MRs Routine

[Wenonae]

Yep, yep...bummer when the bra and naked measurement differ, but that's because it's your bottoms that have filled in now.

Breasts generally grow at bottom, sides, then tops. With the tops in place, you'll measure same with and without.

Keep on the regimen. Sickness set u back a tad..else u'd have more sides in. But you'll recover and catch up in about 2.5 weeks. Keep it up!

Wen'

[mr1982]

Starting to get shooting pains through my boobs. Its kinda uncomfortable and at times very painful. The pain starts at/around my nipple and then shoots out whatever direction it wants, never really the same path each time ~ this has been going on for about 2 days now. They aren't consistent either, just periodic throughout the day.

Other thing I wanted to mention - my underbust measurement hasn't changed any, but my bands are getting/feeling tighter, and I have gone from the tightest hook to the loosest one, and it still feels as though its constricting. I can fit my fingers under it the way you are supposed to and everything, but it just feels tight....................I'm not sure if I should go up bandsize or wait a little longer or not, and try and go up cup size..............I would rather increase by cupsize though and not bandsize - I haven't tried on bras in a few weeks (like 2or3) and I didn't think that the bandsize shrunk, just stretched - I don't know anymore. But just wanted to make mention of all this stuff as I recall it, or come upon it so I don't forget.

Thanks for the encouragement Wen - its hard not getting discouraged sometimes.

[Wenonae]

YW..sometimes it's the little things, ya know?

Your fats are gathering a bit in the band area before collecting in the breasts.
Also- the pains- that would be "growing pains". For you- it's a mix of lobules growing very fast and stems that lobules hang on. It'll subside in a 2-3 days. Once done, you will have more "roots" for the breast fats to gather around and band should feel 'ok' again.

Wen'

[mr1982]

Boobs are back to looking smaller and saggier This has me really upset. I read back through my posts as I recall going through this before and remembered Wen responding so am trying to stay in goods hopes that this too shall pass. But its still discouraging. Not helping is this stupid wedding I have to go to and I can't find a freakin dress that doesn't require the entire thing to be altered because I don't quite have the boobs of my dreams to fill it out, and my chest tends to be very bony so what little I have you can't really see on a V neck dress!!!

Have decrease in my appetite, which usually happens in the summer. I can't say that I appear to have lost weight, I just have switched to eating very light meals throughout the day instead of a big dinner like I do in the winter.....................Hope that doesn't change things as I don't think I could change eating as I am really not that hungry.

On the up side I am still getting those shooting pains. Especially around the areola area, and I am back to itching, which is comical as I walk around scratching my boobs, and then have to stop and wonder if I did it in public or not..............very amusing. Also back to feeling some enlarged lobes in my boobs - this had passed for a while and they had moved to small lobes again, but now they are about the size of raisins (sorry I can't think of anything else that size) and they itch...............but I think I mentioned that - they really itch - I thought for a moment that I had poison ivy on them like I do elsewhere in my body - yard work - but nope I don't.

[Wenonae]

Progress may be discouraging but it's undeniable about the itchies. BE- it's just not a perfect process.
Your diet now- it'll still support BE, but you really need to add some protein (like shakes, bars) to offset the smaller meals you eat now- you're getting about 75% of what you need. This will just slow down showing size increase. Only need the protein about 2 cycles. You'll go up and down and have a little more each time. Takes about 3 cycles before progress on bottoms stays put (for example).

If no v-neck for this wedding, then do one for New Year's
Keep at it!

Wen'

[mr1982]

Well seem to have lost some of my growth - down about 1/2 inch with the bra - the same without it. But I have noticed that I look more rounded, and they are feeling really dense as opposed to "squishy" like they had before.
Lost the itchies - but am back to the aches and the lactating feeling.

No other news to report - still can't find a dress for the wedding. I either can't find my size, or the way the styles are, they make me look pregnant, when otherwise I have a very nice flat stomach. I noticed alot of shirts now though look like pregnancy shirts *sigh* I already wore those things I dont really have any desire to wear them again.

[Wenonae]

Hi MR-

You didn't lose, the fats just coalesced and that's why you feel denser.
More is coming in. Bummer abt finding a dress. Silicone cutlets in a bra may help with size appearance. You should see about 3/4 cup increase over next 6 weeks.

Wen'

[mr1982]

Have noticed some pain in my left armpit area - about three finger widths down on the edge of my breast. There is no lump or anything, just very very tender. I first noticed it the other night when I woke up from a sound sleep from it hurting, and it has continued the past two nights as well. I don't really notice it until I go to bed at night, or the kids lean on me, or I feel around the area just to check and see if it still hurts - Yup it does.
The only thing I can think of is that it could be my underwire digging into the side - but have never had this problem before, then again I usually don't wear an underwire - only have been because I have been wearing tanktops, and my non-underwire bra comes up to high to wear the tanks. But I don't have this problem on my right side though..........and can't really go larger in cupsize as I haven't really got enough to fill them out, AND it doesn't hurt when I wear a bra?

Since I last posted I noticed that if possible my boobs are looking more rounded, and seem to be expanding across my chest (could this be my bra problem? if that is what is causing the pain?), so now I actually have more boob then ribcage showing!!! I also have more side boobage now or is that fat? I'd like to pretend its boobage seeing as its in the right area, and looks good. I also have what appear to be creases now around the outeredge and bottom edge, nothing on the inner edge though, so there is more definition going on then anything. Also notice it appears the left boob is just a smidge larger then the right - don't mind the smidge, just hoping the difference doesn't grow.

Wen - curious that 3/4 cup increase, is that the same increase I keep working at, yet all my problems since starting and now not eating as much protein (which I am working on) seem to inhibit, or is that an additional increase from the little bit I have had already?

In my opinion, I would say I have grown since starting again. Granted its not always measurable, but they really look different. As mentioned there are definite changes going on, mostly in the shape of the breasts, there is alot of filling in as well. I think if my tops were to begin to grow I would be more pleased with the progress - and if I also could muster up enough courage to actually *gasp* take pictures of my boobs,yet I can't do it for many reasons, the very first is not being able to store them safely. I think if I had a picture progress instead of just memory, I would see much more of an imporvement in the way they look.

Lactating feeling has gotten more intense, at times I wonder if I should look for a baby and my boobs are getting sore and sensitive. Its beginning to be very uncomfortable holding my kids, and at times I have to readjust them, which is odd. Also back to feeling lobes again, I don't know if I mentioned they disappeared there for a while and my boobs felt squishy (but not in a bad way) Now they are back, and about the same raisin size, some perhaps a little larger, but not evenly distributed.
Thats all my updates - its odd how much can change in a few days. I try not to post all the time, but want to record all this stuff so I can come back to it when something happens and see if it happened before - helps me to relax about the whole growing process.

I think the biggest help for me so far has been not worrying about my boobs anymore. I take my pills and keep myself busy throughout the day. I tend to notice my boobs in the morning, hence why most of my posts are early, and then don't bother with them until the next morning when I stand in front of my dresser mirror and get dressed, and then its on with my day.

[Wenonae]

LOL!!

MR it's ok. You're having a nice easy growing time of it all. Breasts don't grow at exactly the same rate.

The 3/4c increase referred to was talking about all over in diff parts of your breasts. Actually per your current rate of progress, you'll have empty fat cell walls and meats of the cells for 2.1cup increase by the end of this cycle. Usually with 0.5-0.75c increase you'll see it coming in on the tops of your breasts also. All that soreness under your arms and the lactating feeling is your lobes and lobules(as you've noted) growing to support all the goodies that are coming.

Reading you now, yeah, you could stand to eat more protein (maybe try a nice summer shake with some protein powder. If you don't change anything abt your diet, 0.5c size increase happens this cycle, 0.6 over next 4 weeks. Eh, no mater what..you're coming along fine. The summer diet adds a month to your overall timeline, it's ok- really.

Wen'

[mr1982]

Am discouraged to report that I seem to have been attacked by a cellulite monster seemingly overnight. It seems that I have 2 new spots, 1 on each thigh AT THE EXACT SAME SPOT as if that isn't weird, they have come out of nowhere. I swear they weren't there yesterday. I used to have cellulite just around my butt and underneath it, but not the sides of my thighs, now it seems to be there and I am not very happy oh and its also not very subtle.

I am also bloated. Like, hey you look like you might be pregnant bloated. Which is odd since I am not even craving carbs, just salads and hummus and salsa. yes WEN I hear you about the protein, but I can't help it I just don't really want anything except water, lemonade and salsa.

Moving upward now - I have hit 34 in a bra, of course I am also due as we speak as I type. Of course despite this sudden increase in measurement, I still can't fully fit some of my A's and the one B I have (for measurement purposes only ) is still kinda empty - so I think my boobs are doing whatever they feel like doing Oh out of a bra, yesterday they measured 33.25, but I haven't measured today and could very well have measured wrong. They do look swollen, in fact my husband jokingly told me *drum roll please* hey you look like you did when you were PREGNANT!!! I didn't really find his comment funny in light of the whole stomach issue currently going on. Kinda takes the joy out of the swollen boobs.

To make matter worse, my boobs hurt, ache, itch, throb, and I am waiting for them to just start springing a leak, because seriously it feels like I am lactating at the moment. The shooting pain I get feels exactly like when my milk would come in. (broken record here)

still have pain in the left side, but mostly now just if I lay funny, like when I sleep with my arm stretched up under my pillow. So I found to counterbalance this effect, I just don't sleep ;-)

But despite all this, I am still in very good spirits ;D

Side Note: I am not pregnant, and yes I am sure.

[Wenonae]

ROFL!! OMG...sorry, just a classic like boob soliloquy.

K, seriously, of course screw the protein when your bloated like that. The lemonade, salsa, and water etc is perfect. The bloats come from (not BE or diet), but hormones shifting due to "something you smell" <-- did you change perfume, deodarant, body spray? But whatever it is..it's temporary (it's just amplified since you're doing BE). Just keep drinking water until you feel like you're drowning . It'll help your body to release the bloating in about 3-4 days.

Wen' Youur stories..I swear. Please don't stop posting.

[mr1982]

Would you be grossed out to find that I don't wear perfume, body spray or deoderant Well I have deoderant I just forget to wear it everyday at times - As for scent though, all my stuff is unscented because I tend to get migraines from smells.............No hairspray or gel either.

I am trying to think what else I might be smelling? Hubby doesn't change anything either because of my reactions...........

Maybe I am reacting to myself!! HAHA I sweat alot, and I don't think the salsa is helping, I'm sure that italian sub I ate the other day while out didn't help either.............guess I should wear that deoderant huh?

And sense we are all laughing I thought you would enjoy to find out, that I now have the same pain in my right armpit, this occured last night, and now I seem to have the exact same swollen lobes on the right side. Gotta give my body credit - it makes sure to screw both sides up evenly

Wen - been reading that post on the dry brushing - do you think that might help combat some of the cellulite or will it just magically disappear - My fear at this point is that more spots will appear, although I can't tell you the last time I actually wore shorts, I am still very vain insecure.

[Wenonae]

Ah-hemmm. Well, I decided to check to see if you were sending yourself over the edge by smelling food orders after you ate...happy to say I got a resonding no! (of course it's not you )

Skin brushing- ya know, it'll help you flush out faster than if you didn't do it. Give it a whirl. Personally, I can NOT use the hair bristle kind- it has to be the knobs on the end. I think that's your best bet too so you can get deeper stimulation where you need it. But the cellulite that just "popped up", it'll also go away when the bloats do.

As far as wth you're smellin' or smelled, well it wasn't anyone in your fam. It was some associate's body lotion. It didn't have a strong scent, but whatever was in it, def messed with your pheramones. All is well, that lady is long gone.

BTW, your lobes are on overdrive. Keep drinking water!

Wen'

[mr1982]

Seeing as I haven't been around in a few days complaining about everything I thought I would pop in a spread some cheer

I am still pregnant bloated, it disappeared yesterday and I thought YIPPPPEEEE, but alas my joy was shortlived as it seemed to come back.

My armpit pain has left, and with it my beautiful boobies too I am not even going to tell you my measurements as its just too depressing to even type - I am NOT back to my normal size, but am not far from it. My boobs look saggy if thats possible and less round and not perky, empty and just very sad.

Honestly I want to be depressed and discouraged over this, but I really am not. I think I am just a little bit disappointed. One of these years I would like it all to stay - but again when I type about it I feel like "oh who cares there boobs, do you really want large boobs that will sag to your stomach like the girls yesterday? yeah they were huge, but even in bras they weren't perky at least I have perky ones!!"

So I guess what I am saying is I am discouraged, but oddly not. I still have cellulite (yes I check all the time) am still pregnant bloated, and still have small boobs - that now tingle- alot - like teeth hurting tingles. But hey, its all good.............

Wen - do you have a pic of that knobby thing you mentioned. I have a knobby spider massage thingy and was wondering if that would work, if its an actual knobby brush.

[Wenonae]

Hiya MR -

Hokay, just a btw, the breast fat cells are still there, just they aren't filled right now while your body is righting itself. They'll fill right back up (3-4 days with some good skin brushing, 6-7 without to about 0.8c increase). BE- it's 2 steps forward and one step back (because it may at times seem like you're not making progress). But honestly, you are (you've got about 1.25cups worth of meats in there..just need water filling). The brush..here's a pic of what I was referring to

Anything that has tips like this will work. That one you're referring to above seems perfect for the job. Just brush the thighs and tummy region towards the nearest lymph nodes.

Gotta love those itchies (or not), but you can't deny 'something' is going on. Keep things up!

Wen'