https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:23:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597173 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:19:09 +0000 MrsKoala 2597173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: ha if the question is about big boobs or tall people, I'm your girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597128 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:17:10 +0000 psw27 2597128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the same sizes as you (30 band size - ballooned to a G during nursing period!) I got everything at Nordstrom - I went in and got measured but I ended up with Freyas and Natori, they were so comfortable! I think this was my favorite: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/nursing-bras/freya~4375" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/nursing-bras/freya~4375</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597103 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:38:01 +0000 tofuwad 2597103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try Nordstroms (I believe they can also convert bras to nursing bras). I've also seen that Cake brand has a great selection for small band.</p> <p>And I went from a 32/34 band up to a 38 during pregnancy (I gained 25lbs) and now I'm back below my pre-pregnancy weight and I'm back to a 32/34. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597068 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:40:14 +0000 snowjewelz 2597068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a 32DD pre-preg... After I had DD, my band size went up to 34 for some reason! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597062 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:28:48 +0000 pwnstar 2597062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I am typically a 32D. Fwiw, after the initial few months of maternity leave, I didn't wear a nursing bra during the day (I wore a sleep bra or a Coobie bra at night). I just wore a regular underwire bra . . . I could easily move or fold down a cup for nursing (I used a different bra entirely for pumping). Just something to keep in mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2597053 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:15:30 +0000 Iced Tea 2597053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I was in the city for five years, but we moved away 2 years ago when I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2596817 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 05:30:22 +0000 LCTBQE 2596817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I googled and that place got terrible yelp reviews--thanks, I will try another.</p> <p>@IRunForFun: yes, exactly--S M L is so useless and ill-fitting. sizing drives me crazy. But look @MrsKoala: has underwire reco's, thank you! MrsKoala I think the last time we talked you were advising on being too tall for strollers--I should just go straight to your wall :wink: :heart: </p> <p>@Iced Tea: awesome, thanks for speaking to the far apart/close together aspect--that's a big deal (and it's so funny how differently we're all built). I've actually gotten 34D bras and size M bikini tops altered before to bring the sides in just to get that wider-set cup, I just don't want to spend millions of dollars on nursing bras when they're fairly short-lived. I will try the ones you mentioned, though! I made a big list from this thread of everything to look at :) and didn't know you too were in the city. Orchard St Corset is weird/great, I love that they're still in business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595667 Sat, 30 Jul 2016 03:20:48 +0000 MrsKoala 2595667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can still wear underwire! I highly recommend Le Mystere, Cake or Hotmilk nursing bras and I believe two out of three are available at Nordstrom online. I bought The Hotmilk bra that I have on Gilt I believe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595623 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:08:09 +0000 Iced Tea 2595623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a similar shape; it can be difficult. I like Cake, but you might like the Bravado Bliss. The cups are farther apart on it (too far for me, really; my girls are close together). </p> <p>For Cake, you probably won't like the Banana Parfait because the cups are close together. There are several wider options though. </p> <p>I would buy a 30 band. Most of the nursing/maternity bras have extra hooks (often 6 total) to allow for expansion (or you can add extenders). That way you can still wear it after your ribcage goes back down. </p> <p>As for bra shops in the city, I was impressed with Orchard Street Corset, though I never shopped for nursing bras there. It's really old school and they carry some less expensive small band size bras. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595593 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:08:39 +0000 IRunForFun 2595593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: Yeah, I feel you. I was at 30DD pre-pregnancy and at 14 weeks I'm a 32F. So I've been researching my options for when they inevitably grow even more later and then after birth. Wireless one-size or S/M/L bras do absolutely nothing in the way of support for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595589 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:01:45 +0000 hilsy85 2595589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I didn't go there but have heard terrible things about the service. I would check out yummy mummy, town shop, or bra smyth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595538 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:16:45 +0000 LCTBQE 2595538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: @Mrs. Pickle: OMG Soma sells full-coverage granny panties!! these are surprisingly impossible to find, def ordering some if I ever have this baby :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595534 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:13:49 +0000 LCTBQE 2595534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: @avivoca: @Ms.Badger: @jape14: @pregnantbee: @IRunForFun: @youboots: @sunny: thank you ladies so much for these very specific and helpful recommendations. gives me hope that I won't have to be hating life with my boobs until 2018 (well, at least where bras are concerned). I'm new at this and hadn't heard of any of these brands, but excited to try them all. definitely noted on the fluctuating size issue--I have a few nursing tanks that I actually really like that I think could get me through mat leave, so maybe I'll just wear those until things settle down a bit. </p> <p> @hilsy85: someone IRL just told me about the store The Upper Breast Side. did you ever go there? sounds like an old-school women with measuring tapes fitting place. and they sell the Elle McPherson line there :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595522 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:53:00 +0000 sunny 2595522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cake bras come in 32 band size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595511 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:02:04 +0000 youboots 2595511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also got Cake bras from Nordstrom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595487 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:10:32 +0000 IRunForFun 2595487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a Belabumbum bra on Bare Necessities that had band sizes 30/32/34 and cup sizes up to F. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595486 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:07:58 +0000 pregnantbee 2595486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd wait on getting really nice nursing bras until your size settles a bit. I ended up with Anita underwire and liked them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595477 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:48:42 +0000 jape14 2595477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a similar size (32c pre-preg, 32ddd(?) right before giving birth) and small band, medium size, wider-set. I really liked Cake nursing bras. I also liked a few from Motherhood Maternity; there was a Jessica Simpson one (random) that I really like - I think it was this one: <a href="http://www.motherhood.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=91949Z10361&#038;MasterCategory_Id=MC29" rel="nofollow">http://www.motherhood.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=91949Z10361&#038;MasterCategory_Id=MC29</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595468 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:38:06 +0000 Ms.Badger 2595468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore Cake nursing bras for longer than I care to admit. This is/was my favorite: <a href="https://www.cakematernity.com/creme-brulee-bra" rel="nofollow">https://www.cakematernity.com/creme-brulee-bra</a></p> <p>I wore the wireless in the beginning because i was getting a lot of plugged ducts, but they have underwire too (which i am still wearing even though I weaned 2 months ago, no shame). They appear to go down to 32 band size but not smaller<br /> ETA: <a href="https://www.cakematernity.com/rose-mousse-bra" rel="nofollow">https://www.cakematernity.com/rose-mousse-bra</a> this one comes in 30 band size </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595451 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:14:38 +0000 avivoca 2595451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I love love love my nursing bra and regular bras from Soma. This is the one I wore:</p> <p><a href="https://www.soma.com/store/product/embraceable-full-coverage-contour-nursing-bra/570077514?color=719&#038;catId=cat5579277&#038;fromSearch=true&#038;scPos=1-1-1142" rel="nofollow">https://www.soma.com/store/product/embraceable-full-coverage-contour-nursing-bra/570077514?color=719&#038;catId=cat5579277&#038;fromSearch=true&#038;scPos=1-1-1142</a></p> <p>I also love that they are Buy 2 for $59. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595432 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:57:32 +0000 hilsy85 2595432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had good luck with Elle Macpherson bras--I was also a 32 DD. @Mrs. Pickle: agree re: waiting to buy bras til you are like 6 weeks post partum. I would try to get thru til then, since your band size/cup size will likely change again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595427 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:53:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2595427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my nursing bras at Soma. I'm a 32DD while nursing. They have underwire and are nice and supportive. They aren't the sexiest bras I've ever owned though.</p> <p><a href="https://m.soma.com/store/product/embraceable-full-coverage-contour-nursing-bra/570077514?color=&#038;catId=&#038;fromSearch=true" rel="nofollow">https://m.soma.com/store/product/embraceable-full-coverage-contour-nursing-bra/570077514?color=&#038;catId=&#038;fromSearch=true</a></p> <p>You may want to wait to buy a ton of nursing bras until your milk comes in. I went back down to my original band size after I delivered and went up another cup size when my milk came in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-band-size-nursing-bras#post-2595423 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:46:26 +0000 LCTBQE 2595423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies, need recommendations from anyone with a similar figure! </p> <p>I'm 36 weeks, pre-pregnancy bra size was a 30C, right now I'm a 32DD. I got the Bravado silk seamless nursing bra in size S and hate it--it's riding up on the smallest band setting, I dislike the cup inserts, and feel like I'm wearing a sports bra and badly miss my underwire. Everyone seems to love this bra; should I just get used to it, or is there something better out there? My problem with bras always is that my band size is really small, but my boobs are medium sized and wide-set. </p> <p>Money is no object here, I would be happy to deplete my IRA for a bra that doesn't drive me crazy for the next year. </p>