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Day one of Brava tonight
May 17 2006 at 9:09 PM frankymand (Login frankymand)

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Hi All

I'm glad I stumbled acrros this site, it's great. Well as the title suggests I'm just starting on my 10(ish) week course of Brava.

I must admit I'm a bit disheartened by some of the bad reviews on here but am going to try and stick with it. According to Brava I'm a 'fast responder' (breastfed 2 babies) so hopefully that's a plus point.

I'm currently a 32B and would love to be a C cup but tbh I just want them to be less saggy and soft, thre's no 'spring' to them anymore.

I have worn it for a few nights here and there in the last 2 weeks just to get used to it and every single time I have woken in the early hours to find them deflated. The problem seems to be, not the vacuum, but the tube coming off where it meets the dome (got manual tubing not smartbox) Has anyone else had this problem?

I normally chuck them off in a half asleep stress but am determined tonight that I will stick with it and re pump them.

So if anyone with a success story has any tips for me or if anyone is just starting too and wants to compare stories with me along the wqay iI would be grateful to hear from you.

Mandy



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Sharon
(no login) Re: Day one of Brava tonight May 19 2006, 9:38 AM


I'm just starting too. Going from what others have said, I'm expecting my time with Brava to be a lot longer than 10 weeks. Yes there are bad reviews on here, but that just goes to show that Brava does not work for everyone. Some women are stisfied with their results and I can only hope to be one of them.


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Christi
(no login) Why are you not using the Smartbox? May 20 2006, 11:06 PM


I've had no problems with the Smartbox at all, and I'm in my fourth week of Brava. THe Smartbox is nice because you don't have to worry about maintaining pressue, it does it for you automatically.


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Sally Anne
(Login sally.anne)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Day one of Brava tonight May 21 2006, 7:52 AM


Yes but she's not using the smartbox, she's using the maual tubing.


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Sn0wflake
(no login) Re: Day one of Brava tonight June 14 2006, 11:24 AM


Hey Mandy,

I guess its almost been a month since you started Brava. How are you liking it? Are you keeping up with it? I keep going back and forth on my decision to use it and I'm hoping to hear about more positive experiences.
Hope it's going well!

Liz


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Mandy
(Login frankymand) Hi Liz June 14 2006, 9:45 PM


Hi Liz

I just popped back on here to email the link to someone and saw my post at the top!

Bad news I'm afraid. I have now sold my Brava on for £200 less than I bought it.: (

I absolutely do believe it works but the 10 hours for 10 weeks is really hard work. I thought I had thought it all through properly but the reality is so different.

With 2 kids it was imposssible to get it on for 10 hours and keep it on. My toddler still wakes occasionally and as soon as I leant in the cot they'd go down. I also didn't think it was appropriate for my 8 year old to see me in them so I couldn't get them on til he was in bed (usually about 8pm) so if he was late it meant I had to keep them on longer in the morning which was imposssible with all the running around for school etc.

I did 4 days and never did a whole night. Sleeping is near on impossible. I was really uncomfortable when pregnant so thought it would be a doddle but it's different. When you're preggers you've got no chioice but with the Brava you do and by 2am when you haven't slept you just chuck them off or I'd keep waking up and they'd gone flat and I was too tired to pump them up again.

I have now gone over to the NBE Board and am trying Wonderup.

So in conclusion, I believe it works but it's really hard going and you pretty much have to be a recluse for the (minimum) 10 weeks.

Hope this helps in your decision.

Mandy


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Desert Queen
(Login desertqueen)
EVE MEMBERS Re: Day one of Brava tonight June 15 2006, 8:12 PM


I can fully understand your problem. It seems to be a common problem, that a lot of women buy Brava and then find they can't commit to it. Don't think you are the only one because this is happening all the time.