Any of you women have this happen to you?

[IndyDancer]

Originally Posted by Ottawa2011

No one tells us about this when we're young but it turns out, it's worthwhile to take some measurements and do a decent bra-fitting every 10 years or so. Stuff changes.

I would recommend more often than that, especially if you notice your bra does not seem to be fitting correctly. At least every year or two.

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by Faith2187

For me, once puberty was said and done I was a 36B(got sized) This was my size up until I was pregnant with my son and then I wore a 36C. After I had my son, I breastfed for 15 months, so my boobs had gotten very small, and actually seemed smaller in size than pre-pregnancy. I then began wearing a 34B. This size fit fine up until earlier this year when my bras started fitting weird. They just weren't holding my chest the right way. I got sized last week, and I'm a 34C now... The bra's I've gotten fit great, and I'm not having my breasts aren't popping out anymore. What's strange is that my boobs also look bigger than how they used to--pre pregnancy and after breastfeeding. Even in shirts I notice the change.

I'm not on birth control, have actually lost weight, and I can't think of any reason my chest grew... I'm 29 btw. I'm not complaining but it's just very weird. Earlier this year I was thinking about breast implants and how great they would be if I could move up a size since breast feeding changed the game lol, but once I realized I just needed to love myself regardless and not waste the money, I let it go. I'm curious if someone women have had this randomly happen to them in their late twenties?

Well, hormones for one thing.

Lemme see:

34 B
36 C pregnant (weight gain and breast milk)
34 B (weight loss and milk gone)
34 C

Going from a B to a C is a bigger boob. It's the cup not the diameter you're seeing.

They probably looked smaller in no bra because they're flatter and a little droopier. It takes a minute for things to adjust after pregnancy. I had carpel tunnel syndrome and thank goodness it left after I had the baby but not 100% for a few months.

So you got a bigger boob after being pregnant, then again after your boobs went "back to normal" after 15 mos of breastfeeding. But not REALLY normal since the cup size was diminished after being sucked dry LOL.

My guess is it's also just the bras you have been buying.

And if you went to a place that "sized you", then it's likely you bought a better bra or a different bra.

All the bra people say women make the same mistake. Upsizing the diameter but not the cup. They usually end up making the diameter smaller just like with you. It also can make a difference if you're wearing stretched out garments, or let the shoulder strap adjustment go down - giving you droopy boobs, etc

Just raising up the adjustment on the shoulder strap can make a big improvement.

AND the fabric. Or padding/no padding.

I can buy 6 different bras all the same size and they'll all feel different, look different and act different. Maybe even be too small - or have side boob etc

[Faith2187]

Originally Posted by coschristi

Are you possibly pregnant again?

Definitely not.

[Zymer]

Does no one here know how bras are sized?

the '36' is the size of the band, the cup 'letter' denotes an amount (ratio) larger than the band size. If you lose weight and go from a measurement of 36" down to a measurement of 34" (indicating a loss of 2" around the chest), but your breast size remains unchanged, then the relative difference is greater, which translates to an increased letter/cup size.

Google "bra sizing".

[jade408]

Originally Posted by reen79

Mine have also grown as i got older. i'm 37...no kids, never been pregnant.....i haven't gained weight....It is pretty weird! I think its just hormonal or an aging thing.....

That happened to me too, in my mid-20s. My weight shifted a bit. No weight change.

[Nov3]

Nope! Like my paycheck each week, its gone before it has a chance to increase in the bank.