breasts getting bigger

I am working my way through a wonderful old 1950s copy of Odhams Sewing Encyclopaedia.....there are patterns for dresses and 'gowns'. They have been sized, the book informs me, for the average figure with a 35 inch bust and a 27 inch waist !!!!

Sports bras just stop you wobbling about soon and make a big difference even if you're only 36C.
I think the weight is still felt in your shoulder and back though, but the load is higher up.
Rather like a good rucksack transferring weight higher up your body - you're still carrying 20kg, but the weight is distributed in a way that makes it easier to bear.
But I don't think any bra is going to make much difference to 34K boobs, really.

With sports bras, where does the strain go instead? It still has to go somewhere?

But Jings the weight on the strap can affect the muscles / tendons? On your shoulder. Told that by my osteopath and had to wear a ghastly sports bra for a while. If I was braver I'd have the op.I know someone who had it done when she was 60 ten years ago and Thinks it's one of the best decisions she has made for herself.

I'm not sure if you can get breast reduction on the NHS these days; I know a friend of mine had to go private...she was quite young but her breasts were really giving her back problems. Must need to stress things like back pain as that would give a greater chance of having it done on the NHS. However, if you are very overweight you'd have to show a willingness to lose weight as a first option.

If you wear a really well fitting, and supportive bra, indigo, the weight shouldn't pull at the nerves around your chest.

That's a very superior post Flickety. Perhaps unnecessarily so? We have had the odd possible troll recently.

Having always had small breasts, 34F, let alone 34K sounds horrendous. I can understand Indigo wanting to consider breast reduction. As we get older and our muscles become less strong, all of us sag a bit and I understand that the bigger you are the further you sag.

I can offer no helpful advice here, no-one I know has had this problem, but I do offer the OP my sympathy with a problem, which is not the joke some posters seem to think.

Thanks soon to be : so I'm not being unrealistic about a breast reduction.

granny not : read the thread - 77 when breast reduction done - so never too old to improve the quality of life. The thought of mine getting even bigger and more painful as the weight tugs at the nerves around the chest - well into my 8o's and possibly 90's, too much.

indigo and I'm impressed with my memory!

If margrete is still registered on GN, you would be able to send her a PM if you wanted to, for an update.

Not sure about all this, but ok.

I am definitely menopausal.
I have big boobs [not quite as large as yours], but they are too big for my frame at the best of times. A chiropractor did suggest that I might want to look into breast reduction at some stage.
My boobs have not gone larger due to the menopause, but I am not quite through it all yet.
If they do go bigger, I will have to look into it. I am not in pain, but my neck and shoulders are quite weak.

Hmmm. Might be wrong, often am.

Sorry for being off-hand earlier. Thought you might have been a naughty troll.

Should be - thank you

totally impressed and that you

I found it by searching on Google! (I'm so good!)

www.gransnet.com/forums/health/1196535-Cosmetic-surgery-in-later-life

Jane

Ana you've lost me!

indigo the search facility on GN is flipping useless. Maybe someone will remember who it was ... I'll have a scout around about the time I joined.

granny knot : much appreciate link. I've tried the search facility on Gran's net and it links me to Mumsnet

Plimsolls, anyone?

I'm still chuckling about having musky boobs...

Don't worry about the typos GK.
My phone seems to think I'm writing in German today.

And not options either, should be "breast enhancement operation". I really must preview.

That should be "mumsy" not musky!!

indigo I always had smallish boobs but since I've got older (and yes, put on weight) they've become decidedly more "middle-aged and musky". So much so that I have to wear a "good bra" now instead of the teenage design ones I used to get able to get away with. I don't really like it, but it doesn't cause me any problems.

On the other hand, an acquaintance had breast enhancement options at 63! She was completely flat chested all her life and said she wanted to have boobs.

If you are experiencing pain, you should see a doc. There was a previous thread about this subject, and one of the gransnetters was having a reduction. I'll see whether I can find it.