measure your bra size and re-measure it from time to time. In the UK there is a bra measurement site called http://www.brameasurement.co.uk (unsurprisingly!)
7 Kara from MamaSweat // Feb 20, 2009 at 2:21 pm
when my photographer friend came over two weeks ago to take photos (then pregnant) I cared less about the “belly” shot and considered having her take a photo of my pregnant boobs so I could remember what I looked like when I had them….
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