Where did you hear this? Aside from comfort or leakage, I don't see any reason why you NEED to wear one.

Trin

hi I'm new to this tribe but thought I'd pop in.J agree with the woman who said that what happens to your preasts durin and post- preg and breastfeeding is mstly genetics (or some other way the systemis rigged from the start.)

I'm fifty now and have been braless most of my life ( I was a teenaged hippie hirl, and pretty flat-chested) including during pregnancy at age 38 and then 5 years of breastfeeding. (yes I was one of those...my child is now a middle school honor student.) I;ve never had really large breasts (hey this is a little weird describing my bustline as an intro but whatever...)

without bragging, I hope, I was one of the fortunate ones,who as Ina May Gaskin put it in her book on breastfeeding, found that her breasts wer firmer, for the most part, and "better organized" whatever that means after going through pregnancy and nursing.

what I'm saying is that everyone is different and one of my male friends commented quite kindly years ago that breasts need to be viewed as "individual works of art." as well a few books do counsel AHAINST wering a bra because while pregnant or bf because it can block blood circulation and/or the milk ducts themselves.

as in most things, take care of yourself and go with what feels right for YOU. it's like diet or anything else to do with health' some people feel fabulous earing a vegetarian diet, some crave fish, some need a bra, some feel best braless.

I burst into chuckles a few years back when my then-boyfriend asked me..okay, this MIGHT sound like a brag bu it's not...whether other women were jealous of my breasts because they were in such good shape," not too big and not too small." I told him I was laughing because my un-curvy bosom was,if not the despair of my young life as a teen, at least a source of some dissaatisfaction on my part and some really stupid teasing by guys. if anyone had old me then that near the age of fifty someone would haev said my breasts were "perfect" I;d have roared in disbelief.

sometimes I;ve been known to pull off my shirt in front of younger woen (like in a clothing-optional setting) and say don;t be afraid of getting older, this is what 59 year old breasts and five eyars of nursinglook like. sometimes,

I do occasionally miss them being really round and full like when I was nursing and loved having milk in them anway..hope this is reassuring to someone.

a well fitting bra is the answer. if it's uncomfortable, then it doesn't fit right. you might have to purchase larger bras as your pregnancy progresses but it's worth it. my problem was that before i had my daughter i was a C cup. after i had her & breast fed i'm a B. go fig. also breast feeding isn't for everyone either. as much as it's pushed, it isn't always the right answer for you & your baby. i had a very hard time with it & my daughter refused to latch on correctly. this resulted in her wanting to be attached to me at all times, i was always sore & she wasn't gaining any weight. when we switched to formula we were *much* happier.

i gained a ton of weight during both my pregnancies and my boobs were HUGE, & often hurting & I found those strechy soft nursing sport type bras most comfy, and useful for nursing and a chaging breast size, Don't staps em up too high ^ or tight for fear of sagging, do what feel best to you and congrats on your little muffin,
barbarella (lactivist)

I say - wear one or don't, whatever makes you happier. I wore one all through my pregnancy, mostly for nipple suppression - I have some that stand up at attention at all times. I'm just commenting because you said that your breasts haven't grown all that much. Have you been sized recently? I remember the first time I got sized, at about 4 months pregnant. I had gone from a small, small B cup to a DD!!! I started crying in the dressing room (that poor sales lady) from the shock of it. I had NO IDEA, I just thought my bra was a little tight. To me, they looked exactly the same, just swollen.

Now my boobs are sub-A, and covered in strechmarks, and they sag a little. They look just like my mom's, and she never wore a bra.

S.