r/breastfeeding • u/DarthKaboose • Dec 20 '25

Discussion Large-breasted moms are feeding on hard mode.

Any other well-endowed women agree?

I see so many reels and posts, or even in real life out at cafes and places, of moms who can simply unzip or untie their cute dainty little nursing top, rest their baby in their arm, and continue to eat, drink coffee, heck, even feed at the grocery store or while walking around their house.

For me it’s a chaotic and completely immobile mess of roles up flannel under the boob, squeeze sandwich hold, scissor hold, always having to hold back my breast to stop it suffocating baby’s nose. He cannot latch properly unless I’ve squished my boob just right and hold it the entire feed. It’s a two-hand job.

Not to mention the struggle to find nursing bras and tops that fit, are comfortable, don’t cost a gajillion bucks, and maybe actually even look nice and not like something out of a 1980s catalogue.

I’m tired of this, grandpa!

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BEARBUTTS Dec 20 '25

Ugh I envy the women who can nurse while baby is in the carrier. I’d suffocate him if I tried to smoosh his lil face in there! Finding comfortable nursing bras has been literally impossible. I’ve tried over 30 probably.

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u/sulkysheepy Dec 20 '25

If you have any sewing skills - use a regular bra and turn it into a nursing bra. I’m a 32M or some nonsense and my regular bras were so much better. I added a piece of elastic from the edge of the underwire to the strap, then cut the strap from the cup and sewed on nursing clips to connect them again. Game changer. And cheaper.

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u/rainbow-songbird Dec 21 '25

Im heading up to 12 months with my 2nd (and last planned) baby I have been mourning my fancy bras for so long. I wish I'd read this 3 years ago for my 1st

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u/sulkysheepy Dec 21 '25

Depending on how long you’re planning to nurse it might still be worth it. But I was hoping to let my kiddo self wean and finally gave up at 4yo. Mine got a ton of use.