When did you get a maternity bra? Did you jump straight in or go up a size or two first?

I'm 15w3d and my girls have seemed to gain a life of their own over the past week or so Underwire and lace are definitely not my friends at the moment.

I went to the shops this afternoon and tried some mat bras at BnT and Mothercare... Nothing fit! It was so frustrating... I picked up my normal size and it was too tight around my back (no one likes back fat), bigger size was too big, cups were either too big or too small or none of the size I wanted in stock... I couldn't get the sales girls to help me, they were far more interested in discussing last weekends goings on. There was nothing wrong with the bras, I just couldn't find one to fit me!

I hit Big W and find some wire-free bras, just to get me through. Nope, normal size was too small and they had nothing in the next size up.

Cue tears in the changes room... Hmmm, hormonal much?

I'm not a weird size, a-what-I-thought-was-normal 12D.

I don't want to go out and spend a fortune if they are just going to keep growing ... And growing ... And growing

What did you do? Where can find something that fits?