[ShelaVenna]

Weekly Update:

Bust right after pumping: 32”

Bust 13 hours later: 32” (0.5” increase from starting size)

The measuring tape tells me I kept all my swelling from this morning, but my eyes are telling me something different. I don’t think I’ve grown half an inch in only one week, and I also don’t think that I swelled up to only 32” this morning. The problem is that it’s almost impossible to hold the measuring tape exactly the same way every time. Not to mention that I might be holding a little more air in my lungs, or hunching, or winging my shoulder blades during one measurement and not another. Take my measurements with a grain of salt. They won’t ever be perfectly accurate, but hopefully they’ll still show an obvious growth trend over time, so I’ll keep taking them weekly.

Bra Pic for Future Comparison:

I plant to keep taking pics in this same bra monthly until I outgrow it. It’s a 34A. I typically wear a 34A size in a less structured padded bra like this one, but in most underwire or unpadded bras I have to wear a 34AA, or there’s tons of gapping in the center. I think I MIGHT technically be a 34A based on my actual breast volume, but because I have no fullness in the top and center of my chest, I have to wear a AA most of the time so, I’ll keep calling my breasts AA for now. The reason I wore a padded bra in the pic is because I’m not trying to show my actual size in the bra pics. I’m just trying to track my progress towards outgrowing this bra, or at least filling out the center.

This is slightly off topic, but I couldn’t help mentioning it. The dark splotches in the center of my chest are about 75% percent shadows from my weirdly-shaped bony sternum, and 25% hyperpigmentation. I have no idea why I have hyperpigmentation in the exact same places where the shadows fall. It’s very strange, but I do. It almost looks like I purposely contoured in the hollows of my bony sternum to make it look even bonier, so I’m going to try to start treating the splotches, especially since I’m worried that the strain of pumping will make them even worse. I need to start doing a little bit of extra skincare on my decollete anyway, because I don’t think my skin is bouncing back after pumping as well as it did when I was younger. I will probably start using a glycolic/salicylic acid blend that I already own, along with vitamin C, retinol, and also some hydroquinone for the splotches.