I hear ya, sista. This has been my pet peeve for years. You feel like an idiot for complaining "oh I'm so slim I can't buy maternity bras" but really! They make size 8 dresses, but all of a sudden you're pregnant and whammo, you're suddenly a size 12? What? Umm, no not everyone gains weight when pregnant. I lost weight and my boob-waist didn't change size. And I'm sooooo sick of being told "so and so make a small 10". It's still a size 10.
Hotmilk do not make size 8. Never did as far as I've ever known. Freya does, they're expensive and hard to find. You can buy them online, but I've never tried them. I wear maternity crop tops from target that are size 10 but they're not actually bras so they just keep me tucked away rather than anything. Also, being cheap junk they shrunk in the dryer which worked out well.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I hear you. Buying bras is a bloody mission.
I recently went around to all the shops in my area over a couple of weeks looking for new bras and found NONE!!!!!!! I have given up on maternity bras now and just bought normal ones in the closest size I could find
so I've just been through 3 pages of online maternity bra stockists and not 1 of them had a single 8C (except the Bonds ones which I find very uncomfortable and unflattering).
ETA - I give up. I'll just have to go braless for the rest of my life....
I can only shop online for bras these days. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's way cheaper than going to the specialty shops and paying $150-$200 for one bra! I'm a US size 32H - I think about an AUS size 10H. Try finding that in a department store for $30!
There's a US online store that might help you out, Heather - it's called Breakout Bras, and they carry quite a pretty wide range. I believe you'd be looking for a 30C in US sizes. (google the shop and you should come up with it no problem.)
Hope you find something good soon! I hate poor fitting bras. Just makes everything you wear seem wrong.
Heva, you said you are an 8C I think (Ive forgotten already, sorry) and the bra fitter said the 10C fit you in the cup . that would normally suggest looking for an 8D. If you think an 8D would work try bravissimo (UK) they have two bras in 8Ds. They are UK sizing, I think an 8 is 30 (an 18 is 40, they start at 28) and I have brought mostly from there for the last four years though Im the other end of the scale.
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