Maternity Bra Fitting Guide

If you are pregnant then your breasts will experience some changes through your pregnancy and after the birth during the nursing stage and it is important that you are wearing a well fitted bra.

It's advisable to have a professional fitting at about 3 or 4 months into the pregnancy and then again at about 7 months.

During pregnancy, breast become fuller, heavier and more sensitive. The bras that you wear through pregnancy need to be:

• Comfortable.
  
• Flexible.
• Provide good support.
  
• The cups should provide good coverage.
• A cotton cup lining is preferable.
• Bras should not have seams that irritate the breast or nipples.
• The back of the bra should not ride up.
• Have comfortable soft straps that don't dig into the shoulders.
  

Nursing bras need to be:

• Comfortable.
• The cups should have enough room to insert breast pads.
  
• The maternity clip on the nursing bra should be easy to unclip especially with one hand.
• The A-frame of the nursing cups should sit comfortably across the top of the breasts.
• The nursing cup opening should not cut into the skin.
  
• There shouldn't be a gap between the top of the cup and the A-frame cutout.
• The back of the bra should not ride up.
• Have comfortable soft straps that don't dig into the shoulders.
  

There is debate about whether the maternity or nusring bra should have wires as some believe that the wires restrict the growth of the breast during pregnancy.

If you are pregnant and would like a bra fitting or would like any help and advice about maternity and nursing bras then contact the Ample Bosom office and one of the team will be more than happy to advise you.