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NovemberMum 
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 12:16pm |
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wear an underwire bra for one day if I am still breastfeeding?
I am going to be a bridesmaid for my sister in March this year and well my maternity bras don't give me much lift.
mind you I will have to get fitted probably get fitted and buy one Friday morning (have to leave Friday afternoon).
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lilfatty
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 12:28pm |
Im not sure why it would make a difference, I used to wear underwires when I was going out during the day when I was breastfeeding .. (they made my cleavage look nice) 
It was just a pain to have to flop out the boob instead of having a neat tidy clip on the bra 
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:05pm |
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Nah, for one day you'll feel like a million dollars. They only say no to underwire as it might block a duct but thats probably more of a problem in the early days than now.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:13pm |
There are the soft wire pregnancy bras, I saw them at farmers last week when I was getting new maternity bras for me.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:18pm |
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I started wearing underwires again while I was still BFing. Like NZPiper said I think that now that your milk is established it should be fine.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:20pm |
 LeahandJoel wrote:
There are the soft wire pregnancy bras, I saw them at farmers last week when I was getting new maternity bras for me. |
do u know what sizes they go up and approx what price?
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:22pm |
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This is a really good question. I hate maternity bras. They're uglier than feet and penises put together.
When is a safe time to start wearing underwires again?
Sorry to hijack but i've been wondering about this same topic quite a bit.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:27pm |
I put them back on relatively early (4-6 weeks) .. although not if I was mooching around the house, then I was all for comfort
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 1:40pm |
Danaj Bendon have some really nice range of softwire maternity bras which look good on.
I started wearing underwires again when Michaela was around 1yo.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 2:28pm |
I went into Bendon in Riccarton yesterday and was hugely disappointed with their range  No soft wire ones at all and only 1 style that wasn't a nursing one. I think I probably just caught them at a bad time for stock levels but annoying! Might have to check out what Ballantynes has.
Sorry that's nothing to do with the original post but am still interested to know for future reference! 
ETA: havn't had much luck with the range in Farmers either, will maybe check them out again though, especially as they have a sale on
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:20pm |
Sorry didn't notice prices or sizes once I realised they weren't maternity bras. I remember thinking they looked nice, fabric was lovely and they were a little lacy. Wish I had them when I was still pg.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:27pm |
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I actually have an underwire maternity bra so yep it's fine - but maybe do a trial run a week before to check you don't get any blocked ducts or anything.
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 7:31pm |
Danaj wrote:
This is a really good question. I hate maternity bras. They're uglier than feet and penises put together.
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I almost spat my drink all over my laptop reading that, hehehehehe!
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Posted: 05 January 2009 at 7:35pm |
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I bought one bendon maternity bra $50 basically & a waste of money....there were only two styles a few months back one cut me right under the arms and was such a lovely colour NOT & the other was black & made me pillow busted.
So I bought hotmilk BF bra's and have been wearing them ever since, Love them, give you awesome cleavage & they make you feel so sexy!
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Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:06pm |
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Go for it. The only concern I'd have is if I was big-breasted, would I be quite uncomfy? Try it one afternoon before the big day.
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Posted: 06 January 2009 at 9:22pm |
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Yeah like others have said go for it. I started wearing my normal underwire bras when Caprece was about 8 months and I had had quite a few blocked ducts in the early days but had none with underwires.
Since its only for the day anyway if you feel one coming on it will be pretty easy and quick to get rid of it.
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Posted: 06 January 2009 at 9:39pm |
busymum wrote:
Go for it. The only concern I'd have is if I was big-breasted, would I be quite uncomfy? Try it one afternoon before the big day. |
yeah alas for me I am rather big breasted so end up having to spend fortune in bras I had to buy maternity ones when I was around 25 weeks as my underwire ones were getting too uncomfy.
it will be at least 24 hours without me feeding Megan so I hopefully I don't get too much engorgement.
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Posted: 07 January 2009 at 5:35am |
Danaj wrote:
They're uglier than feet and penises put together. |
ha ha!!!!  very well put!
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