Bra sizing

2nd time moms, we're you able to get back down to your original bra size? Or did your ribcage stay widened? I know our hips generally stay wider with each kid but idk about ribs. With my first I went back to my original bra size pretty quickly even with the extra weight, but this time around I'm still at a 36 band size at almost 5 months pp and idk wether to just tough it out in unflattering sports bras or just prepare to shop for all new bras.

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@Amber I'm struggling right now 😩 I've only been wearing sports bras and it's just like a saggy boob log under my t shirts. I'm still alot heavier but jfc I just want my boobies to be sittin nice

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I’ve found that my old bras are incredibly uncomfortable. I cannot wear a single underwire bra. I’m living in sports bras and my old nursing bras.

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@Breanna I hear ya! I'm still only wearing nursing bras.

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@Kandis also living in sports bras, at the beginning it was a relief cause they were like an h cup, but now I'm sitting around the 36dd range and it just feels so unflattering. And then looking at the bras available at that size is just so frustrating

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2nd time mom and finished nursing a couple months ago!
So my rib cage widened (I also gained weight) and it didn’t go down.. but then after nursing number 2..my cup size went up a lot and that shrunk down to my original size from before pregnancy..so long story short I’m in my pre (his) pregnancy bras

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@Raquel this is my last, I shrunk down maybe an inch in the last 5 months. I was really hoping to get back to my 34dd bras

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36G before pregnancy. They grew to an I dunno what. Shrunk to a 36DDD when my milk dried up and now I feel like I’m right back where I started but just saggy now. I hate it. Literally the only bra to make them look somewhat normal is the nursing bras we bought in the beginning.

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@Kandis nursing bras give me no support at all :/ I really just want to find a good light push up, but everything is "minimizer". I'm not trying to hide them or smush them.

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It took me over a year to get back to my normal band size.

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