Finding a maternity bra, who'd have thought it could be so hard?!?

Courtesy of the extra hormones our little bean is creating, my already slightly above averagely endowed chest has gone up about one and a half cup sizes. Hubby loves them. Me, not so much.

They are really heavy, it feels like even though they haven't gotten THAT much bigger, they are about twice or three times as heavy as they were. And so uncomfortable. So the other day, in an effort to try and make my boobs just a little bit more comfortable, I set out in search of a couple of maternity bras to get me through the day.

I headed to Chermside, the biggest shopping centre nearby, figuring they'd have at least a bit of a selection for me to choose from. When I got there, I headed to Bras 'n' Things first to try and judge what size I should be looking for. After trying on a couple of different bras, I settled on a 10DD. Before I got pregnant I was a 10C to 10D. Even in Bras 'n' Things I was fairly restricted for choice courtesy of my size. The bra I really liked was only available in a 10D or a 12DD, not really helpful.

Plus, all the bras there are like $50+. I really didn't want to spend that much given the likelihood of my chest increasing again before the end of my pregnancy. So I headed to to Target...and K-Mart...and Big W....and Myer, just to try and find something slightly cheaper. I could not find a single bra in my size at any of these stores...not one. Apparently if you have a size 10 back, you couldn't possibly have DD boobs. Or apparently you can't possibly be pregnant and a size 10.

So, after much traipsing back and forth around Chermside, I went back to where I started from and bought ONE bra from Bras 'n' Things. An hour and a half walking from one end of the shopping centre to another for one bra.

I also ducked back into Target and bought a couple of support singlets to wear around home.

I'm really hoping I don't get another growth spurt for a little while so I can at least get my money's worth out of my bra. But all in all, for something I thought would be easy, it not the best experience.