https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:31:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139699 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:37:32 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 2139699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all! Yeah the one I liked from Target was unlined and stretchy. So hopefully they would work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139695 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:35:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2139695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd have her pick up nursing tanks and stretchy sleep bras. I didn't wear proper nursing bras until three months, my boobs were all over the place size wise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139690 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:32:09 +0000 MrsKoala 2139690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My advice is to buy an unstructured nursing bra in SML sizing for the beginning and then buy a nursing bra in the size that you are 6 weeks postpartum. That's when your breast size seems to normalize more. Some people say that the bra size that you are in the last trimester of pregnancy will indicate your nursing bra size but I found that to be BS. I was actually a band size smaller and a cup size bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139675 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:21:09 +0000 Banana330 2139675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i bought a few and it ended up that the cups were too big. I found my band sized changed (up one or two sizes) but my cup size didn't (yet i'm 39 w). I would buy one that fits now and not to anticipate change. Most are stretchy in the cups a bit and you can always get extenders for the bands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139664 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:17:59 +0000 BlueWolverine 2139664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I'd just live in nursing tank tops or stretchy general sized nursing bras until you get a little established with nursing. I bought a few expensive ones when LO was about a month old and they lasted me until we weaned at one year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139659 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:15:30 +0000 macintosh 2139659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with just stretchy ones that come in S, M, L. I couldn't find any in my actual size - 40B. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139657 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:15:05 +0000 Mamaof2 2139657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My band size never changed but I went from a AA, to a A, to a B in pregnancy </p> <p>I bought bras at Motherhood Maternity and they told me to buy C's for when my milk came in - I thought they were crazy but yep, I needed a C!</p> <p>After a few months I went back to a B cup then back to an A around 1 year and then sadly back to a AA.</p> <p>With that said - whatever you buy, get a few cup sizes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139656 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:14:19 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2139656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought without trying on and even as my milk came in, it fit fine because it was stretchy. I was a 34B before and bought a Medium. The Target ones were a lot thinner than the regular Bravado bras. I bought both, but liked the regular better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-i-need-to-try-on-a-nursing-bra-before-buying#post-2139653 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:11:45 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 2139653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How crucial is it? I only ask because the cheapest ones I've seen here are at least 50 bucks. I saw some ones at Target online I like that I could have MIL bring back for me when she goes to VA in a few weeks. </p> <p>I started out a 34A, then over the holidays I got measured again at 36B. Now at 25.5 weeks, I may have grown a teeny bit more, but then I heard/read you grow a ton more when your milk comes in...? </p> <p>Should I go for it now, or just wait? </p> <p>(I've seen some people selling theirs online locally, but TBH that kinda just skeeves me out.) </p>