Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 04, 2018, 12:24:51 PM
It sounds like you're a lot like me because we were born the wrong gender we tend to have a wider chest and rib cage so it can definitely throw off the size measurements when we do get measured me I thought I was bigger I thought I was in the forties so I had bought some cheap balls from Walmart best place to get them cheap and it turns out that I was buying wrong size I went to Victoria's Secret and got sized and it turns out that I am a 34 to 36 B and either love having a ball that fits snug and comfortably it really seems to make a big difference
If you can't accept yourself, how can you expect others to accept you?
When you measure your underbust measurement right below the breasts what do you get? Are you 34" or 36" across? Like someone else mentioned here if you are more than this then did you get an extender? Does that smaller band dig into your skin?
Also, is 34" across the underbust too large for a gg female? I'm 5'11" 1/2 I tried to search online on average female ribcage size, but it seems to be littered with MtF questions and information.
A quick google search on "average american bra size by height" yields and article from Dec 17, 2015
"34DD is the average American bra size
A 2013 survey from lingerie retailer Intimacy revealed the average bra size in America is 34DD — a leap from the average 34B it was 20 years earlier. There are several reasons as to why, including inflated cup sizes, plastic surgery, and the rising obesity rate. After all, breasts are largely made up of fatty tissue, meaning the more fat a person has, the bigger the breasts.
Fusion also points out bra sizing has simply gotten more accurate, thanks to Oprah. In 2005, she dedicated an entire show to helping women discover their true size and demanding professional bra fitters follow suite presumably after a 2004 study found 80 percent of all women were in the wrong size bra. Women who thought they were a B found out they were really a DD. The way to deduce your bra size is to subtract your band size from your bust measurement, so 37 inches (bust) — 34 inches (band) equals 3 inches or a 34C, Real Simple explained."
Then there is a google result labeled Jan 7, 2013
"What is the average cup size for a woman?
In the last 15 years, the average bust size has increased from 34B to 36C. Whether the lift is due to breast augmentation surgeries or a side-effect of expanding waistlines is not known. Either way, from slinky to full-coverage undergarments, bras have graced the bodies of women since the 1800s."
My mom's Bra band size is a 36. I do not know how many inches she really is across though. She says she thinks she is C, but sometimes I wonder if she can be D. Though really none of my business!
What I'm looking for is just the band size not the height. Several articles mention 34" and some others add 36". I guess that if I stay at 34" band size or lower, like getting myself down to 32", then at least in terms of band size I should be "OK"? As in perhaps my ribcage is not TOO big?
To hit 32" I probably would have to lose weight down to something like 170lbs or maybe 175lbs? When I was younger, like avatar ish for example, I was something like 31" waist and 32" under bust or 33" can't really remember, but I was skinnier too. Not sure if I can hit those numbers, but I could try losing some pounds to become lighter and see what happens. Something tells me I can't hit 32" anymore
.I am a vegetarian too so I probably am to some degree slim-ish already. Maybe I just have to work out more and more and moaaarh!!!
