Past the first few months of pregnancy, the expectant mothers think to buy everything needed for the growth and weaning of the child and, among these, stands frequently the nursing bra. This particular bra should be comfortable but at the same time practical but then, how to choose?

It must be said, first of all, that the bra is not strictly necessary. Breasts In fact, despite the rumors, does not require the presence of the bra to maintain tone and elasticity during normal business day. Studies done on women in tribal communities they usually do not use anything to hold the breast, have shown that the flaccidity and lack of elasticity of the breast in the majority of cases are due to malnutrition, to too affectionate and excessive exposure to the sun of the tissues. Certainly, in case of particularly shapely breasts and heavy or sporting activity, the bra is not necessary to create trauma to the tissues and glands.

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Even during the lactation period, the specific bra is not strictly necessary even if recommended, because the breast will increase in volume and, in some cases, might grow larger than two or three sizes. Firstly, the nursing bra cups must have the opening or the possibility of being unshackled from the front so that the mother can breastfeed the baby with ease. The nursing bra is used, however, even to remedy the leakage of breast milk: in fact it is recommended to use bras for breastfeeding with deep cups so you can inserted inside the breast so convenient and also to be able to place the cups milk absorption . Finally, in order to avoid the almost categorical bras for breastfeeding “push-up” which, though trendy, may cause problems to the mother .

Of course, if you do not want to resort to a classic nursing bra , you could use a normal bra in pairs wide (to position the breast and comfortably without compressing it) but necessarily without under wire. Finally, to make good the losses of milk during night, you could use an old bra top or sufficiently elastic and comfortable, or use a tank top rolled up under the breast so that the drops or splashes of milk to be absorbed by the tissue.