https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:29:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2339224 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:55:04 +0000 youboots 2339224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked cake nursing bras from Nordstrom. They are stretchy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2339223 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:53:20 +0000 atoz 2339223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the advice! I will definitely check out the bravado...sounds like it's worth it to get a nursing bra along the way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336223 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:42:38 +0000 Torchwood 2336223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had gone ahead and gotten nursing bras. If nothing else, it would have been one less thing to worry about getting once she was here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336208 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:25:29 +0000 babybean404 2336208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought 2 bravado nursing bras as soon as my pre-pregnancy bra felt uncomfortable, which was early on! Still wearing the same bras and my LO is 14 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336201 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:21:23 +0000 gingerbebe 2336201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore Coobies until 36 weeks when I couldn't handle any binding on my rib cage at all. So then I wore tank tops with soft shelf bras and put cutlets in them to hide the nips. After I gave birth I pretty much just lived in nursing tanks with disposable Lansinoh nursing pads in them. The nursing bras made my ribcage uncomfortable still so I wore them rarely. My favorite nursing tanks were actually these über cheap ones from the Walmart website - like 2 for $25. The kind I got were flared so they were looser over my PP belly, good thick straps, and the clips snapped and unsnapped so easily. They weren't much to look at but I actually liked them better than my Bravado ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336186 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:08:14 +0000 mfa_lady 2336186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Coobies all the way! They make a nursing version now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336116 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:19:02 +0000 ms.line 2336116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! I'm on my third bra size and I'm only 23 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336091 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:56:50 +0000 DesertDreams88 2336091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pre-pregnancy I was a B. Start of 2nd trimester, I had grown to a D, and bought these: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/iLoveSIA-Womens-Seamless-Nursing-Bralette/dp/B016MWTJSI" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/iLoveSIA-Womens-Seamless-Nursing-Bralette/dp/B016MWTJSI</a><br /> The elastic band is so comfortable, and the padding gives enough coverage - my nips are a lot more sensitive now and like to stand out ;) and the price is great.</p> <p>Now I'm at the start of my 3rd trimester and verging on a DD, so I bought another set, sizing up. I wanted more, and I wanted the option of a bigger size. </p> <p>They are the only bras I wear, starting at about 20 weeks. I hope they will last me through nursing. The coobie bra stopped fitting around 17/18 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336048 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:11:02 +0000 PawPrints 2336048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sized up once during pregnancy and bought a soft no-underwire bra in one cup larger than I normally wear. That bra did not fit me at ALL after my milk came in. My ribcage expanded a lot during/after birth plus of course my boobs were enormous. I bought a stretchy sleep bra and a couple nursing tanks once I was a few weeks postpartum.</p> <p>[ETA] I looooved the Coobie bra for most of my pregnancy but it is not a good bra for nursing and pumping. The clips require too much effort to do/undo all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336036 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:54:38 +0000 kitty 2336036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a few nursing shelf bras and sleep bras during pregnancy and they still fit but only just. About 6weeks pp I bought 2 proper nursing bras 2 sizes up from my original size because even the sleep bras were too tight and cutting across my areola which I think contributed to a bleb.</p> <p>I like the cake maternity bras but they aren't cheap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336031 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:50:32 +0000 ldh112 2336031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Same here! I followed their size guide with no issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2336024 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:44:02 +0000 simplyfelicity 2336024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bravado Seamless Bra...they have a great website but also sell on amazon. I feel like they give more support than some other popular bras </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2335962 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:47:11 +0000 snowjewelz 2335962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave up trying t figure it all out. I am big chested but I just wore Coobie bras (basically a comfy cushy self bra) with room to grow. Then I went to non-wire nursing bras, and now back to Coobies now that I weaned. Eventually, I'll get a bra.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2335958 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:45:18 +0000 rattles 2335958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I bought a size up (32g) in the middle of my pregnancy and then bought 2 nursing bras at 37 weeks and 2 more when she was 3 weeks (same size, 34 h/i). When she was 15 months and still nursing, I bought new nursing bras in a smaller size (34e). I wore those through my second pregnancy. My second kid is just shy of her first birthday. I can still wear that size or my original, pre-preg bras (32f). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-for-pregnancy-amp-nursing-what-did-you-do#post-2335951 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:34:34 +0000 atoz 2335951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When it came to buying bras during your pregnancy, what did you do? Did you find you had to size up multiple times? Did you just go straight to a nursing bra? What would you do differently?</p> <p>Any tips or brand recommendations are appreciated, too. Thank you!! </p>