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sfp0701
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Re: Bra Size
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by SeaWolf
You ladies HAVE to do this if you haven't already. I got so tired of my bras digging into the side of my boobs that I decide to research how to do a REAL bra fitting... mostly b/c I'm a recluse and wasn't about to go someplace to have a pro measure me. So found this tutorial. Oh my god I have been grossly wearing the wrong size for YEARS. DO it!! You'll be shocked. The bending over part of the measurement is crucial, b/c it takes into account all of your breast tissue - when you measure standing up, it sorta hides out.
I've been wearing a 36B for 8098098 years. I did this and it measured me at a 33DDD. WHAT??? I have small boobs though! So I went to the store and tried on a bunch of 32DD and 34D (it suggests trying out sister sizes if youre an odd band number) and oh my god. 34D fits like a DREAM. No side boob. Less back fat (I'll always have SOME) and I honestly just look thinner. My WHOLE boob is in the cup - I guess before the wire was sorta cutting the armpit-boob area in half. I guess cup size isn't just about the "size" if your boobs, but also about the width of them, which I never even considered before.
GO DO THIS!!!
OK I thought I was doing it all wrong.
when I did the modern method it has me at a 32DD.
The old school way I am like a 36 A/B
I have the smallest boobs ever
The thought of me even looking at a DD cup size is actually ridiculous.
But I see it had you in a DDD too.
So I guess I did it right?
How is that possible?
So they way I understand it is this: A cup size of a 32D is much smaller than a 36D. Also, the larger size gets all the side/armpit boob and the top boob that always spills out. The smaller band size is because the band is supposed to sit lower on your back. I always had it up higher and was a 34. It slipped off my shoulders more and everything got pushed in the wrong direction. I had that porn start pushed together cleavage. Now I have two separate boobs and the clothes show that. It also lifts them up somehow and I have a thinner looking rib cage area.
It really is amazing.
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Re: Bra Size
Posted by Goobster
Posted by JerseyMamaOf3
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I just measured with modern sizing and have a 33 band size with a 47 inch boob size, which means I am a 32 or 34L? If I do a typical measurement standing up, I get a 43 boob size.
Still confused. Are we adding 4 inches to the band size?
I haven't had a good fitting bra ever. I wonder if this is why?
If you are measuring a 33, I would go to a 34.
I did the measurement bent over and and measured a 32G. My actually measurement is 31.
I went to Nordstroms yesterday to get a fitting and she measured me a DD. I told her I would probably be a DDD (thought maybe I measured wrong) and I ended up going up to G.
So was she adding 4 inches? How did she come up with DD?
I don't know how she got a DD, but I knew I wasn't a DD.
On the chart it shows you what the inches to cup size is. When I measured it, I got 8" difference. That is how I got the G.
There was another associate that was helping someone else and she seemed better. She also measured me with my bra on.
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| Posted 12/2/13 10:11 AM |
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NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
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Re: Bra Size
OK so I was in Kohl's this morning and took at look at the bras. The D cups- even in a 32 or 34 looked as big as my head! It was actually comical.
I didn't have time to try anything on there since I was on my way to work but I decided to take a baby step and try a 34 C (I normally wear at 36B).
So going by sister sizing- down a band size up a cup size.
I will try it tonight and see how it fits.
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| Posted 12/2/13 5:01 PM |
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Smileyd17
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Re: Bra Size
I was in VS- figured let me get measured. I was wearing the wrong size as well for a long time. this is also after 3 kids and post weight loss.
Anyways- im in a 34C and I cant believe how much better it fits.
Nothing embarassing about getting fitted.
It will actually help you look better in many outfits. 
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| Posted 12/3/13 9:49 AM |
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SeaWolf14
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Member since 7/13 1324 total posts
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Re: Bra Size
Posted by NervousNell
OK so I was in Kohl's this morning and took at look at the bras. The D cups- even in a 32 or 34 looked as big as my head! It was actually comical.
I didn't have time to try anything on there since I was on my way to work but I decided to take a baby step and try a 34 C (I normally wear at 36B).
So going by sister sizing- down a band size up a cup size.
I will try it tonight and see how it fits.
Try them on! I thought that there was NO way it would fit me, but it did. LIke, I wasn't exactly busting out of my b-cups, so I had no idea how a D would fit, but I had secret armpit boob that I didnt know about!
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| Posted 12/3/13 10:03 AM |
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JDubs
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Re: Bra Size
Thanks for this, I am very curious about trying on the "modern" size which according to this, a 34DD, would have never guessed.
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| Posted 12/6/13 2:39 PM |
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Alyssa79
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Re: Bra Size
this is really interesting..totally want to try it haha
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| Posted 12/6/13 3:10 PM |
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SeaWolf14
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Re: Bra Size
Bumping this for Christine. 
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| Posted 12/17/13 2:28 PM |
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lc214
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Re: Bra Size
Just came across this and now I am dying to go check out to see if a different size is better! I don't have time but I so want to go!
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| Posted 12/22/13 8:23 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Bra Size
Any other stores on LI that have a selection of larger cup sizes (other than Nordstroms)? I really need to get the proper size, the more I know, the more uncomfortable I have been.
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| Posted 12/22/13 9:42 PM |
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SeaWolf14
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Heather
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Bra Size
I know Blums in Patchogue. Not sure of many others that carry anything bigger than DD
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| Posted 12/22/13 11:16 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Bra Size
I highly recommend going to Nordstroms if you have the wrong size bra that never seem to fit right. eta- thanks to the OP!!! even though its months later, I finally got around to it.
Message edited 4/22/2014 12:39:23 PM.
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| Posted 2/26/14 5:14 PM |
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rebeccamol
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Bra Size
I always wore 34 B and was measured at Nordstrom as 32C and never went back :)
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| Posted 2/27/14 1:03 PM |
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Seawolf
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Re: Bra Size
Bump.
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