Implant Exchange (oYo) ~ Anyone go/stay SMALL?? (B cup)
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oh dear fluffquueen, I am so sorry to hear this news.
Keep up the good attitude, you are right in your thinking. This is a temporary setback!
I like to find the positive side of things, and everything usually happens for a reason, although we don't realize it at the time. We are here to support you, should you need an ear to listen, or just a shoulder to sniffle on!
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fluffqueen - I am so sorry for your setback and can only imagine how emotional this time has been for you - but you are sooo right in that this is temporary, you WILL be right back here waiting for your exchange date soon...and we will be here for you. And I have no doubt that you are going to have amazing results when all is said and done - I wish you all the best over the next few months and we will be here looking for you - don't be a stranger!
...many hugs to you!
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Fluffqueen, I am so sorry to hear you are going through this. It must be quite a shock, especially since you didn't even know you had an infection until recently! Wow. Did you have any trouble healing skin-wise?
Hope you get some needed rest and can just focus on chemo. There will be time for TE's! And as everyone above has said, you have a great attitude. Sending hugs!
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Fluff - I am so sorry to hear the news. But everyone else is right....this is a temporary setback. Delays are frustrating but the time DOES pass, we DO heal and we CAN move forward. Stay strong and positive. Get through what you need to and then you can face your recon again in 3 months.
And yes, please stay online....we would love to hear how youre doing. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}
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fluffqueen ~ everybody said it all...but I'd like to chime in that I would love to keep hearing how your doing and I'm sending you cyber hugs!! I hope these next three months goes by quickly for you.
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Hi ladies! This is a partial-post I also put on Bras 101, sorry for the repeat for some of you, but I wanted to share with my "smalled-cupped" friends, too! ...although you might take issue with letting me stay on the thread if you read on....
Well, today was the big day - my Nordstrom's fitting! I'll cut to the good part and tell my size - 32 DD!!!!!! I actually looked at her and said while laughing, "shut up, you must be joking!"
I was floored, but at the same time not surprised because of all the advice I've gotten on here. The news was definitley easier to hear since I was prepared that we measure out bigger than we look - phew! I am telling you- I SERIOUSLY look like a C cup. I am understanding the whole rationale about a 34 C being a "sister cup" to a 32 D, a 32 B is a "sister cup" to a 34 A, and so on... It's all about your rib-cage size and the cup is secondary. Since I have a small ribcage it pushed my cup size up - soooo crazy, huh?!?! ...and btw, I obviously never wore the right size before, I never wore smaller than a 34 band... I was so darn excited for the appointment I was like a kid on christmas day ;-) The woman who worked with me was spectacular - she spent two hours with me and had me try on probably 20 bras of different cuts, colors, etc. She was honsest in her opinions of what worked best on me and I left with 6 bras, a couple "utilitarian" , but pretty nontheless, then some demi's and a super-sexy push-up. She indulged my love of color, I got a couple in black, then one each in ivory, hot pink & a pretty red...even though she insisted I buy a nude colored bra - btw, am I the ONLY woman who never owned one before? I always bought white as my basic color, she told me always go nude for basic, not white - I obviously knew nothing pre-bc about this stuff! The woman who worked with me was all about variety and emphasized even everyday bra should be pretty bras...she was "required" to fit me with a booooring post-MX bra, but quickly mentioned I should look at the rest of the selection and pick from them. It was so much fun, I felt like I had my own personal shopper, she would just bring the bras back to me in a private room where I had such a lovely selection to choose from.
The saleswoman will be processing these through my insurance and I will probably pay somewhere between $50-100 total for the six bras. She told me to spread the word about Nordstrom's and their MX fittings. The story behind it she told me is the Nordstom brothers' mother had BC and this was their way to give back.
So, I had a super time, Nordstrom's really made it a relaxing and fun experience - don't know if I'll ever be buying 6 bras there again, my hub might take issue with my bras costing more than the grocery bill
...but I will be checking out ebay!!!Well, I'm off to model my bras for myself
...I called my hub at work to tell him my size - that'll really mess with his concentration!!! 
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Holy SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've only read the first part, but had to post this real quick! LOL!!! ... okay.. now I'll keep reading!!
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hahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW - SO DAMN CRAZY!!!!! ok, keep reading ;-)
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you have no idea, I literally raced home to get online and tell you guys!!!
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Okay, now I've read it all! lol!
I've never owned a "nude" bra before either, Megan! I did get one the other day at VS and have to say it is nice to wear under certain tops that I would have had to wear a tank top under before ~ but now you don't notice the bra at all.
Boy, I can't wait for my Nordy fitting! lol! So the 32 doesn't feel too tight on you? Why would you have not bought a 32 in the past? Or do more expensive bras just fit better so they don't feel as tight as cheap bras??
Do I need to change the title of the thread to "Anyone go/stay SMALL?? (DD cup) ROFL!!!!
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And what brands did you end up liking/getting?
Boy, I hope we have a good fitter at our Nordy's like you got. I would hope so, since the Nordstrom family is from the Pacific Northwest and started the business out here!
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Hey... just thought of something... would your DH let you post CLOTHED pictures of yourself??? I would love to see your alledged "C" boobs that measure a DD!! 0
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seriously - 32DD?!?! I am still laughing out loud here by myself! ;-) ...I cannot wait for you to get your size, then we will know if we are all frauds over here!!!!
The nude bra does just that - totally hides under clothing - I always thought they were boring and never thought the color might be useful for a reason!
The 32 doesn't feel tight - I feel "tucked in" I guess, I never thought about bra size before and wore them on the wrong notches too - the Nordies lady said to start on the furthest away notch and as the elastic stretches over time move in a notch - NEVER start on the tightest she said. I gotta say, the girls look good in a T-shirt in a nice bra that isn't a sports bra! Everything is smooth and lifted just enough. I only got one that has push up effect. The others are the thin lining like a T-shirt bra...cuz like I think you mentioned the other day there's no such thing as a truly unpadded bra nowadays...I tried on one and it was sooo shear and lacy, pretty but felt like there wasn;t much to hold 'everything' in place ;-)
I went with Natori, Betsy Johnson (that's my super-sexy fun bra!) and Chantelle for the majority...I'm going to post the makes/brands on Bras 101 when I get back from pickeing the kids up at school
...and YES! I am going to post some pics somehow of me online...I am so antsy to show you guys you have no idea!!!
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I would imagine you'd get a good fitter - call for the appt ahead of time...
...and for what they charge for these bras they better last forever - the average T-shirt bra was $78 dollars! Um,, yeah - I won't be paying full price for one of those! Check your insurance. The Nordies lady wanted to make sure I got the most out of the bra shopping. She was very sincere that after everything BC ladies go thru we deserve these pretty bras. She went to an all day training w/ Nordstrom's to learn about prosthesis fitting and BC stuff...seems the company educates their staff well...they have a prosthesis office out west (prob by you) that handles all the insurance stuff. Pretty helpful so far...
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Megan Holy Crap! 32DD???? I think a 32 would choke me youre either pretty tiny or we BOTH have been buying the wrong bras!!! I honestly would give anything to show the tag of my 32DDs to my BFF!!! LOL!!!! What a great day! I was sooooo excited to read all about it! Ill have to get myself to a Nordstroms somehow. I think there might be one in Columbus....FIELD TRIP!!!
Cant wait to see!!!!
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Congrats on a great day, Megan!
You guys have me cracking up! This thread is the most fun I've had on this site! Puts a happy spin on BC. And yes Susan I think you need to change the thread title!!
You are all making me really look forward to the TE finish line! ;-)
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Thank Sue & Rennasus - I was so excited to share this news on this thread - not only because of the nature of the sheer opposite size I have measured, but because this thread is one of the best! I just love sharing with you ladies!!!
Sue - I bet you'll be a 32. You have the same ribcage measurement as me and are tiny - so now you know if you venture to the world of 450's you'll probably end up a solid C cup like me, but with the shocking label reading DD!
I am being dead serious that I look like a C, I called my sister and she laughed at DD, saying I definitley don't look that big. I have friends who haven't seen me yet and I think I will wait to tell the cup size till I see them in person. I think talking DD but look like a C could get lost in translation! ;-)Definitley make the trip to a Nordies near you, or look around and see if you have any lingerie boutiques close by that specialize in fittings. Maybe they will accept insurance, too.
It's like it all made sense once I started processing the idea of band size. If I was a 34, I'd measure out a (large) C cup. I don't know whats wrong with me that I am just understanding this rationale now...
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Rennasus and Sue ~ not too long before you guys can join us on the "other side".
Megan...now wait.. if you were a 34..wouldn't it be a D cup... then 36 would be a C cup? I'm confusaled! (I had no idea about these sister sizes before BC either!!) Probably because when I would get thinner....my band size would go down...but my CUP size went DOWN too, not up!!! LOL!
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ok - I thought that me now measuring a 32 DD - if I gained weight and became a 34 band I would be a C cup...does this make sense below?
32 D = 34C
32C = 34B
34 B = 36A
etc, etc.....???????
I dunno...maybe I stilllll don't understand bra rationale...geesh! ;-)
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Wait... but you are a DOUBLE D, right?... so
32DD = 34D??
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oh good gosh I am super-slow about learning bra-stuff! I forgot about the double-D-thing...I guess when you spend your life in a little 'ole A, it's hard to figure out all these other letters and sizes!
...so yeah, I guess 32 DD = 34 D, so is that the way it goes down the line? Is a DD a full cup bigger than a D? Why did they have to use the double letter? Couldn't the people who started this whole size thing just have stuck to regular letters and not doubling up when they got to D? So A,B,C,D are cups sizes, then DD, E, EE, F,FF, etc.....? Why the double letter at D? anyone, anyone?!?!?
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You crack me up!! I looked it up and I think the only common "double letter" is with the D's. In Europe and French sizes you would be an E! 0
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And yeah... it goes A, B, C, D, DD, E, F...and than god knows what? lol! I swear I've heard people say triple D before though? .. .and wait... how come AA is SMALLER than A??
Anyhoo... glad you had such an awesome experience at Nordstroms Megan!!! I congrats on your new pretty DD bras!!
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This is the funniest thread ever. Wasnt there something about 'staying SMALL (B cup)?????' and now we are discussing the fine art of bra sizing over D's??? I am sure when bras were invented, not many women made it past D's, so when they did, they became DD's. Women over time are getting bigger...shoot my mom had an 18 inch waist when she got married! Then along came Jane Russell....she changed everything. I was watching a classic movie about the flapper era and those women had the littlest boobs which was sexy then. (my DH said you couldnt charleston with big boobs or youd hurt your date). I am sure as more and more women needed bigger bras, manufacturers were happy to oblige.
Thats my un-educated history lesson on the subject of boobs. At least my theory anyway!!! When I used to perform (cabaret singer), my costumers LOVED me because not many women could fit into period (antique) clothing....when I was 110 pounds and a 22 inch waist, I could fit into them. And these are costumes only from the 20's-40's.
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Susan does it SOUND better to be a AA than an A based on that rationale? Do they even MAKE AA's anymore? Some dodo told me once "A cup is what I drink out of" OK bitch, but when we are in our 40's Ill still be skinny and you'll still be ugly.
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ROFL with Suebee!!!!!!! OMG!! I LOVE IT!
I distinctly remember in my late teens (prob 19) ...and laying outside in the sun in swimsuits with my large busted "friend". All of a sudden she sits up and shouts, "God you've got tiny tits!!" I'm not kidding. What the hell do you say to that as a shy teen?! ... I certainly couldn't have said, "Thanks, and now can you move because your fat ass is blocking my sun!"
And yeah, Sue... we are in our 40's now and her boobs are still bigger than mine...but so is her ass!
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And NO, it does NOT sound better to be an AA does it?! How come it does to be a DD?
Wait.... actually, no matter how many A's how have (1, 2 even 3) ... still sounds bad! lol!
And..yes... they have AA's at Victoria Secret!!!
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Freakin' hilarious, you two!!!
I am seriously laughing so hard, really...your comments bring me back to some similar memories...
I was that girl who didn't need the bra, but wanted to need it anyway
...I remember boys snapping the girls' bra straps in 6th or 7th grade...and not being a "full time bra wearer" then it was a nightmare worrying that everyone would mock me...yeah... mock me now, jackasses!!!! LOL!!!
I like your explanation Sue about how bra sizes have gotten bigger, sounds perfectly rational and works for me :-) ....btw, you sung cabaret? How cool!!!
Susan, shows you what I know about bra sizes, first I forget about the DD-thing, ands I had no real clue where bra sizes went after that, anyway...and I almost forgot about AA!0 -
I forgot to comment on the cabaret singer mention.. that is WAY cool Sue! I always have been envious of people with beautiful singing voices! 0
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Oh how we could write a book on the horrors of going through our teens with teenie titties!!! SCARRED for LIFE!!!
yes Susan the lady that said that to my had a breast REDUCTION and she was making boob comments to me? She would understand breast-insecurity!! Ugly WITCH!!! LOL. In Boston we would say "Wicked Hag"...and she was!!!
And yes, I was in a performance troupe in Boston through my 20's. I wouldnt say I had the beautiful voice but I could belt out a song with the best of them! Its how i met my husband - we performed 6 shows together and he thought "I want THAT one!!!" So we eloped! Then I had kids and they wouldnt let me sing around the house. Nice. Bullied by my 2 year old. LOL!!!
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