time to give them up?
I have a confession to make. I’m still wearing nursing bras. My son has been weaned for nearly a year (much too early, but thanks to the nerve medicine I had to take when I had shingles), but they’re so comfortable, I just can’t give them up. I look at them in my drawer, and they’re all ratty and horrible. Then I look at the other bras that I own, and I shudder when I think about the underwire.
It’s a little weird to write about this, knowing that my blog has two readers, and one of them is a man (hi daddychip!, thanks leggy!). But it’s been on my mind lately, so what the hell.
When I found this style of nursing bra, I remember going into the store to buy more and telling the saleswoman that I loved them so much that I could do ads for them. And normally, I’m not big on conversing with salespeople at all, much less about my breasts. But the thing is, I’m a plus-sized woman, and there just aren’t a lot of bras that are comfortable for us.
When I was younger (and skinnier), I used to mostly wear sports bras. But as far as I can tell, only the Marquis de Sade is designing sports bras for the overweight. I own some sports bras that have more hooks than a corset. They hook in the front AND in the back. Now, there is no bouncing around in these bras–they are very effective in the support arena. But in my day-to-day existence, I don’t really want to feel like I’m trying to pass myself off as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
But the reality of the matter is, I’m done having kids, and I’m done needing a nursing bra. Why, oh why, can’t Maidenform make something this comfortable?
