POLL: When could you wear a bra post-op?

[FromPrisoner2Pioneer 6]

I'm 5 days post-op & still can't wear a bra. It feels like it restricts my breathing. How many days post-op were you when you started wearing a bra again? This is driving me crazy?

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[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

I never had that trouble. I wore a bra home from the hospital. Maybe you should try a sports bra for comfort over the next few weeks.....

[Poodlelover56 2]

I found any bra I have ( sports bra included) to be very uncomfortable for the first several days. Then I could wear one for several hours at a time. Now I'm okay but it's been a month. My port is placed in the right upper area of my abdomen, so it's not far below my bra line. But once you get rid of some swelling, you should be fine. But yes, it was uncomfortable for over a week or so. It WILL get better!

[Lollicatt 36]

Im two weeks post op and I have an incision right on my bra line. Ive worn a bra a couple of times but it irritates that incision. I go back to work on thursday so I'm gonna have to wear one.

[roziecakes 20]

I wore no bra for the first four days, and then a sports bra on the 5th day. It was just too painful. I didn't have a lot of gas pain because I walked it off, but trying to wear a bra made it worse, so I just didn't do it.

[Dulci 108]

I didn't wear a bra until about 7 days after. I have an incision right where the band of most of my bras hit. I have two that don't bother it.

[Jachut 487]

I wore an underwire bra home from hospital the next day, it didnt bother me. I wore jeans too, lol. They didnt hurt either.

[Janiece 64]

I'm a DDD, so there's no option for me to go braless lol. I usually wear underwire, but I did switch to a soft bra for the first week because the underwire rubbed on one of my incisions.

[Kaye21 46]

I wore one home from the hospital the next day and didn't have any trouble. I had to have help fastening it for the first 5 days.

[kittyforet 50]

I had no problems wearing one. Not that I wanted to wear one, but went to a funeral the day after surgery and didn't really want to go without. Never bothered me as my incisions are lower than my bra line.

[FromPrisoner2Pioneer 6]

Thanks for all of the replies. I was finally able to wear a single sports bra (I normally layer 2) sixteen days post-op. Wooh! That was a good day!

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