It's official....I have nothing up top!
So I KNOW I've needed new bras for quite some time....in fact, I stopped wearing my only black one a few weeks ago because it was pointless to have on...and I was using these "bra" pads I had gotten for my wedding (I didn't need volume at that time...I just needed something to "push" them together for some cleavage because even though I was a DDD, they were not perky and I had to keep them together....
Anywho...went to Victoria Secret. That's where I had gotten the two bras I've been wearing (the afore mentioned black one and a beige one....)
So I asked to be measured. Now I didn't think the beige one was THAT big (in comparison to the black one, anyway....) That one was a 38 DD
When she measured me I thought for SURE she was wrong. But I went into the dressing room with that size just to prove her wrong. Unfortunately...she knew what she was talking about because the damn things fit.
36 B
My first bra as a teenager was a C.
C'mon now!
The idea of plastics is sounding better and better...
Hubby thinks I look "cute" in the bras.
Anywho...went to Victoria Secret. That's where I had gotten the two bras I've been wearing (the afore mentioned black one and a beige one....)
So I asked to be measured. Now I didn't think the beige one was THAT big (in comparison to the black one, anyway....) That one was a 38 DD
When she measured me I thought for SURE she was wrong. But I went into the dressing room with that size just to prove her wrong. Unfortunately...she knew what she was talking about because the damn things fit.
36 B
My first bra as a teenager was a C.
C'mon now!
The idea of plastics is sounding better and better...
Hubby thinks I look "cute" in the bras.
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
Pam,
Unfortunately WLS does make our boobs smaller. I also recently got measured at Victoria Secrets and went from 44DD to 38D. I have also been using the push up bras or the Mirecle bras and it seem to be helping but something will have to be done about them shortly. I did get a PS consult recently and he does seem to agree that I would need to get implants and a lift to get these babies up. Hang in there as Shauna said sit and wait to see what parts you don't like about yourself before you get the Plastics. I know I am going to sit on it until I figure out what I don't like before I go thru it. Oh just so you know I told the plastic surgeon that i want to be a size B not D or C as I have always been big up there and guys always looked at my boobs instead of my eyes I would always have to say my eyes are up here not down there so I totally feel your pain.
Unfortunately WLS does make our boobs smaller. I also recently got measured at Victoria Secrets and went from 44DD to 38D. I have also been using the push up bras or the Mirecle bras and it seem to be helping but something will have to be done about them shortly. I did get a PS consult recently and he does seem to agree that I would need to get implants and a lift to get these babies up. Hang in there as Shauna said sit and wait to see what parts you don't like about yourself before you get the Plastics. I know I am going to sit on it until I figure out what I don't like before I go thru it. Oh just so you know I told the plastic surgeon that i want to be a size B not D or C as I have always been big up there and guys always looked at my boobs instead of my eyes I would always have to say my eyes are up here not down there so I totally feel your pain.
-Shilpa
People comment on my over 100 pound weight loss and attribute it to my WILLpower, but it is my WANTpower: I WANT to be thin and healthy more than anything else!
First off, your new avatar just popped up - and you look great!!
And yes...I am waiting. I think I already know what I would like to have done....my boobs and my abdomen.
However.....hubby and I want to have kids and having plastics before that, well I might as well throw that money right into the garbage can. So that will wait, for quite some time I might add. Plus, we want to buy a house and are broke...so even if we save up $$ that should go towards a down payment, not towards a pretty body for me.
I actually would WANT to be a D cup....and apparantly according to a few people I've talked with who have watched shows on the topic...a 34D is different than a 48D....the cup itself is actually smaller? Interesting....
It is still quite a shock.
Pam
And yes...I am waiting. I think I already know what I would like to have done....my boobs and my abdomen.
However.....hubby and I want to have kids and having plastics before that, well I might as well throw that money right into the garbage can. So that will wait, for quite some time I might add. Plus, we want to buy a house and are broke...so even if we save up $$ that should go towards a down payment, not towards a pretty body for me.
I actually would WANT to be a D cup....and apparantly according to a few people I've talked with who have watched shows on the topic...a 34D is different than a 48D....the cup itself is actually smaller? Interesting....
It is still quite a shock.
Pam
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
We welcome you to the Itty Bitty Club with open and loving arms Pam. You'll probably hate it here but you can always look at it as a positive thing - having "tiny twins" is a great thing for us because it means we were successful with our weight loss.
My cups didn't runneth over quite as much as yours did pre-op but I did lose alot like you did. I was a 44DD pre-op, the bras I have now are a 34 B but I'm sure if I had guts to go and get professionally measured, I would probably be more like an A cup. Oh the horror!
Seriously though, for the most part I'm fine with it but there are times when it really upsets me so I'm working on saving money up for plastics. I don't know if I'll ever really go through with it or not but at least I'll have the money there for it if I do decide to do it.
My cups didn't runneth over quite as much as yours did pre-op but I did lose alot like you did. I was a 44DD pre-op, the bras I have now are a 34 B but I'm sure if I had guts to go and get professionally measured, I would probably be more like an A cup. Oh the horror!
Seriously though, for the most part I'm fine with it but there are times when it really upsets me so I'm working on saving money up for plastics. I don't know if I'll ever really go through with it or not but at least I'll have the money there for it if I do decide to do it.
When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila & salt and give me a call!Ahh....the long lost boobs!!!! Mine are an absolute disaster. I think I posted about getting new bras at Laney Bryant recently. I still had to get a D cup becase of all the stuff I had to grab from the sides so it wasn't hanging over!!! Absolutely pathetic!!! But the bra I got has these gel pads in the bra and it pushes them, not too much up, but in the middle and it actually makes me have some cleavage. I'm like whooohooo, it looks like I have boobs. I even showed Garry and said, "Doesn't it look like I have boobs again?" And he was like, "Yeah, it actually does." So I'm happy with the bras I got. But don't anybody ask me to take it off and show you what's underneath!!! OMG, they just fall down to my belly button :) Just horrifying :) But you know what??? I weigh 162 and not 385. So for right now I'm dealing with it, because I'm truly excited and thrilled that I am living life like never before.
Karen 
Hey Pam, wonder if WLS patients get bigger boobs when they get pregnant?? That happens to lots of women, so maybe if you get preggers yours will pop back up to a C or D cup?? You just never know!!
I'm down to a 42D from a 48 DD but if measured properly would probably find I'm smaller than that, but these cheap Penney's bras put the girls up where they need to be and keep everything tucked in - they are a sad sight in the buff, tho...then again I'm sure everything is!!
But like everyone else here I'll take the smaller, saggier body compared to the huge one I used to carry around - clothes can hide anything and maybe someday I'll be brave (and rich enough) to undergo the knife yet again. Time will tell...
I'm down to a 42D from a 48 DD but if measured properly would probably find I'm smaller than that, but these cheap Penney's bras put the girls up where they need to be and keep everything tucked in - they are a sad sight in the buff, tho...then again I'm sure everything is!!
But like everyone else here I'll take the smaller, saggier body compared to the huge one I used to carry around - clothes can hide anything and maybe someday I'll be brave (and rich enough) to undergo the knife yet again. Time will tell...
'One shoe can change your life'...Cinderella
I guess I'm the only one who still had to have a reduction post-op? Mine weren't going ANYWHERE, they were literally hanging on for dear life... I guess I can't be too upset, with a reduction also comes a lift :) I couldn't be happier that I had it done though... Went from a 36DD to about a 36D or 38C. They were completely reshaped and gave them "new life" Anyone who is considering a lift or anything else I would totally recommend it... The best part was I got it done in conjunction with my tummy tuck and the breast pain was minimal and barely noticable!
5 years post-op (September 19th 2005)
Back on track... and enjoying the ride
Back on track... and enjoying the ride
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