What’s Your Favorite Underwire Nursing Bra?
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A friend and I were just talking yesterday about our favorite underwire nursing bras. My hands down favorite is Elomi, which readers turned me on to — what is yours?
The sizing never worked out for me but I always thought Cake looked really promising as well. As mentioned before, this was my favorite sleep/nursing bra.
Readers, let’s hear your thoughts — what are your favorite underwire nursing bras? Did you (or your lactation consultant) worry about clogged ducts for underwire nursing bras — or did you just vastly prefer wirefree options?
As of 2024, readers love nursing bras from Bravado, Cake, Natori, Elomi, and Kindred Braverly!
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I liked Anita bras. I also got fitted at Nordstroms. I had some Motherhood Maternity bras which were pretty worthless.
This is so helpful! Pre-pregnancy I was fairly well-endowed and I can’t imagine wearing a seamless/non-underwire bra for months on end. At the bfeeding class I took this weekend the instructor recommended avoiding underwire bras due to concerns related to compression, clogged ducts, etc. Has anyone experienced anything like that and felt it was related to wearing an underwire bra?
I got fitted at Nordstrom for a Freya nursing bra. It’s not the prettiest, but it’s a step up from the Bravado seamless (non-underwire) bras that I had been wearing exclusively before then. Nordstrom will also convert any bra to a nursing bra, but I didn’t try that service because I knew it would take me 6 months to find the time to get back to the store to pick them up.
I have a few nursing bras from hotmilk and started wearing them when I was 8-9 months pregnant. They’ve held up very well over 11 months. They’re pretty and comfortable.
For something less pretty, the Cake “cotton candy” nursing bra has served me well.
I’m an Elomi girl, too. I’d purchased a Motherhood Maternity while I was pregnant to accommodate for my increase bust size, but after my milk came in, MM no longer carried a size that fit properly. Same with Pea in the Pod. So I was fitted for an Elomi and it has been the best bra purchase. The wider straps are nice for my very busty self, I barley notice the underwires, and I thought the price was pretty reasonable. I’d buy it again for sure.