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YES YES YES!!! I share your anguish. I started out as a 34DD/E and now 11 weeks in it is time for a new bra. I ordered some pretty Everly Grey maternity dresses online (on sale so not returnable) and when I tried them on, the empire "waist" was up around the middle of my boobs! They look absurd. They were clearly meant for a woman with B cups, max. My boobs are literally more than twice the capacity of the dress!
Why don't manufacturers realize that pregnant women have bigger boobs than a size zero model???
And does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes maternity dresses that are made to fit a larger bust properly?
I'm sorry that you are having such a hard time! I am also well endowed and I have had luck finding bras at figleaves.com. I popped over there and saw that they had some at pretty reasonable prices in your size, so maybe you want to pick up a new bra that works better with tops? I thought this one was cute, and you can wear it with lower cut tops if you are comfortable to do that: http://www.figleaves.com/us/product.asp?product=figleaves-basics-Cotton-and-Lace-Moulded-Padded-dd+-Bra&product_id=FIG-SS092185&size=36g&colour=Multicoloured
I know it is hard to adjust to a rapidly changing body. When I was in college I went from a 32B to a 32DD in two to three months, and I wasn't even pregnant! I bet it is so much harder having to deal with a growing belly and boobs! Good luck finding cute clothes. I have never been pregnant so I don't have any experience with maternity clothes.
I have learned a lot about being more well endowed being pregnant - I sympathize with what you larger busted women have to deal with normally! I went from a 32B to a 36D by second trimester. The types of tops I can wear now is completely different and I inadvertently find myself flashing more cleavage than I mean to because, well, I have never had any before! And then there is being uncomfortable without a bra on - another problem my previously little perky breasts never encountered before. I can't imagine finding maternity clothes with DD++
I think this shirt is cute, and it doesn't look like it would be too warm or low cut:
add me to this thread! I was a 34DD when I got pregnant...sometime about 15 weeks I went for a fitting and went to 36F for one bra @ 38DD for another (w/o gaining a lot of weight!) now I'm 28 weeks and living in denial...will probably get fitted again soon...today, I'm wearing an XL shop I bought used (and couldn't try on)...this will be my last time wearing it, as the "empire line" keeps creeping up...an XL! granted, I'm not a tiny thing, but come on!
I've basically had to give in that more cleavage than usuall will be shown, and I've mostly been looking for dresses to wear. If the summer dresses are too strappy/low cut, what I'm doing is buying some lighter winter dresses on super clearance and getting the sleeves chopped off. I also bought a ton of tanks on sale @ Motherhood, and if I'm feeling more conservative, I wear them backwards under my other clothes! I swear, no one has noticed the switcheroo.
Also, be prepared that it will be hard to find nursing bras/tanks, but I've heard Bravado is a good one for the larger breasted mamas.
Hope that helps!
hey im not preggers, but i do have 32GG size "women" and i feel your pain. usually i have to buy tops to fit the larger part of my bust and tailor the sides down so i dont look like i am wearing a muumuu all my tops i wear a cami with though. i used to be able to find these HALF camis - that were liek stretchy bras, but they didnt support anything they were like a little dickie for my boobies :) that way i didnt look like a porn star in everything i wore :)
I just wanted to write to say you are hilarious and i hope you find a cage for those puppies soon! ;)
Thanks for all the commiseration! At least I'm not the only one. I am sure there are things out there for me somewhere ... I'm not the greatest shopper in the world, I admit. I hate buying stuff online because I really need to try things on. Just because the size is theoretically right doesn't seem to mean anything and the returns are such a hassle. Also, money is something of an issue and I just don't have tons of money to spend on clothes when we have to start thinking about all the other baby stuff.
@snmcdowell
Oh man, yes, the empire "waistline" in the middle of the boobs look. I know it well. I NEVER wanted to wear that style before I was pregnant, because, well, it usually made me look pregnant when I wasn't! Now I want to and I can't. Sigh.
I did find one very pretty maternity dress that fit my large bust quite well. It is by Olian and the dress is called Alexandra. If your bust is larger than a DD you would fit in the size Large.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3081494?cm_cat=datafeed&cm_pla=dresses:women:dress&cm_ite=olian_maternity_'alexandra'_voile_dress:288956&cm_ven=Froogle&mr:trackingCode=07C6006E-1968-DF11-9DA0-002219319097&mr:referralID=NA
LOL You girls are scaring me! I'm a 34D normally - what the heck is going to happen when I do get preggers!?!? AHHH!!! :)
a good seamstress could help! I had a bm get pregnant after w ebought the dresses and she had the top rebuilt since she went from a DD to like a G. She doesnt stand out in the pics as having too much cleavage since her seamstress did a great job. it might be worth it to just have a couple cute tops made you could wear through the summer. Maybe an etsy seamstress could help you?
I can only imagine how frustrating this must be. As a tiny boobed girl myself, I've been VERY excited at the increase I've had in these first 2 months. Good luck finding clothes you're happy with that also don't cost a fortune!
That Nordstrom's dress is very pretty! I have a wedding to attend in August, so I will keep that one in mind.
So funny, I just remembered I was complaining to my sister about this. My sister is one of these lucky women with nice, polite breasts perfectly in proportion to the rest of her body. She is trying to give me helpful suggestions and somewhat floored by what I paid for the bra at the specialty shop. I said to her, "Do you realize what size I am? I am 36G. GEE." Silence. "You didn't even know that was a size, did you?" ha ha ha
I might sew myself something, if I can find a decent pattern. I haven't sewn anything for about 15 years, but surely it's like riding a bike?
I am like a negative A so if all my weight goes to my boobs when I get pragnant. Praise the Lord! Ha!!!!
Ditto Miss Snowflake! I'm already a DD/E, this is going to be very scary, no lie.
Screw it, I'm going to make my own damn clothes when the time comes....
=]
MRs Avocado posted these really sweet camis that she wore when she was pregnant but i can't find the post anymore. They're like shelf bras just for the top and since they are modest, they'd give you most coverage and support. You could wear them over a regular bra but they looked comfy
Ugh. I'm with you "not pregnant but don't even want to think about the bra effects" ladies. How much does band size usually increase with pregnancy? I'm a 30D, and if the band doesn't go up a few inches, I'm screwed. I'll either have to wear sackcloth or go the Dolly Parton route. Decisions, decisions.
@fontgoddess - I just realized we were date twins! HA! :) I already have a hard time finding tops that don't make me look like an off-duty stripper.
Mumus. Mumus MUST be the answer! LOL
@Miss Snowflake
OMG, I actually saw some mumus at some crazy store the other day and suggested to DH I should try the Mrs. Roper look. LOL.
On the bright side, DH is quite pleased with my new earth mother figure, however badly it's dressed at the moment. Which is just as it should be, since as I like to remind him, it's all his fault! :-)
@Minutiae
Re: band size ... I really don't know. I've gained 16 lbs and gone up about 3 inches around the ribcage so far, and I'm at the halfway mark. I've looked on pregnancy forums for answers to this question and it seems that every woman is different. Some don't change size at all, band OR cup! How is that possible? So unfair!
I think my boobs are STILL growing. I'm afraid. I already spent over $200 on bras while I was prego. Now I continue to have to buy new nursing bras! And to make it worse, my lactation consultant doesn't recommend the ones that pull up over your boobs because they can cause clogged ducts! So that cuts the possibilities in HALF!
@ejs - Girl, don't lie... you know you feel like one with all the cleavage sometimes! ;)
MightySapphire, please stop scaring me. Or at least please tell me the "no underwire when you're breastfeeding" thing isn't true? I cannot NOT have underwire.
@fontgoddess: As long as you're wearing the correct size, underwires are fine. The only problems are when the bra is too small and the underwire bites in. But that sounds uncomfortable anyway...
Oh good, without underwire I inevitably get the uniboob. Which at this size or larger would be downright frightening. 
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OK, I am SO happy and thrilled to be pregnant but what is with the exponential increase in my boobs? I swear, the first five pounds I gained went straight there. Last week I finally gave up on the useless department store bra departments (and the maternity store was actually WORSE in this regard) and went to the specialty bra store for a fitting. Holy moly, I've gone from a 34D to a 36G in 20 weeks! OK, fine, spent the ridiculous amount of money for a bra that worked and am just praying it will fit until I have to get the nursing bra later ...
So anyway, I thought, well, now that I have a bra that fits maybe I can find some nice maternity tops that don't make me want to commit suicide. Yeah. Not so much. Surely I am not the only freak of nature with the big boobs? Why are all the bloody maternity tops so tight and/or low cut? I hate crew necks, especially for summer, but all the V-necks and scoop necks are just too low. Anything that accommodates the girls (or I suppose I should call them the women now) pretty much shows off half the not-at-all-sexy-but-very-comfortable bra I just bought. Why do I have to be sexy on top of being pregnant? I don't need to be a yummy mummy. Can't I just look cute and matronly?
"Well, you could wear a cami underneath," said the saleswoman helpfully. No I can't wear a freakin' cami in this weather (hot and really humid) and besides the camis are all TOO BLOODY LOW CUT as well. (I didn't say that, just thought it.)
It's just so frustrating. I was practically in tears. I have always had a hard time finding decent-fitting tops, even when I wasn't pregnant, but now it's practically impossible. I finally bought some cheap T-shirts at WalMart of all places because believe it or not, they were the least disgusting looking thing I found in an afternoon of looking.
I wish I was a clothing designer. I would design a line of tops that make us more generously endowed ladies feel like we're not some kind of freakshow.
Okay, I feel a bit better now. I think I will go out for a walk.