how many nursing bras do you have?

[indigo]

Wondering how many nursing bras you have, or recommend to have? I am six weeks into my BF "career" and am wondering whether to buy more bras. I would like to have a couple more (different colors, rotate thru the wash) but am curious whether my size will still change much from this point forward? I hope to nurse at least for six months, and preferably a year. DD is our first child and we hope to have at least another.

Right now I have two Bravados that I mostly sleep in, and a Leading Lady #449 . (I also have a lace underwire nursing bra from Mimi Maternity that I bought on sale - because it was pretty! - but it's very uncomfortable so I'm not counting it as part of my wardrobe.) I'm thinking of getting another Leading Lady (has anyone tried #434?) and perhaps another Bravado. Any thoughts?

[Momof3Labs]

I think that I had three to begin with, but as I lost pg weight and my body shape changed, I had to get new (smaller) nursing bras. That was probably around 5-6 months? Bravados have a pretty wide size range, though, so you have a good chance of being able to continue to use those as your size/shape changes.

[llcoddington]

I have three Motherhood Maternity bras- all exactly the same. They fit me, they are comfortable and I haven't felt I needed more.

I think I am a bit smaller than I was a few months ago, but these bras are still doing the job.

Lana
mommy to Lauren 12/5/03

[miki]

I haven't needed to get different sizes but I did need to get new ones because DH put them through the dryer. I have 2 Anita bras. More would be handy but I'm too cheap to spend more money on bras that I only planned to use for 1 year.

[C99]

I think I had 7 altogether. I really liked the Medelas and have saved them for my next pregnancy and while I liked the Take 9 (Sears) brand, they fizzled out after 9 months of use. I didn't like the Target ones at all.

[jbowman]

Congratulations on 6 weeks of BF and your new baby!

I have five nursing bras. I bought one a couple of weeks before I had Ellie (by Leading Lady) and one the week after she was born (another Leading Lady). Since then I've bought a few more(Playtex). I love the Leading Lady bras I have, but honestly they haven't stood up to all of the wear.

I suggest buying one more now and then waiting a few months.

[JLiebCamm]

I had 7 once I went back to work because I seemed to leak frequently and didn't wear a bra for more than a day without washing it. If I wouldn't have needed to change them so often I would say that 3-4 would be fine.

[divabell]

I have 3 Bravados in a larger size that I've had since the beginning, and now they're a little big so I just sleep in them, and I have 3 in a smaller size that I rotate for during the day. (I also have several others that I've tried and hated, so I don't count those!) I only do laundry a couple times a week but I haven't had problems running out of bras.

[hez]

I have one bra that I bought while pregnant not realizing just how much bigger I would be nursing than even pregnant (when you start out as 'barely an A' pre-pregnancy the possibility of being a C is unfathomable!).

I have 4 nursing bras that I bought after I got to my 'final' size a few weeks after DS was born, and I rotate through them. I also have 2 nursing camisoles I bought when I wanted more options a couple months ago. I haven't changed size much since the yo-yo'ing stopped after the initial engorgement period. I'll be curious to see where I end up post-weaning, but we're not quite ready for that yet.

I didn't buy anything super expensive, and fully intend to retire the bras into the trash can when we've weaned, and splurge on something nicer for nursing the next baby.

[indigo]

everyone, thanks for sharing! Sounds like less is definitely more when it comes to nursing bras. I think I will try and hold off on getting more bras as long as possible, as it seems that even now I am starting to use the tighter (smaller) hooks on the bras that I do have... i.e. my size is still changing. Guess I will have to indulge my fashion passion elsewhere! :0) (shoes maybe?)