Kindred Bravely French Terry Nursing Bra for Breastfeeding and Sleep, Racerback Crossover, Soft and Stretchy Maternity Bra

I absolutely LOVE this bra. The material is so soft and breathable, and I love that it doesn’t have any clasps. The only disclaimer is that the band sizing is WAY off for the busty sizes. Long story short, if you measure busty then order two sizes up on the band.Long story: I originally ordered the regular based off of my pre pregnancy size. I wore a 34DD/36D, so I ordered a regular L size, this would fit perfectly had my breasts not grown. I now measure 36E, so according to their size chart, I ordered a L busty. The busty size comes with an elastic in the band that is extremely tight, I almost couldn’t get it over my head. I kept it in hopes it would stretch out, but I couldn’t even wear it to bed it was so tight.Because I love the material so much and how comfy the regular was, I wasn’t ready to give up so after reading a few other reviews I decided to go up twice in size and went with the XXL busty and it fits like a dream. So if you’re busty, size up twice!

So far I have just used it as a maternity bra, but ease of access for breastfeeding seems great. This is an excellent home-bra, it is extremely comfortable with an appealing shape and still holds things in place for the most part. Has survived a few wash cycles now with ease.

I was a 34C in VS pre-pregnancy. I am at 21/22 weeks and measured 35 around the band, 40 around the breasts.I started with the Large regular (x1). The band felt loose, and I was very worried about it stretching as the reviews seemed to imply that it would do. (It is a very soft, very comfortable material, and I adored the idea of keeping it, but the thickness of the material lead to believe the claims.) I was happy with the cup sizing. It somewhat supported me now, enough for my intended use anyway (night-time bra), and seemed like it had room to grow while offering me full coverage.Next, I ordered and tried a Medium Regular. I liked the band size, but the cups felt like they were too small. My nipple was near enough to the edge of the material for me to worry about when my milk comes in and if there would be enough material to contain and cover my breast.So then, I ordered and tried a Medium Busty (x2 because of a promo and at the time I was sure this was going to be the winner). The cups were probably a little better on the large-regular, but the medium-busty generally looks appropriate and I felt like I would have plenty of coverage. The band however is SUPER TIGHT! I was accidently falling asleep in the afternoon with the bra on (I was thinking maybe it would just take a little while to stretch out), and it was so tight that the discomfort kept me awake and forced me to get up to change out of it.I was rather confused about how the medium-regular band felt good while the medium busty was so tight.So next, I reached out to Kindred Bravely, writing pretty much what I described above. Their reply was that this style seemed like it was not the right match, and to try out the Simply Sublime Bra.(I have not done so, because I was looking for a night-time bra and I have concerns about the back clasp being uncomfortable while sleeping on my back.)

I tried these in 6 different sizes (3 Regular and 3 Busty) and still couldn’t tell you which size I should be.Prior to pregnancy I wore a size 34DD. I have no idea what my proper bra size should be postpartum, but I have a 32” underbust and 38” bust. According to online calculators I should be in a 32DDD/F. According to their size chart this would make me a size Small - Busty.I have never been able to wear a size Small in bras so I didn’t think this size was accurate. I also wear a size Large in Medela’s nursing sleep bra after trying their Medium and finding it to be too small in cup size. Because of all of this, I didn’t even try a size Small in this Kindred Bravely bra.One day I saw that the Medium and Medium - Busty were on sale in certain colors so I ordered both to try them out. The Medium fit a bit too tight and the band cut off at the lower part of my boobs. The Medium - Busty was even tighter on the band size and the cups were huge.I decided to order the Large and X Large in both Regular and Busty to try to find my correct size. The Busty sizes continued to be extremely tight in the band but way too much cup for me. The Large Regular fit me the best even though it still didn’t go completely under my breasts. I returned all of the others and kept the Large.An observation about the Regular vs Busty: the band size on the Busty sizes is WAY smaller. If you look close at my pictures you can see the Busty squeezing my sides more even up to the XL.The first night I wore the Large it was perfect. I could easily pull my boob out to nurse, and they weren’t falling out leaking milk everywhere. After a day or two of wearing it, the band stretched out and it became more loose on me. My boobs started to fall out while sleeping on my side and the bra felt even less supportive as there is now space between the band and my skin.Maybe I should’ve ordered a size Small - Busty, but I highly doubt it based on how uncomfortably tight the band would be. The Medium - Busty was already hard enough to get over my head. Maybe it would’ve loosened to be perfect, I don’t know. It’s hard to pick a size not knowing how much it will loosen, and we shouldn’t have to.This bra had the potential to be amazing, they just need to align the fit between Regular and Busty better. The material is soft and I like it more than the Medela nursing bra’s material. The Medela doesn’t loosen like this one does though so my boobs stay in the bra after days, and it’s cheaper. I hope Kindred Bravely actually reads these reviews because I love their postpartum underwear and probably would have bought this in every color, but I just want a pull aside nursing sleep bra that doesn’t stretch out and my boobs don’t fall out of.

I am 8 months pregnant and I have been hating all clothes and bras that I have put on. I’m miserable in anything. This is by far the best/ most comfortable bra I have put on. No padding which I was skeptical but it’s so comfortable I forget I’m wearing anything. It does have a little lift enough to get them off your preggo belly. I’m going to get another one or two! These will be perfect for nursing. I’m a size 40 E now and this bra is by far my Best Buy!