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I wore a padded bra for the first time a few days ago. It felt right when I looked in the mirror and saw breasts. I want to have real breasts, I am sad that I cannot wear my "breasts" all the time until I get the real thing. Does anyone else have a similar experience early in their transition, particularly the feeling of it seems right to have breasts?

Oh yes! I had my first bra as a teen and it scared/pleased the bejesus out of me how right it felt. I just got my second bra ever. I'm 36 now, and I got a sports cami bra. To my delight it pushes my fat up a bit, so in a tight shirt I have tiny breasts. I didn't take it off for like three days! I'm Super early in transition, basicly the starting line. everything feels so right and I'm excited to move forward. Ok...I'm fairly giddy and impatient but time just won't move any faster. Trying too to not get overly exited and hopeful about  Hrt.

What I find kind of strange is this. When I used to have rely upon "props" lets say, before hrt my apparent breasts were larger than the rather modest real things that I have now yet I have no inclination whatsoever to enhance them. There is a strange satisfaction from knowing that it is really me. I'm struggling to word this because whatever comes to mind I appreciate could be seen as hurtful to some. I just feel at ease with my A- (though I'm sure I'd feel more at ease with B+   ;))

Sometimes I think my name should be Abby Normal.

I always wished I had nice breasts. I've always been a tad gynocomastic. I've been on HRT for about 5 years now. By most measures I have a full A to a B cup. Had it for a while now.

Oddly, only in the past 3 months have I fallen in love with them. I chalk part of this "Delay" to still not fully accepting who and what I am deep down at a core emotional level. Down there still lurks, alive and well, working all sorts of levers, the male aspect of myself that keeps on insisting we had a good 50 year run, Why ruin it now?

I wear padded bras every day because I like the way it looks plus my breasts are too small. It does feel right. Where you might get into trouble is buying bras of different colors and styles to match different outfits. I've purchased way more than I care to admit... :)

  Absolutely I felt this way early on.  On a budget, and also knowing my 'props' would be temporary, I went about crafting sandwich-bag boobs and put significant effort into figuring out what to fill them with and how to shape them so they would look and feel right under clothing, and most importantly, move realistically with the right mass.  They quite literally felt like an extension of my body to the point where I could extend the sense of touch of my chest skin to the surface of the fakes.  Some people are satisfied with just loosely approximating the shape.  I was obsessed with the sensations and was depressed every time I had to remove them.

  Breasts are a core part of my body image and my identity.  I consider them one of the strongest validations of my transition.

I got a 34A masctectomy bra with little pockets in and some silicon a-cup tits to put in them. they feel real under clothes, moulded teardrop shape and detailed nip, the lot.. they were like £25 i think. i figured crafting my own theyd look daft(er!) and would only be cost effective if i didnt place a £ value on my own time. i got a prettier bra the other day but i have to be careful as my tits fall out if i bend down! whereas the more dowdy mastectomy one holds them in place and stops them touching your skin, which gets a touch sweaty/itchy if the silicon surface is in contact with the skin on your chest.
but yeah, recommended, they jiggle right, they feel and look nice, i think its money well spent. i pretty much have them on 247. they feel like part of me i love them.
you can get bigger ones too, im just a rake so figured go small and see how it goes. i pump them up with tissue for nights out haha!

Quote from: alexbb on February 22, 2015, 09:01:48 PM
...but i have to be careful as my tits fall out if i bend down!

That adds a whole new dimension to the concept of the "nip slip"...  ::) ;D

Thats a Class 4 wardrobe malfunction right there

I feel like those foam breasts are part of who I am, and removing them feels like I am losing part of who i am, its kind of frightening. i want huge breasts with nice areolas, sensitive nipples, and almost bursting with milk. Something past a DD-cup would be nice, but it is unlikely I can anything past a B-cup.

Quote from: rachel89 on February 22, 2015, 05:46:58 AM
I wore a padded bra for the first time a few days ago. It felt right when I looked in the mirror and saw breasts. I want to have real breasts, I am sad that I cannot wear my "breasts" all the time until I get the real thing. Does anyone else have a similar experience early in their transition, particularly the feeling of it seems right to have breasts?

My first experience with breasts were silicone (?) breast forms. They were about a C cup, and given to me by a trans couple I'd met. I put on the ex's bra (with her permission) and after quickly looking at myself in the mirror,  brought my hand between them...

Have you ever hugged someone you haven't seen in a long, long time? You hug tightly, then relax and "melt" into them? That's how I was...the hand went between, and I melted into the body form I had! At that point, I *knew* I'd have to get on HRT (and hope for the best).

After 3 years (as of yesterday), I have just a bit smaller breasts than the forms were. Couldn't ask for anything better.

:)

Just FYI...

5 Awful Realities of Having Size JJ Boobs in Sixth Grade (http://www.cracked.com/article_22054_5-nightmare-realities-having-absurdly-large-boobs.html)

Back before I purged and was dressing as a woman in private I had a pair of silicone breast forms that I would put in my bra to give me a realisticly sized chest (I'm a big person) and from the weight and feel of them as well as how they filled out a top they gave me one of the best feelings I've ever had while wearing them.
Also due to being overweight and having unfortunate fat distribution (for a guy) I have a bit of a chest so even without them and when I am laying in bed on my stomach and feel them affected a bit by gravity to be a little more pronounced through my shirt it gives me a little giddy feeling :P

I would almost kill for a jj-cup along with big child-bearing hips and a large bum and the right parts, I don't care if it would be painful, there are bras that can help with that

Hahaha, be careful what you wish for.

The Boob Fairy has been a bit too generous with me. I would like them to stop. Well, they can keep going a bit more, I guess... but I am starting to worry.

the boob fairy hasn't been super generous with my sister, so I am afraid I always have to wear a training bra.

I remember the first time I wore a bra, i had a pair of C cup breast forms and I wore a padded bra... I loved it.. the feeling of bra around me.. I loved wearing a bra..

I started hrt and when I hit an A cup I bought myself a padded bra.. it was even better now that my own breasts filled the cups. Now I am a D Cup and I still wearing a bra.. I am use to a bra, but I still love the feeling when I first put it on and I feel the straps around me.. then I get use to it and I dont really feel the bra after that...

I feel naked without my bra. It's as important as panties. My first bra was a VS Bombshell (Add 2 cups) bra, so it looked great, but it was gapping at the top.  Now I'm filling it out  :)

Quote from: Tori on February 23, 2015, 12:15:52 AM
Hahaha, be careful what you wish for.

The Boob Fairy has been a bit too generous with me. I would like them to stop. Well, they can keep going a bit more, I guess... but I am starting to worry.

  Very sorry - this gives me a chuckle!  I am worried though that my development might continue and make work-shirt and jacket shopping even more next-to-impossible.  I also don't want to grow past the visual balance point and make my hips look even more inadequate.  Smaller is more attractive to me anyway and I have absolutely no interest in attracting the stares of men.

  I suppose the 'opposite end of the development scale' is slightly off-topic.  Hopefully the OP wasn't put-off.  I always worry that talking about my breasts is depressing for those without.  We certainly mean no harm.  As noted, The Boob Fairy will arrive in due time!

Well said.

It is not my intent to hurt feelings, just to make the point that we really don't know what we will get until we have them.

Boobs are typically one of the very first signs that HRT is working, no matter what their final size. They are totally female. I do not think any non surgical, cosmetic change is more drastic or important for me or most other MTFs, as they provide a legitimacy. They feel different. They move different. They ARE different. Unlike most of the other changes, boobs keep grabbing my attention. The other stuff, I got used to fairly quickly.

They are especially important to people of a certain age because hormones will no longer effect their bone structure. Boobs are the main prize for many on HRT.

BUT, like the weather, there is rarely perfection. Most days are either too hot or too cold. Breasts are like that. If they aren't too small, they get too big very quickly, and people will complain about both while wishing they had landed on the other side of the fence.

I have noticed that a lot here. Many people complain about the small size of their breasts while negating my complaints because I am trending bigger. I TOTALLY understand. It doesn't mean I have no need to vent, though. It does not negate my issues and complaints. Larger boobs come at a cost, even amongst the trans community. Yeah, I am proud of them, but also intimidated. I like presenting andro a lot of the time, and my chest alone is making that difficult.

The boobs themselves are the victory. Heck, they are practically miraculous after life without them. Most people will develop a love/hate relationship with their breasts no matter their final results.

I've also learned that boobies and car doors are definitely not friends. I think it is was probably good to learn this before I get the real thing.