:embarrassed:Hi there....I am taking a small dose of HRT, I need to prepare for the growing breast...
Even though my spouse knows, I am still not ready let it be seen.

Are there any kind of bras that can conceal it?

thanks so much

Unless you are in the habit of wearing tight form fitting tops there is nothing to fret over. Plus your general build can help a lot in the disguising department.

For instance, I have never worn form fitting tops, even a tee shirt. About the closest I get is a undershirt. For work I wear dress shirts. Plain, not tailored, fitted or what have you. Loose and baggy. Which I guess is normal for guys shirts. It is not like I have a big neck, just longish arms. Tee shirts are always bigish and floppy. A throwback to being a long time fatty. In male mode I still abhor tight clothes. In my much slimmed down size 8-10 fem body, tighter clothes tend to rule.

I have a good full A to maybe a B cup depending on the bra. (yes, like most womens clothes there is no 'Standard'. I can fill out a size 8 dress or a size 12) Without a bra my boobs are pretty much unnoticeable. Even by me. The only time I get a hint of them is wearing a seatbelt when the strap lays tight between my mini mounds.

When I wear one of my favorite Wonderbras, well they are hard to miss 

Bras are most definitely not designed to conceal breast but to enhance them and them look more pleasing.  I think trying to hide them other than wearing a baggy shirt will just point them out.

I wear mostly loose fitting tee shirts in the warmer months.  Even with that my breasts are noticeable.  I do feel a little self conscience about it at times but whats a girl to do.  So far no one has ever said a word about it to me.  They are probably too embarrassed to say anything.  I just act like it's normal.  It's just how I'm built (some cis guys have big boobs). Even though my "build" has change over the last couple of years no one has made as issue of it. 


The other thing I wonder is if you've fully thought through taking hormones.  The idea is to become more feminine and breast are one wonderful part of that.  I understand if you're worried about others noticing...I'm not full time either.  I have to show up to work every day as a male.  But I decided when I started taking hormones that I wouldn't let the fear of what other people might or might not think stand in the way of what I want. 

If anyone ever does make mention of how big my breast are or anything to that order I'm going cup one in each hand and say "Yeah ain't they great"!  I don't feel I need to offer any sort of explanation.

Coming from the other end of the spectrum, I've used several methods to hide my chest. But some of them are quite extreme and painful and will damage breast tissue over time- which you probably wouldn't want! So stay away from binders, ace bandages etc.

I find that sports bras do an OK job at concealing, and they're actually healthier (and more comfortable) for your breast tissue than underwire bras. Look up "compression sports bras" and you'll find a lot of options. I personally like the Under Amour sports bras. Here's a link:

http://www.modells.com/product/under_armour_womens_still_got_to_have_it_bra-1236768.do?sortby=bestSellers&from=fn

It's usually semi-effective at hiding my chest if I layer. But I'm a C cup- so if you're in the A range it should work like a charm.

Good luck and congrats on starting on HRT

I never concealed mine.  I just went full time when I thought I felt ridiculous in mens' garb, so I don't have a personal experience there.

I do have a friend who got an early visit from the boob fairy and had to work in guy mode for some time before going full time and had to conceal C/Ds.  She made the bad decision to get fat on purpose and try to pass them off as moobs.  Oops.  She is still having a very tough time losing the weight. 

I had good luck with a relatively compressing sports bra, loose T-shirt, and loose overshirt over that. (I was a 42C cup after 3 months.) Yes, it kinda would have sucked in the summer, but layers are one of the better ways of making it look like everything there is just fabric wrinkling/bagging.

Honestly, there is only so much you can do.  You can't bind because that hurts development.  And even baggy shirts can only do so much.  I'm sorry to say, but this is one of those unavoidable things.  People will notice you have breasts at a certain point.  If it's early on, a baggy shirt will help, but it won't work forever.  I wear loose fitting clothes and I still have a chest.  Though it makes you feel really uncomfortable having noticeable breasts and wearing boy clothes.  The looks I've recieved have been interestingly mixed in many ways.