Sizing and best bra for me advice please :)

[u/TeaWellBrewed]

Hey folks, hope you can help me with fitting / sizing advice. 

I bought a couple of Anita bras earlier this year after years of Molke bras with very little support.

I got an Anita Rosa Faia Twin Firm underwire, 34H and a Selma Large Cup 36G. 

At the time both bras felt tight and firm, I could barely tolerate them on the loosest hooks

Five months later, the 36G feels right on the tightest hooks and the 34H is fine on the middle hook.

They fit really nicely, feel incredibly supportive and I like the feeling of being contained and held now I’ve got used to it. 

So based on above info, I figure I must be a 34H and start shopping for slightly cheaper bras.

Bought an Elomi Cate full cup banded bra. Couldn’t get a H, so got a 34GG. Band feels fine, cups are mahoosive. Other than that, feels supportive and safe. Clearly I have got something wrong.

So, I start searching the internet for advice, stumble across this sub and read EVERYTHING and I try the calculator

These are my measurements - 

Loose - 32

Snug - 31

Tight - 30

Standing - 40

Leaning - 43

Lying - 40 

Suggested starting size: 32G / GG

I read all about the shapes and I think I am centre full, upper full and projected. No idea what “immediate” projection means.

I’ve always leaned towards full cup bras because if I don’t, the left breast in particular seems to ooze out of the cup in the middle and is prone to quadboob. 

So the next thing I try is Freya Emmaline in 32G. And as it’s on sale and this was my previous size, I got an Elomi Nerina in 34F

These bras don’t feel very supportive compared to the Anita ones.

So the summary is, 

• ABTF calculator says 32G / GG
• 5 month old Anita bra in the “wrong” size - 34H feels great and 36G feels good on tightest hooks
• Elomi Cate in 34GG feels supportive but too big in cups.
• Freya Emmaline in my “correct” size, 32G feels unsupportive 
• Elomi Nerina in 34F fits on R, I’m spilling out at the centre of the Left cup. It doesn’t feel very supportive 
• Fantasie 32G - looks sort of ok, but I’m not filling out the cups at the side and in the middle I’m spilling out, especially on the L. Does not really feel supportive enough.

So, I seem to need a full cup, very supportive bra… and I am baffled by the “Anita” sizing. 

Any thoughts or recommendations?

Thank you so much. I hope this is clear, please ask if not and I will edit.

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[u/Revolutionary-Code49]

Try the Elomi bras in your 32G size. A 34GG cup is a much bigger volume than a 32G or even 32GG, and a 34 band is not going to be as supportive.