Ode to Granny Bras

I will admit, I've always had a thing against granny bras. It's not like I went around abolishing them everywhere I saw them, but they just look so weird and they're so HUGE and I mean, come on, who wears those things? With the start of the new year, my boobs and I have eaten my words. We sincerely apologize to everyone that was offended by the terminology "granny bras". Don't get me wrong, I'll never stop calling them granny bras, but boobies and I want you to know that we appreciate the existence of granny bras so much, they are now almost as important as chocolate. Almost.

I gave up on waiting until the end of pregnancy to buy nursing bras as I haven't worn a bra since the beginning of the second trimester and the weight of my boobs has been giving me increasing back pain. I went everywhere I could think of in this country to look for bras, even sent facebook messages to stores online, and guess what? NOBODY HAD MY FUCKING SIZE. I found one place that fitted me and said I'm now a 32F, but advised me that most stores don't carry sizes that big, especially not nursing bras. So what? Everybody else has hundreds of bras to choose from in different styles and colors, and before, a store might have ONE bra in my size that I would be forced to take for lack of options, and now there are NONE????? So the world totally hates my boobs :(. Ordering online means I can't try them on, and with prices from $50US and up excluding shipping, I'm not willing to take that chance. Fortunately, one place said they'll be relocating and restocking later this month, so fingers crossed like you mean it folks!

I recently found another place in another part of the country that had one nursing bra in my size for double the price of a regular one, but the sales lady wisely suggested that I wait until my boobs are fuller with milk closer to the due date rather than spend so much on  bra and come back to pay that much again. (To put it in perspective, my regular bras are about $200-$300. These nursing bras were over $500 each!) So I was still braless, sagging, and in constant pain. My MIL said she'd never heard of that size before {nobody has :'(}but recently sent a few of her bras with a friend that came on vacation from the states. I looked at these super gigantic granny bras like oh................kay.......... and reluctantly tried them on. The DD cups have no room for growth and the C cups are too small, but the ginormous bands are so big that they don't squeeze my sore ribs at all (because I'm swimming in them). It's not much difference from being bra-less as the bands offer no support, but OMG is it comfortable! :D I love granny bras. Granny bras are my new best friend.

I'm still in a lot of pain, mostly the back of my ribs and the bones by the heels of my feet (a problem I had before pregnancy that has gotten worse), but Taurus Man can't massage me because his thumb is still dislocated and I'm so exhausted all the time now I can't even massage my own feet without feeling like it's a workout. I don't even want to go to my stupid ob-gyn appointment tomorrow. I'll just lie in bed, with my granny bras, and sleep all day until the sore throat monster goes away. Alas, I must go. :( But with my granny bras, I WILL SURVIVE! :)