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Buying your first bra is sometimes tricky. Not only do we feel awkward and nervous when talking about it with our parents, but then we have to choose a size and style from the huge variety available. A girl’s first bra is important, so you want to make sure you have all the facts. For tips and advice on fittings, breast development, talking about your first bra, and everything else; check out our real-life, first bra stories from teenage girls like you below.

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Overthemoon

Waited forever to comment on this- now I finally can! I had a padded training bra for quite a while, and I started feeling uncomfortable in PE. I told my mum and she said I was ready for an actual bra. In the weekends we went to primark and got some. Stupidly we forgot to measure me at home and there were no fitting services, so we tried on a few ones and I’m a 30 AA!!!!! (Although almost a 30A… ) I got the white ones for school and managed to persuade my mum to get the white and pink ones as well 😁 I’m typing this one day later and they are amazing!!! Highly recommend

HappyCloud

I had multiple types of training bras over 3 years. A few weeks ago I started to feel a bit uncomfortable. I told my mum, and she said I was ready for a proper bra. We went to Primark and got the teen ones. They’re really comfortable and pretty (especially the patterned ones) I highly recommend them. It takes some practice putting them on but otherwise 10/10 :)

Angel

Hi y’all. Mine is quite awkward as I had known for a bit that I needed one but didn’t want to ask. My mum and I went on a girls shopping day out and I was trying on some tops in Zara when she said that looks cute but we need to get you a bra. I almost died. We looked through so many shops and tried to get some nice ones in m and s but they said that they couldn’t sell them because of the product quality or smth. We found some eventually and they are good but I’m not that keen on them because they look like real bras just with triangle bits of fabric instead of cups. I am now waiting for her to say I need some new ones because I have seen some nice ones in Primark. If anyone has any reviews about primark bras I would love to hear them. Thx luv u

Lily#blogger teen

im still here and my wrist is better!! xoxo lily

Jenn

Hi! Is anybody still here? There's hasn't been any new stories or comments here in weeks! I miss you guys! XXXOOO

Wanda Jean

To Sharon Hi Sharon! I just wanted to say GREAT POST and CONGRATULATIONS on getting your first bra!!! Welcome to the club! It sounds like your mom (and the sales lady in the store too!) made you first bra buying experience as nice and as embarrassment-free as possible. About the feelings of both excitement and also nervousness you felt, I had those same feelings when I was getting my first bra too! But in my case it was more like super- happy-excitement combined with a whole lot of embarrassment all at the exact same time! My most nervous and embarrassment-filled moment was when I had to go into the fitting room so the sales lady could measure me for my size,. But like you it turned out to be quick and easy and not embarrassing at all! It turned out I was a size 30 AA and the sales lady suggested a training bra for me, the kind with the stretchy elastic cups that would fit me then and also stretch and grow with me as I developed more.. It turned out it was perfect bra for me and just what I need at the time because about 3 months later I had growth spurt and in a period of about a month I went from a AA size to I think almost an A size and the bra still fit me perfectly and was still comfortable!. One question, now that you've started wearing your bra, how does it feel? Is it comfortable and it is it like how you thought wearing a bra would feel like? I was kind of surprised at first about how wearing a bra for the first time felt. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it felt just a bit strange at first.. I wasn’t used to having something a bit snug around my chest and also covering my buds and even just very slightly supporting and holding them up a bit, .But that feeling only lasted about a week or two and pretty soon I was so used to it that I could almost forget I had it on! Has it been like that for you too?

Xoxo

If I can give any tips when first buying a bra find one that is comfortable for you every one is different when first buying a bra the most comfortable ones to begin with are sports bras and then as you begin to develope find some that are a bit more supportive

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