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Post-pregnancy breast size/weight loss/what clothes to keep?

laurenmae1228laurenmae1228 member
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So we're hopefully moving by the end of the summer, and I've been going through my clothes. Unfortunately, my weight has fluctuated tons in my life, so I have way too many clothes in all kinds of sizes. I'm trying to weed through.

I just came across my maternity clothes, and saw the bras I wore at the end of pregnancy/when nursing for the 2 months I could. They're freaking ENORMOUS and I have NO desire to go back to them!

Before getting pregnant, I was a 38DD. At the height of pregnancy/nursing, I was a 44F (and I only gained 18 pounds total! My ribcage expanded tons!) I'm now 10 pounds UNDER my pre-pregnancy weight, and my breasts shrunk a little, but they haven't returned to pre-pregnancy proportions. They're now 40DDD!

I am still very overweight, and I'm still losing more. I'm just trying to figure out what I can donate instead of storing (since I am determined that I will be a much smaller size for the next pregnancy), but since bras are expensive, are the ginormous ones worth keeping, in case they get huge again with a 2nd pregnancy? Since I'm planning to lose 60+ more pounds though, shouldn't my breasts shrink? (Although I've lost 10 pounds beyond my pre-pregnancy weight so far, and I thought they'd go back to normal by now, but they haven't!) I'm just trying to both save money and not store everything under the sun at the same time.

Any moms have experience with this/advice?

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  • BettyBloomBettyBloom
    I am saving my maternity clothes and bras. If the stuff fits, great. If not, I'll buy new. I got rid of anything I thought I'd never wear again or fit into again. I did keep my favorite stuff that I hope I will fit into.
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  • desertsundesertsun member
     
    Bras don't take up a ton of space to store. And they can be expensive. I don't really see the harm in hanging onto at least 2 for now. 
     
     
     
     
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  • blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
    imagedesertsun:
     
    Bras don't take up a ton of space to store. And they can be expensive. I don't really see the harm in hanging onto at least 2 for now. 
     
     
     
     

    this! 

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  • RMama2012RMama2012 member

    I hung on to mine since Ill only ever be that size pregnant/nursing.

    Also, I didn't buy regular bras during my pregnancy.  I bought the nursing bras and wore those for my pregnancy and breastfeeding time.  It saved me from buying extra bras in a size I wouldn't fit in after i was done nursing. 

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  • capuletcapulet member
    imageblushingbride_08:
    imagedesertsun:
     
    Bras don't take up a ton of space to store. And they can be expensive. I don't really see the harm in hanging onto at least 2 for now. 
     
     
     
     

    this! 

    Ditto.  Everyone is different.  My breasts got big by six weeks into my first pregnancy and have never gotten smaller.  I finally got rid of things that didn't fit in the chest once I weaned DD and it was clear I wouldn't be able to wear them again.  But I have friends who have nursed two babies and whose breasts are smaller now.

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  • laurenmae1228laurenmae1228 member
    Thanks everyone. You're right; even though they're big bras, they're still bras, so they wont take up too much space! I think I'm just in "get-rid-of-everything-under-the-sun-packing-mode". I should have gotten nursing bras; I just wasn't thinking that far ahead. The whole hindsight is 20/20 thing is kind of kicking me now. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that if I lose the weight I want, I cant possibly go back to a 44F, I HOPE!
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