What would you rather be?

[TrekDianna]

I'm fine with what I have. I certainly don't want more. The only time I am irritated is when I bra shop and can only find underwire. I hate underwire and refuse to wear them. I hate the confining feeling. Mine is a 36C and I find it hard to believe that there are so many padded/pushups in that size. It seems kind of odd to me.

[zoom-zoom]

Mine is a 36C and I find it hard to believe that there are so many padded/pushups in that size. It seems kind of odd to me.

I've actually seen bras that add 2 sizes for someone who is already a C or D cup...beyond the pale!

I'm a 34D. Pre-surgery I was a 34DDD. When I was nursing my son and at my heaviest I was a 40H-I. Yeah, that was a rude awakening. I was a 38D when I got pregnant and went up 5-6 cup sizes, not the 1-2 that the pregnancy magazines claim.

I would have rather been a B-C after my reduction, but because I have a very wide breast base my surgeon explained that I would end up with "pancake boobs" if he took me smaller. My "girls" start in my pits and meet at my sternum. I need to wear very "full figure" or "full cup" bras (Lunaire have been the best for me and don't cost a fortune, even though they come in cute styles) or else they cut across the tops of my breasts and give me quadraboob, even if I'm not fully filling out the "tips" of the bra.

[skhill]

I've been both. At my heaviest, I was wearing a 40DD or so. Nowadays, 32A. I much prefer being smaller. A lot of tops are made for a bigger chest than I have, but it's not a big deal. There are plenty of bras out there that'll make you look a couple cup sizes larger, when it's needed...

And if being healthy and fit means being flat-chested for me, so be it. It's a very small price to pay.

[Biciclista]

I have been fortunate too. but i would never want to be BIGGER.

[maillotpois]

I don't mind being small at all. It was fun for the years I was breastfeeding to have boobs the size of large cantaloupes, but I prefer small for athletic stuff in general.

[Eden]

I've always been small on top and have never wanted to be bigger. Never understood the obsession some small women have with wanting to look like Dolly Parton. Would it have gotten me a lot of attention as a teenager, yeah - I had a friend who was my same height, but while a large T-shirt would come to my knees, on her it would have been stretched tight and barely a middie..... but I saw the kind of attention that got her and it wasn't appealing to me. I didn't think dirty old men leering at me in everywhere I went looked particularly fun.

Would clothing fit better? Maybe. Lot of things fit me like potato sacks, but just being bigger in general would probably fix that more than simply having bigger boobs.

[indysteel]

I've never worried that much about my size. I suppose it would be nice to be a solid B cup, only because certain styles and types of clothing don't fit me all that well, and I've sometimes struggled to find bras that fit. But beyond that, I don't do care. Now if I only had was as apathetic about my leg shape and size.

[indysteel]

well, i suppose it would be convenient if mine were both the same size.

lol!

[Swan]

I'd love to be smaller, but like you I'm not for a reduction. I'm just over five foot and a natural 40E... Because of quite a lot of teasing into my early adult years, I purposefully put on the weight around 14 years old to avoid being called a plastic tramp at a 30E -- rather, I'm now called a fat cow and my "fat" went right to my breasts anyway (pretty dumb of me I know!). But as you've said, any sort of clothing is a hassle, from buttoned blouses to swim suits to intimates to dresses... and then the constant back/shoulder pains and the awkward reaches and fumblings... eugh!

[GLC1968]

Well, I suppose it would be convenient if mine were both the same size.

I've never worried that much about my size. I suppose it would be nice to be a solid B cup, only because certain styles and types of clothing don't fit me all that well, and I've sometimes struggled to find bras that fit. But beyond that, I don't do care. Now if I only had was as apathetic about my leg shape and size.

These two ladies have summed it up for me!. If my smaller boob matched my larger one (having had a large lump removed when I was younger just made it worse, too!) then I'd have been a nice even B cup and many clothes would fit better. I have on more than one occasion been thankful for not being larger (having been an athlete my whole life) but other than that, I haven't given my chest much thought or priority in my life.

The flip side is that not having very good boobs has taught me to be very 'meh' about them all around. Every woman in my family has had breast cancer, so when I am diagnosed, I don't doubt that I will be doing away with them immediately. They do not define me as a woman and in a lot of ways, I'm thankful for that.

[nuliajuk]

I'm very pear shaped, have been all my life. As are all the women on my maternal side. So, I'd like to be bigger on top. Just enough to bring my bust closer in size to my hips.

[Jolt]

I'm fine with what I have. I certainly don't want more. The only time I am irritated is when I bra shop and can only find underwire. I hate underwire and refuse to wear them. I hate the confining feeling. Mine is a 36C and I find it hard to believe that there are so many padded/pushups in that size. It seems kind of odd to me.

I'm with you...34C here and wouldn't want them any bigger, especially being a smaller person in general. The padded/pushup thing is silly IMHO--false advertising! As for bra shopping, try Target--I just found some non-underwire, non-padded bras there that are pretty comfortable. I hate underwire too.

[TrekDianna]

I'm with you...34C here and wouldn't want them any bigger, especially being a smaller person in general. The padded/pushup thing is silly IMHO--false advertising! As for bra shopping, try Target--I just found some non-underwire, non-padded bras there that are pretty comfortable. I hate underwire too.

Very cool. I will check them out.

[jessmarimba]

I'm pretty flat - 34A and perfectly fine with it, though blouses tend to fit funny because they're always too big in the chest (and fortunately, I rarely need to wear them, so I'm not forever getting clothes tailored).

I've never been so thankful to be small chested as when my shoulder was broken and I could barely put a bra on, or when my back was stitched up and I couldn't wear anything tight over the incision.

And let me tell you, I definitely miss Patagonia's Barely A/B bra.