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Should you sleep with your bra on or off?

Question for you: Do you sleep with your bra on or off?

Another question: Does it matter?

According to experts, leaving off your bra at night when you go to bed gives your breasts some much needed freedom from the confines of your bra. The bra as we all know is only a slight modification from a corset and what it does is confine and hold your breasts in place. So, it is supposedly healthier to take it off once in a while to allow circulation and what better time than sleep time.

However, if you have large breasts then the converse is true. You are advised to wear a light bra to sleep so your breasts don’t loose their shape. Its a bit of a conundrum isn’t it?

At the risk of being TMI (Too Much Information) I prefer to sleep without my bra on. I just feel more comfortable that way.

If you do plan to sleep with your bra on, try using a sports bra or a light unwired, unpadded bra. Its more comfortable and your bra will not go out of shape as you toss and turn in bed.

Are you going to share if you sleep with or without a bra? 😉

Paris B

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    • I wear mine for exercise and travel but getting a good sports bra that fits well and doesn’t try to smother you can be a hassle too!

  2. I sleep without my bra on, haha. Heck, I don’t have my bra on at home, because my breasts have acute eczema where the gals are… Wuwu. Only when I’m out of the house do I wear one, haha

  3. Wow, a potentially explosive topic, PB! 😛

    At the risk of TMI, I prefer to sleep without, but am equally comfortable sleeping with as well… 😀

  4. me… i prefer to sleep without it.. i cant really sleep with it. it feels weird and i feel its bad for “them” too…but i do have a fren that wears it all her life when she sleeps.. it keeps her more secure.. no offense to anyone. just my 2 cents.

  5. I don’t have big Breast so I always sleep without bra. 🙂 And I also have the habit to sleep without anything on, feels more relax!

  7. i sleep without my bra on. I cant sleep comfortably with it on.
    Actually, once I got home from work everyday, I take off my bra immediately too. I do think our lovely breasts need to breathe. hahahha.

  9. Definitely without. Seems like most all of us gals prefer the freedom sans bra, sleep or awake! I can’t agree more. Without it I can almost hear Andy Williams’ singing in the background…. “born free…… as free as the wind blowsssssss……!” hehe

  10. i’d usually sleep without a bra..but ever since i got pregnant my breasts feel quite sore and heavy and it’s quite uncomfortable when i sleep, so wearing a sports bra might not be a bad idea..

    • I find sports bras more comfortable (and offer more support) than regular bras even if its not underwired or padded. Do give it a shot and congrats on your pregnancy!

  11. I used to sleep with a bra on when I was younger, but now…sans, cos it really IS a lot more comfy – besides, I barely fall into the “need extra support” category… :p *darn*

  12. No bra for me–way too constricting. I also read that wearing a bra to sleep increases your chance of having breast cancer. Not sure if it’s true.
    I only wore a nursing sleep bra for a few days when I just gave birth because my boobies were leaking! LOL!

    • LOL at the leaking boobies! I’d read of the breast cancer scare too but I’m not sure if its just a scare like everything else 🙁

  14. must take off my bra to sleep, heck, if there’s no one at home I don’t wear one, much more comfortable for me this way.

  15. I hate bras so I don’t wear them at home or while sleeping. Which kinda makes for funny, awkward situations like the time I was dragged straight from a nap to a family dinner and was too sleepy to remember that I was braless.

    Re gravitational pull on breasts, a friend said that her granny’s breasts were so long, she had to sling them over her shoulders ala hantu tetek style to keep them out of the way while cooking. All of our jaws dropped.

  16. I normally don’t wear a bra when I sleep because it’s very constricting. I have, on occasion sleep while in my birthday suit, it feels liberating. .I never realized that it’s actually more beneficial to sleep w/ a bra on if one has a bigger breasts (I’m a C) – to keep them in place and prevent it from sagging. `

  17. Hi Pariss,,

    interesting post! He he.. So my 2 cents,, I’m both sometimes, but I wont go to bed with the wired bra, if I do have a bra on while sleeping it should be wireless! Ha 🙂
    What do you all think?

    :))

    • Definitely you want a wireless bra – though not in the wifi sense hehe… You don’t want your wired bra going out of shape nor risk poking yourself in your sleep!

  18. I wear a sports bra to sleep but then I unhook it when I sleep… haha… so I dont’ have to go to the toilet and take it off before I sleep… jump in bed and unhook it… but I heard that if u wear a bra for more than 12 hrs (can’t remember) it increases the chances of getting breast cancer… but then again, we are awake more than 12 hours a day… got that info from The Star btw…

    • hmm… at the rate we are going, anything will cause cancer! So maybe the few hours we go bra-less at home will help make up for it 🙂

  20. I dont wear my bra to sleep nor do i wear it at home. but once a week, i sleep with my training corset on.

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