breast pain and bra size

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This may sound like an obvious question but I want to confirm.

I pretty confident I'm wearing the wrong bra size, based on the simple facts that I haven't ever been fitted, I'm wearing the same size I did when I was 13 (I'm 20 now) and my breasts have definitely gotten bigger in the past six months (due to a BC switch and some weight gain).

So...this is why my breasts hurt at the end of the day, right? Being all bunched into something too small? And furthermore, what EXACTLY goes down when you get fitted?

Thanks!

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I used to work in the lingerie department of a large store, and I actually found a method of measurement that works better than the "under the breasts, add five, across the breasts" thing, and you can do this yourself with a measuring tape.

Measure around the top of your breasts while wearing a bra, just under your arms, underneath your collarbone. That's your size around. Then measure across your breasts. Compare the numbers, and if they differ by one inch, you're an A, by two you're a B, etc.

This method always worked really well for me.