When my cousin and I were younger, she told me sleeping in my bra would result in bigger boobs. I was a tomboy so I didn’t too much care, but I knew I never felt comfortable if I didn’t have a bra on. I wore sports bras for a few years and I don’t remember ever taking them off. It wasn’t until the first day of junior year of high school I noticed my breasts and I were a 34 C.
We had to wear white collar, polo style shirts for uniform, I think mine were a few sizes too big because it wasn’t until later year my friends started commenting on my breast size. By senior year I was into a D cup (and my pants size was 4). I loved Victoria Secret bras and often wore its padded bras, I just loved the enhancement.
Fast forward six years later, DDD breasts and a few backaches later. After having my daughter, I went up a bra size and it’s no cake walk. I can no longer wear Victoria Secret bras because they stop at DD. I usually have to buy my bras from Lane Bryant and Ashley Stewart, which are lovely places, but the bras don’t do it for me.
They just don’t fit right and aren’t as sexy as Vickies, they dont even come padded and don’t hold the girls like I’m use to. Since having larger breast, I have a harder time finding tops to fit right. I love buttoned shirts, but I hate how the button right at my breasts gaps, which means I have to leave it unbuttoned.
Let’s not get started on cleavage. If I want to show cleavage, it just isn’t a good look. And the backaches are ridiculous.
I had a conversation with a few of my coworkers, who have different boob sizes, about if they’d consider reduction or implants.
“I like the size of my boobs but buying clothes is sometimes difficult because they’re so much bigger than the rest of my body,” says Heather McGraw, whose a size C or D depending on the bra.
“Obviously guys like bigger breasts most of the time, which was nice growing up. But now I’m just that much more concerned about sagging and cancer.”
I know first hand about sagging. Which is why I like the idea of padded bras for bigger breasts. I don’t understand why the cute bras are reserved for smaller sizes. Don’t get me wrong there are cute bras for bigger women, but I can’t find them often.
I’ve considered reduction because of the terrible back pains I’m having. I doubt I would ever do it, but I’ve thought about it. There have been nights I’ve had to sleep with a heating pad on my back from the weight of my breasts.
Heather says she’d consider a reduction, too.
“If I was rich, I might consider augmentation,” says Heather. “[But] after I knew I was done having kids and breast feeding. But there’s a lot of extenuating circumstances. I wouldn’t ever get implants, and I wouldn’t want much of a reduction. Maybe just some minor lifting and tightening.”
Katy Neilsen, who’s extremely athletic, says she’s happy with her B cup breast. She says smaller breasts help her move easily.
“I guess society tells women they are supposed to have big boobs,” says Katy. “The catch is you’re supposed to have big boobs but a small waist. My body is beautiful just the way it is, no matter what Victoria Secret commercials imply. I think I would feel less comfortable doing all the sports I do if my boobs were too big, at least that’s what I’d assume. Plus, I don’t have to worry about back problems or sagging.”
My best friend has A cup breasts and asked for implants for her undergraduate graduation a few years ago. She didn’t get them. But said when she lands a better job, she will pay for them herself.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my body. I love being a full-figured woman and have no problem with it. But it’s not all glitter and glam having big breasts. I wouldn’t mind having DD breasts again, a cup size does make a difference.