Bra becoming a necessity?

[DawnOday]

I've been able to hook the back since I was 13.   

I was able to too. Until I hit a growth spurt. I even used to dance ballet with my sister until I was twelve or so. Somehow all my abilities to be flexible disappeared. My arms are also shorter than most people my height. So instead of taking ten minutes to pack up the girls I can do it in one by connecting in front. I wish I were more flexible as I really do like to dance. But I am more Drew Scott than Baryshnikov.

[Rachel]

I wore a BRA after years of HRT. Mostly for some support and to hide nipples. I had a BA with 555 ml implants and would not think of not wearing a bra now. My nipples need to be protected and are out most of the time now and the weight would hurt to walk now. Bra's are a necessity not. I love to take it off and lounge a bit before bed.

[josie76]

I was working and driving a large truck. When regular road bumps hurt it was time.

[Sarah_P]

I started wearing a bra about a month into HRT. I didn't need it for support, but to protect & hide my nipples. They were always sensitive, erect & puffy, which easily showed through my shirt. I don't really mind wearing one at all, once I got used to it.

[mm]

As Sarah_P says, most girls start wearing them to protect their sensitive, erect and puffy nipples from rubbing on their shirts whenever they move.

[jill610]

I started wearing a bra about a month into HRT. I didn't need it for support, but to protect & hide my nipples. They were always sensitive, erect & puffy, which easily showed through my shirt. I don't really mind wearing one at all, once I got used to it.

^^^ Same for me, about a month into taking estradiol the pain was just too much when running so I got a sports bra, then some nice camisoles to help with the pain with cotton under shirts. Now at four months I'm borderline needing one to hide the forming girls at work [emoji17] not yet ready to break out a bra full time till next year when I transition OTJ.

[Sarah_P]

^^^ Same for me, about a month into taking estradiol the pain was just too much when running so I got a sports bra, then some nice camisoles to help with the pain with cotton under shirts. Now at four months I'm borderline needing one to hide the forming girls at work [emoji17] not yet ready to break out a bra full time till next year when I transition OTJ.

Oh yes, a camisole was great early on, too. Now I have to wear a sports bra (or a tight comfy bra) to help hide the girls while at work. Even then there's still some curve there.

[Jan]

Oh yes, a camisole was great early on, too. Now I have to wear a sports bra (or a tight comfy bra) to help hide the girls while at work. Even then there's still some curve there.

Ah, hiding the girls at work is also a big issue for me.

[noleen111]

I love to wear lingerie, so I really don't mind wearing a bra, if a bra fits you right, it really comfortable. (go a professional fitting..its worth it)

I started to wear a bra on a daily basis about 3 days into HRT, I was a padded sports bra to help protect my sensitive nipples. I had nipple sensitive and growth very early into HRT. About a month in, I reached A cup and I bought my first real bra (it was a t-shirt bra) that I could actually fill with my own flesh. (It felt amazing) B cup came about 2 months later.. then I started adding more lacy and sexier bras to my collection.. I owned my first pushup bra at this stage.. Growth slowed down after B cup.

Anyways.. I am now a D cup and I need a bra to support my breasts, I love wearing sexy bras and I love to show off my cleavage.. My breasts are natural, but I have read women with my size breasts do get sagging in their 30's.. so I think in my late 30's I will get some work done to firm things up and maybe go up a bra size. I am late 20's now.

[tskriszti]

I am now a D cup and I need a bra to support my breasts, I love wearing sexy bras and I love to show off my cleavage.. My breasts are natural, but I have read women with my size breasts do get sagging in their 30's.. so I think in my late 30's I will get some work done to firm things up and maybe go up a bra size. I am late 20's now.

Reached D cup just with hormones? :O You're lucky! I have not heard about so much growing yet.

[valerie anne]

I started wearing a bra as an experiment in under dressing, but soon found out that I needed to wear one all the time.

I soon realised that even with my original man boobs, that I enjoyed the support of the cups (no more "thumping" on the stairs).

In my bra, I feel so firm, pert, shaped and confident. I am also in control of my nipples, which could be rather immodest when braless!   

   

[judithlynn]

Well girls I had an interesting "Bra" Development last week. I am now 44C in Bust size, but with my build I prefer being D Cup. When I first started transition 5 years ago, I went out and bought a beautiful and very authentic set of Amoena Breast Forms, to help with my overall shape:

See:
http://www.amoena.com/us-en/breast-forms/partial-breast-shapers/partial-delta/balance-essential-volume-delta-breast-form-ivory-2225/#Tab1

Anyway last week I had to come up to Melbourne from my house on the coast for a Laser treatment on my décolleté and afterwards went to my favourite shoe shop (Diana Ferrari outlet in Fairfield) as I have wanted to see if I could find some nice kitten heel court shoes. At my age I have rather outgrown my beautiful 100mm Louboutin Pigalle shoes

http://asia.christianlouboutin.com/au_en/shop/women/pigalle-1.html

That morning I had put on a new padded underwire 44D cup bra(middle clips) under a really nice lace sleeveless green dress (with incorporated slip), green flat shoes and green handbag with a fawn mid length short sleve cardigan.

In the shoe store I tried on a bunch of shoes of different shoe sizes (and heel sizes) - in the end I selected a dark grey pair of kitten heels in 10 C wide fitting and some very comfortable soft tennis shoes. (They are doing a second pair half price deal now). Whilst trying on a pair of heels (higher than the one I bought), I noticed my dress looked a bit awkward looking in the mirror. Anyway I adjusted things (without trying to bring attention to myself) and headed to the checkout. Anyway I went to pay, made some pleasant remarks to the sales assistant and walked out of the store, got back in my SUV and headed home. About 30 minutes later, I had to make an emergency stop because of an idiot male driver in front pulling out in front of me. With that I felt really strange as the safety belt pulled up on my right side and I realised that my right Amoena breast form was not where it was supposed to be.

Hurried phone calls to my beauty therapist confirmed that it was not there and finally one of the sales assistants at Diana Ferrari said they had noticed it on the floor near the sales checkout. At first they couldn't work out what it was but as its mainly a womens shoe store (huge) put it in a bag at the checkout assuming someone would return to collect it. Of course this required another 250 km round trip the following day as the store had already closed.

The morale of the story is I think is not to wear new underwired bras out in public with a breast form until you are absolutely certain this will not happen. In the meantime I am reverting back to my non wired cotton 44C bras which I know will not cause such accidents to happen!
Judith

[Dani]

Reached D cup just with hormones? :O You're lucky! I have not heard about so much growing yet.

A D cup on hormones only is not common, but not unheard of. I do not have breast implants and I wear a 40 D. I have been on hormones almost 3 years now. I am not bragging, just that in my experience, genetics plays a very important part. Look at your female blood relatives to get some idea of how much you can expect to grow on your own.

[Karen_A]

Look at your female blood relatives to get some idea of how much you can expect to grow on your own.

What I always heard was one cup less than your close female relatives was likely.

In my case that as not true... I had very little  natural development and my female relatives were NOT tiny.

- karen

[noleen111]

What I always heard was one cup less than your close female relatives was likely.

In my case that as not true... I had very little  natural development and my female relatives were NOT tiny.

- karen

The one cup less than  your close female relatives is just a guide. I also broke that rule, My mother and I are both D cups, she is a 34D and I am a 36D, so technically I am bigger. But saying that.. all the women in my mothers family are big breasted, DD and up.. so then I am a cup smaller or more smaller.. Genetics are a funny thing.

[judithlynn]

I agree with what Noleen said. In my case my mother was big breasted at 42G and in later years as she aged slipped to 40DD. My 1st Cousins on my mother side are also women with big bosoms. One is 44DD and another 40DD.
When I went for my BA Consultation at the Nuffield in Bournemouth in the UK, my surgeon recommended Mentor Moderate Plus or High profile 495cc round silicone implants indicating that this would make me comfortably a 44D or 42DD cup size. He said I really shouldn't expect any more growth than I have at the moment which is a small 44C, although since being on Progesterone (Prometrium) my breasts have become more rounded at the upper pole meaning I am now getting some cleavage, something that was missing despite nearly 5 years of Oestrogen therapy.
Judith

[Daniellekai]

My back hurts.

[linda troung vu]

Thanks for your input on this matter Judith. 😆 💖 i have to go check out that shop in fairfield. I've got a c cup breasts and getting harder to hide them. lol 😆 haha  .it usually buy my bra's from target  as they are very cheap and feels so comfortable and looking very feminine. Lol.😆

[judithlynn]

Linda;
Which part of Melbourne do you live in.  For Lingerie I go to some really nice women that own a shop in Croydon:
See http://www.femmeline.com.au

They are TG friendly.

Also if you are looking for a Beauty Therapist (Laser Hair removal and other treatments), I recommend Sara and Monica at Depskin in Templestowe: see : http://www.depskin.com. Talk to Sara or Monica

Again Depskin are very TG friendly

JudithLynn

[Mountain Warfare Girl]

I tarted eating a demibrah wen I first came out to my wife it is more of a comfort me being me thing then a real need to thing being I'm pre HRT, I also ware a padded push-up bra wen I go out as myself now to give me some boobs