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Comments From Those That Have Chosen To Be Bra-Free:
 
We would love to have your story added to this column. If would like to contribute your comments about how you decided to become bra-free, or what trials and tribulations you found in adopting this new lifestyle, or if you would like to describe your thoughts about whether you would encourage others to do likewise, please feel free to write it down and send it in to Ken at BreastCare@comcast.net. He will work with you and allow you full editorial control over your story. Others are anxious to hear from you.

 
Story Number One, from Krystale  --  It was a bit tougher for her as she is lactating
I'm a 44DD (E, I know... but they don't actually sell them that way) and I've done just fine without a bra for well over two years. In the summer, or when I want to be a little discrete, or for work, instead of wearing undershirts I wear those tank tops with the extra... "shelf tank" I think they're called. They're like a two layered tank, and the bottom layer has under-the-bust elastic (but it ends there). They absorb moisture and it gives an extra two layers of cotton to attempt to blend my nipples. Sometimes I wear a jacket when I'm feeling self-conscious. (I was raised by the "good girls wear bras" mother Ken spoke of.)
 
Before I went braless, I was considering breast reduction, because the pain in my back and shoulders was unbearable. Before I even knew who Ken was I ran across his article one day and switched first to tanks with built-in bras (but removed the underwires) and then moved on to the "shelf tanks". These days I have no problem going out in just a T-shirt. The back and shoulder pain is GONE, except for a stressful day now and then. The pain used to be constant. My breasts don't hang nearly so low as they used to when I'd take my bra off. While they still get sensitive during my cycle, they don't HURT like they used to. And although I'm lactating, I don't "leak" and I have no need for pads (my flow isn't heavy, which probably helps). I think having been bra free before lactating has something to do with it. Nothing is squeezing anything out.  
                                                                                                                                            Krystale

Later, she added this note:

On a happy note... bra-free life is still great. The nursing has made them perkier and stronger too. I even got away with going bra-free (despite my cup size) in a Fashion Bug fashion show! They offered a bra but didn't fuss when I refused politely. Be well and nurse merrily.
                                                                                                                                                                              
Krystale