My Cups Runneth Over

[Aquajock]

Speaking of hormonal changes:

As I've rounded the corner into year 44, I've encountered a wonderful PHEE-nom known as perimenopause, replete with its variable ETAs for Olde Aunt Flo, longer and more intriguing Pre-Aunt-Flo Syndromes, a passing acquaintance with night sweats, and these past four months . . .

(drum roll)

My ta-tas have gone up from a Size A-Minus to a Size-B And Counting.

*wtf?*

I gotta tell ya, ladies (gents, skip this post), this is seriously weirding me out. From pre-pubsescence on, I was always in my sister's shadow in the jubblies department, and when I quit drinking back in 1987 and lost a ton of weight as a result, what had been inconsequential became downright negligible. And I was cool with that. The letter "A" had always ruled my life, and that being my jubblie-size was quite harmonic. And now . . . I have these . . . these . . . these THINGS under my collar bones that I don't quite know what to do with. I notice it a lot especially when I do push-ups.

DH, I might add, is doing nothing to help me with my dilemma. Every time I turn around now he's standing there with a loopy grin on his face and his hands poised like catchers' mitts. He says, "Dolly, you're the only person I know who can be happy about going bald and complain about going up a size you-know-where!"

Sigh. It sucks to be me.

A-Jock

 

[pink_fortitude]

I will gladly take your boobs! After nursing three kids, I have no tissue left so let's find a doctor and make the boob transfer!:7

Missy

 

[Bobbi]

I have all the peri-menopausal crapola you describe, except the boobs, which would be a silver lining to me. Woe is me! I'm jealous, quite frankly. I borrowed my daughters stick on kind the other night because I am not quite an A. Except my ribs.

Sighing right along with you. AND I love B's. BoBBi, formerly Bailey. Send 'em my way, please! UMMMM grrrrrr. x(
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"

Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver

 

[Rose11]

LOL A-jock! Go bra shopping and enjoy your new assets! Your hubby sure is amused haha.

 

[finsgirl]

Wow, so there is a bright side to perimenopause?!? COOL! Now I can't wait to get older! Geez, my teenager daughter is bigger than me for crying out loud! x( Shooting up to a "B" would be heaven! ENJOY your new assets, A-JOCK!!!!


Angie

 

[Elaine Keller]

Gosh, you're lucky. I need a shirt that says "My body went through perimenopause and all I got were night sweats".

I'm thinking of resorting to fake ones....

 

[Soosan]

I'm going through it too and have noticed a fluctuating increase in breast size, especially two weeks into my cycle. I also have a lot of breast tenderness, much like when I was pregnant.

I went from a full C-cup to barely a B after nursing three babies and have never gained any back until this, so I'm happy about it! I've been missing my larger cup size (even though it's been 12 years).

 

[red_mct]

Hehehehehe. A-jock, thanks for the laugh! I am only 37 but already plagued with night flashes. I keep thinking, it is only downhill from here, but it's nice to know that perhaps there are some positives to this...

Cheers,
marie

 

[buffettgirl]

A-jock-

I'm in full blown menopause, and nothing like that has happened to me!!!!

I remember when my "size" increased during pregnancy. I was so glad when I returned to my normal B cup. Those suckers just got in the way!

Glad to hear your DH is doing well (well well well.)

 

[materialsgirl]

I think this is hands-down the most amusing post I have read on this forum! :7 Not to make light of your serious situation, Annette, because I can totally identify with random changes in boobular dimensions. I once took a BCP that makes my boobs HUGE for 2 weeks, and small for 2 weeks. They would cycle over and over. It was really irritating because I was positive that everyone else could tell and they were all pointing and laughing behind my back like "How come her boobs are a different size now than they were last week???" I don't take that BCP anymore, thank goodness.

You should go out, buy yourself some pretty new bras, and enjoy your newly enlarged appendages. It sounds like your DH sure will enjoy them!

 

[nancy324]

I'm 49 and not there yet. But it's scary to hear how different it is for everyone. I hope I'm not going to need a whole new wardrobe when it's my time. I've heard people having everything from terrible itching to A-jock's situation to the opposite of A-jock's situation. It is the Great Unknown. And the unknown is so much scarier than the known.

 

[Aquajock]

Emily - thanks for the nomenclature correction "boobular dimensions". I always thought it was "titular dementia".

A-Jock

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[finsgirl]

Um, Nancy? 49? Are you sure? If that's true, then when are you going to start looking your age? Actually, I think it's a bunch of bunk. You're not 49. I think that's a typo. Try again, lady!


Angie

 

[Bunbun]

Ugh...I hope this isn't common. I'm already a D and the last thing I need is to get larger. I have to be very seriously underweight before I lose anything in my chest, too.

 

[P Marie]

A-Jock,

Welcome to 44 and perimenopause. I've been in this brave new world for a few months myself and will spare all the details, but I will say that the mammary news doesn't get any better. You never know what they're going to do during any given week. I have bras and tops to suit whatever mood the girls happen to be in.

I heard my OB/GYN in the hallway describing the previous patient's pair as (ready for this?) "pendulous!" I thought they looked pretty good, at least all trussed up in her clothing.

Your change in size calls for some new bras after the shock and awe phase has passed. I don't know what tell-tale signs of maturtion men go through because my DH is 44 too, but your DH is leaving himself wide open for some fun pay-back!

 

[Tamster]

I'm in this club too! My boobs don't seem bigger, but they definitely seem 'pointier'!

Tammy

 

[Elaine Keller]

Hmmmm. I wonder how my ob/gyn describes mine?

I think I DON'T want to know.

 

[Logos]

Hi Aquajock,

I am 44 yrs. old and my chest has gotten perkier, I am a B cup but my chest is popping out, my bofriend was complimenting me, last night. I have also gain 2 pounds since the begining of the year, I have been working out very hard, hardcore and now P90x, some of it could be muscle, my diet is very clean without being extreme by this I mean ( I don't carry a scale to measure my food intake). My BF thinks that is all the push ups in P90X that have build muscle in my chest making my breast look fuller. I did not think that it could be perimenopause but it could be.

 

[Debra L]

>Gosh, you're lucky. I need a shirt that says "My body went
>through perimenopause and all I got were night sweats".
>
Ditto, though I'd have to add that I gained a very stubborn 10 lbs.

Evening primrose oil or Black cohosh can help with the night sweats. They're both gel capsules.

Debra

 

[luvtorun]

When I lost weight on WW two years ago, I lost mine. I went from a C cup to still a C cup but with inserts. As I continue to lose fat through eating cleaner and working with Cathe six days a week, they seem to be fading further away.... oh well... at least my pecs are getting bigger...