Quote from: Annabolton on November 30, 2014, 03:33:35 PM
So I know this is a very personal topic but I would love to know the variation that exists in trans women in regards to what breast size you can end up. Also how long have you been on hrt to get your current size?
First off, under most circumstances, breast development exceeding a B cup is rare for any AVERAGE transgender women, no matter if your close female relatives have big breasts or not. Also be aware that development will take at least two years to reach maximum size. Check it out on any trustworthy web site or book regarding HRT for the MTF and you'll see this is true.
In light of that, I really feel that your question is leaving out some crucial data that would have helped get a more accurate assessment for you as to what an AVERAGE transwoman would give you as an answer. Here's the questions that would have really helped:
1) Are you intersexed? (This is NOT the average MTF woman's case, these women can easily go above the B-cup normal ceiling, and they most likely are a minority)
2) Did you start HRT at the onset of puberty or during your puberty, at any stage? (Again, this is not the average MTF woman's case and again, these women can get past the B-cup with no problem, even more so if they started at the onset of puberty).
3) Are you overweight? (Please tell your height and weight if you dare!). Most overweight transwomen also accumulate fat tissue in the breasts, just as elsewhere, which translates into bigger cup sizes.
3) Do you have any breast implants? You ask this question, expecting of course to get an honest answer. Many people who have had plastic surgery never admit having it because of the stigma that admitting it may generate, among biased and prejudiced people.
Mine are A+ if i am barely borderline overweight, and B if i am just a bit overweight, that is, being 6 feet tall, I am an A+ if I weigh around 180 pounds, and they become B-cups if I weigh anything past 182 pounds. If became obese, I am sure I could easily become a C-cup. God forbid! I don't like my waist area as it is, so, getting even more fat, no thanks!
I am not intersexed, I started my HRT after my puberty was finished. I am borderline overweight, so I am an A+ now. If the bra has slight padding, I fill a B-cup fine, but if it doesn't have any padding, I don't fill it completely, specially the upper párt of the cup. I wear 38-B or 40-B bras, sometimes I can fill a 38C or 40C but only if it has padding all along. I don't have breast implants, and I started HRT almost five and a half years ago. My mother is a real B-cup (no padding at all), with padding she'd easily fill 36-C or even 36-D bras I'm sure, but she only wears bras with zero padding. My older sister I think she is a B-cup as well, my kid sister was an A-cup I estimate, so she had to get breast implants to become a C I believe. And I'm sure she denies it all the time, but I KNOW the truth lol.
Bottom line, size varies depending on those variables (being intersexed, starting HRT during puberty, being overweight, and having breast implants).
Cheers
Bibi
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*** Addition for people who do not agree with the B-cup ceiling for average MTF women***
I really feel the need to "dispel the myth" about "cup equivalencies". As later on in this thread, Jenna Marie mentions it, I quote:
"42B is the same cup size as a 36DD"
"back at the time when the average cis woman's cup size was 36C, a trans woman at 38B would be the same size."
First off,
42B IS NOT the same as 36DD
36C IS NOT the same as 38B
This myth comes primarily from a table on the "Brassiere Measurement" page at Wikipedia, located specifically on here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere_measurement#Calculating_cup_volume_and_breast_weightJust scroll down a little bit so you can see the "equivalency chart" which honestly couldn't be more wrong. It uses band and cup size and it is supposed to be aimed at a "B" cup person, as an example of how to calculate "equivalent sizes" for your REAL bra measurement.
In essence, that chart expresses that "The same underwires are used for the cups of sizes 36A, 34B, 32C, 30D etc. ... so those cups have the same volume".
I tried that myself, by finding the cell in the chart, where my REAL comfortable size was at the moment, 40B, and reading the so-called "equivalencies", which according to the chart, are these: 42A 40B 38C 36D 34E 32F 30G 28H
What I did was simple: I actually got a couple of bras that I could find for sale, in a couple of the "equivalent sizes", that is, a 42A and a 38C. Results? 42A: Band a bit big, cup too small for me. 38C? Band a bit small and a rather huge cup that I couldn't fill either in area or sheer size. I mean if a 38C looked borderline ridiculously-big on me, just picture a 30G, if they even make it, how ridiculous it would be, a HUGE cup for my breast size and a tiny band along with it, so it, as a whole, would fit my real band size, with a wrong cup size, that just makes no sense at all!
Please by all means, do that experiment yourself if you think I am wrong, find the cell in the chart where your most comfortable size you actually wear is and see the "equivalent sizes", and then proceed to get a couple of bras in those sizes. See if they fit! They won't, and most probably will look and feel a bit ridiculous on you like they did on me, I am sure!
So yes, I could delude myself into thinking, based on that misleading chart, that "hey I am a 40B, but I am also a 34DD, yaaay!!! I have DD cups!!! Yeah right, nothing farther from the truth!!! 40B is for somebody with an underbust of approximately 35-36 inches underbust size and a REAL B cup breast size, while 34DD is meant for somebody with about 29-30 inches underbust and REAL DD cup breast size, it is that simple! Of course there are exceptions, but that would NOT fit the norm, it would be people with somewhat different breast shapes, but it wouldn't apply to the majority.
Bottom line (this is my 2nd "bottom line" in the very same post, sorry!), IMHO it is always better to use your REAL bra size than an "equivalent" size, just to feel like you have bigger cups than their real size and delude yourself into believing that's for real, but to each their own!
