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Splitting brava wear times
April 7 2009 at 6:41 PM trigger (no login)
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Hello fellow brava users (and anyone else),
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on splitting up their brava wear times. What I mean is, does anyone split the daily/nightly allowance of 12+ hours over two different sessions? And if so, have you found it gives greater or lesser effects?
I work from home at the moment therefore I'm able to put the domes on at night before sleep (between 11-12), and then take them off between 5-7 am for a nice lie-in and cuddle with husband sans domes, and then after brekky or lunch get another 6-8 hours, have a nice dinner and break from wear, then repeat. Does this sound like an ok schedule? Or have any of you tried this already, and found that swelling was reduced from not doing the 10-14 hours consecutively?
BTW, so far, swelling is good for me (this is my first week with brava after noogling for a month) and holding up to some extent between sessions. Actually, its holding up better than the first day when I just did the evening session and let it deflate all day. Obviously I know that it's not possible for the majority of ladies here, that seem to work outside of the home.
Author Reply
BooBoo
(Login Boo_Boo_Bear)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 6:55 PM
Brava will tell you that anything less than their stated minimum time is just like not doing it at all. However, for those of us that have broken their "rules" by using Brava domes with manual suction / hand pump know better. Not to mention the success with other dome / cup types, like NB or BB. What it may mean, however, is that it *could* take you longer to achieve your final goal, as with the lower wear time systems. Then again, it may have no slowing effect at all.
I used Brava domes with my NB pump for about 3 months, my times varying wildly and even missing few days overall. Now, my problem was that I was filling the domes from about a month in. No expansion = no growth. Even given that, I still gained nearly an inch (doesn't look it, but the tape says so lol). For me, it came down to asking myself which was more important: my daily quality of life now or the time it might take if I needed an extended time frame to reach my goal? Personally, I wasn't willing to give up every ounce of free time with my honey, so I chose to take the latter route. Seems you're in about the same boat.
Whichever you choose, the true key, IMHO, is perseverance. Good luck!
trigger
(no login) Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 10:22 PM
thanks Boo Boo. I just thought their 10 hr a day minimum was just the amount or wear-time one should make in a 24 hr period, and was not aware they meant consecutively. Well, if that's the case, I can make it happen most times by either putting it on around 5pm and taking of at 5am for cuddles, or if I can't get it on till later, cuddles first, and then keep it on throughout the morning... And if I can't do either, I can most certainly make at least 12 hrs, even if I do it in separate blocks. I'm with you in that doing the time consecutively is probably ideal, however I won't sweat it if I do two sessions closer together. I find my swelling keeps better if I don't leave it too long in between wears, and I have a feeling this is a good thing. But seeing as my rash is looking better now, I'll start trying to do some longer sets.
Once again, the advice from the experienced users is priceless! I don't even bother calling brava, because I know that the girls here are probably either going to have the classic brava answers, but most likely have modified them - through trial and error - to even better ones. That and the fact that I must say, the customer service are FAR from friendly. Well, the girl I've been dealing with anyway. My first call after having bought the kit from them, I was condescended to quite rudely.
If only in the last 5 years they had looked around and learned something from the Noogleberry way of doing business. There you have a device that is nowhere near as comfortable, and I would say even painful to use, yet theh have very happy customers, enjoying using it, due to the openness and helpfulness of the customer service. A business where customer happiness is the most important thing, rather than trying to squeeze as much money out of them as possible. Of course that's going to breed discontentment! (one little instance - I know I'm off topic here - with my new domes, the girl had tried to tell me I needed skin prep wipes, which I already knew, but also knew from having been here, that I can get them at the American Diabetes site for 13.99, I didn't say I wanted them, however, she included them in the box and had charged my credit card for the insanely ludicrous $50!!!) ugh.
trigger
(no login) Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 10:26 PM
I mean really, I don't mind paying large mark-ups so much for the product they invented, because I'm sure it was extremely expensive to develop and make, and I appreciate it being able to benefit from it, but I truly resent such ridiculous mark-ups on things that they purchase cheaply and re-sell. There's no excuse for it, it's just greed pure and simple...
April 7 2009 at 6:41 PM trigger (no login)
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Hello fellow brava users (and anyone else),
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on splitting up their brava wear times. What I mean is, does anyone split the daily/nightly allowance of 12+ hours over two different sessions? And if so, have you found it gives greater or lesser effects?
I work from home at the moment therefore I'm able to put the domes on at night before sleep (between 11-12), and then take them off between 5-7 am for a nice lie-in and cuddle with husband sans domes, and then after brekky or lunch get another 6-8 hours, have a nice dinner and break from wear, then repeat. Does this sound like an ok schedule? Or have any of you tried this already, and found that swelling was reduced from not doing the 10-14 hours consecutively?
BTW, so far, swelling is good for me (this is my first week with brava after noogling for a month) and holding up to some extent between sessions. Actually, its holding up better than the first day when I just did the evening session and let it deflate all day. Obviously I know that it's not possible for the majority of ladies here, that seem to work outside of the home.
Author Reply
BooBoo
(Login Boo_Boo_Bear)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 6:55 PM
Brava will tell you that anything less than their stated minimum time is just like not doing it at all. However, for those of us that have broken their "rules" by using Brava domes with manual suction / hand pump know better. Not to mention the success with other dome / cup types, like NB or BB. What it may mean, however, is that it *could* take you longer to achieve your final goal, as with the lower wear time systems. Then again, it may have no slowing effect at all.
I used Brava domes with my NB pump for about 3 months, my times varying wildly and even missing few days overall. Now, my problem was that I was filling the domes from about a month in. No expansion = no growth. Even given that, I still gained nearly an inch (doesn't look it, but the tape says so lol). For me, it came down to asking myself which was more important: my daily quality of life now or the time it might take if I needed an extended time frame to reach my goal? Personally, I wasn't willing to give up every ounce of free time with my honey, so I chose to take the latter route. Seems you're in about the same boat.
Whichever you choose, the true key, IMHO, is perseverance. Good luck!
trigger
(no login) Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 10:22 PM
thanks Boo Boo. I just thought their 10 hr a day minimum was just the amount or wear-time one should make in a 24 hr period, and was not aware they meant consecutively. Well, if that's the case, I can make it happen most times by either putting it on around 5pm and taking of at 5am for cuddles, or if I can't get it on till later, cuddles first, and then keep it on throughout the morning... And if I can't do either, I can most certainly make at least 12 hrs, even if I do it in separate blocks. I'm with you in that doing the time consecutively is probably ideal, however I won't sweat it if I do two sessions closer together. I find my swelling keeps better if I don't leave it too long in between wears, and I have a feeling this is a good thing. But seeing as my rash is looking better now, I'll start trying to do some longer sets.
Once again, the advice from the experienced users is priceless! I don't even bother calling brava, because I know that the girls here are probably either going to have the classic brava answers, but most likely have modified them - through trial and error - to even better ones. That and the fact that I must say, the customer service are FAR from friendly. Well, the girl I've been dealing with anyway. My first call after having bought the kit from them, I was condescended to quite rudely.
If only in the last 5 years they had looked around and learned something from the Noogleberry way of doing business. There you have a device that is nowhere near as comfortable, and I would say even painful to use, yet theh have very happy customers, enjoying using it, due to the openness and helpfulness of the customer service. A business where customer happiness is the most important thing, rather than trying to squeeze as much money out of them as possible. Of course that's going to breed discontentment! (one little instance - I know I'm off topic here - with my new domes, the girl had tried to tell me I needed skin prep wipes, which I already knew, but also knew from having been here, that I can get them at the American Diabetes site for 13.99, I didn't say I wanted them, however, she included them in the box and had charged my credit card for the insanely ludicrous $50!!!) ugh.
trigger
(no login) Re: Splitting brava wear times April 8 2009, 10:26 PM
I mean really, I don't mind paying large mark-ups so much for the product they invented, because I'm sure it was extremely expensive to develop and make, and I appreciate it being able to benefit from it, but I truly resent such ridiculous mark-ups on things that they purchase cheaply and re-sell. There's no excuse for it, it's just greed pure and simple...