[Teddy]

I am now getting some kind of "real" breasts, Bust 113-114 cm, under bust 100.101 cm , roughly 39.5" and 44.5" and 95 B or 42 B feels in most cases quite comfy.
However, my left breast seems like slightly larger than the right one. I'm wondering if there is some easy DIY method of measuring breast volume for objective comparison?

-Teddy

[Heaven's Night]

I am now getting some kind of "real" breasts, Bust 113-114 cm, under bust 100.101 cm , roughly 39.5" and 44.5" and 95 B or 42 B feels in most cases quite comfy.
However, my left breast seems like slightly larger than the right one. I'm wondering if there is some easy DIY method of measuring breast volume for objective comparison?

-Teddy

None that I know of, you can get rough estimate but accurate measuring is quite difficult. To certain extent measuring breast root width and height and multiplying the results worked but that method tends to have less accuracy on small boobs, then get more accurate on average boobs and again lose accuracy when they get big enough.

The best appoximation is to have a size chart which contains approximate breast volumes and corresponding bra size, but that requires that you actually know what your size actually is and that's possible to screw up quite a lot. 

Here's a nice chart for normal UK size range with the corresponging breast volumes listed as totals. 

   

[AlexisM]

I am now getting some kind of "real" breasts, Bust 113-114 cm, under bust 100.101 cm , roughly 39.5" and 44.5" and 95 B or 42 B feels in most cases quite comfy.
However, my left breast seems like slightly larger than the right one. I'm wondering if there is some easy DIY method of measuring breast volume for objective comparison?

-Teddy

None that I know of, you can get rough estimate but accurate measuring is quite difficult. To certain extent measuring breast root width and height and multiplying the results worked but that method tends to have less accuracy on small boobs, then get more accurate on average boobs and again lose accuracy when they get big enough.

The best appoximation is to have a size chart which contains approximate breast volumes and corresponding bra size, but that requires that you actually know what your size actually is and that's possible to screw up quite a lot. 

Here's a nice chart for normal UK size range with the corresponging breast volumes listed as totals. 

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I am now getting some kind of "real" breasts, Bust 113-114 cm, under bust 100.101 cm , roughly 39.5" and 44.5" and 95 B or 42 B feels in most cases quite comfy.
However, my left breast seems like slightly larger than the right one. I'm wondering if there is some easy DIY method of measuring breast volume for objective comparison?

-Teddy

None that I know of, you can get rough estimate but accurate measuring is quite difficult. To certain extent measuring breast root width and height and multiplying the results worked but that method tends to have less accuracy on small boobs, then get more accurate on average boobs and again lose accuracy when they get big enough.

The best appoximation is to have a size chart which contains approximate breast volumes and corresponding bra size, but that requires that you actually know what your size actually is and that's possible to screw up quite a lot. 

Here's a nice chart for normal UK size range with the corresponging breast volumes listed as totals. 


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[Heaven's Night]

The above method will not work with wide/tall breast root as the way it attaches to the body makes it difficult... Also, this method leaves something out no matter what so it shows less volume than the total. Maybe it could work with some approximation. I've seen this water displacement thing talked about before, never tried it as I'm quite sure its prone to a whole lot of error.

[MnWhoHBreasts]

The easiest DIY method is still water displacement, but with someone on HRT you have to be extra consistent because breast tissue can change from swelling, tenderness, weight shifts, and normal hormone-related fluid retention.

Use a digital kitchen scale, a bowl or container, and warm water.

Put the water-filled bowl on the scale, hit tare/zero, then lean forward and lower one breast into the water to the same point each time. Try not to press down or touch the sides/bottom. The increase in grams is roughly the breast volume in cc/ml.

Example:  450 grams = about 450 cc/ml of displaced volume.

Do each side 3 times and average it.

The key is measuring the same way every time:

• Same container
  
• Same water level
  
• Same posture
  
• Same time of day
  
• Same amount of breast submerged
  
• Same side measured first
  
• No pushing or compressing the breast
  

For someone on HRT, I’d also write down notes like:

Date                     Left                  Right             Notes

May 2                  ___ cc               ___ cc            sore, swollen, weight stable

Next month          ___ cc               ___ cc            less tenderness, same method

A tape measure can help too, standing bust, leaning bust, underbust, and breast width, but tape measurements are more about shape and projection, not true volume.
So yes, water displacement is probably the best easy DIY method, but I’d use it for comparison over time, not as an exact medical number. On HRT, the trend matters more than one single measurement.

[Heaven's Night]

There's a good point there about the measuring tape. Also, tape doesn't know a thing about three dimensional soft jiggly thing, it only does the numbers in one direction. Note about shape which almost everybody makes a mistake upon. Narrow and projected shapes are perceived as bigger than they are quite easily. And the opposite for shallow and wide shapes. Top heaviness and sagging make them look bigger. Perky and bottom heavy boobs look smaller. Wide roots with ton of sideboob looks smaller than it is as sideboob is a flatter shape and often hidden by the front/projected part.

Implant enhanced boobs often look smaller than they are, bra size may jump by a lot after getting a implant BA, but high profile high set ones look bigger. Lower profile low set ones look smaller, its the same thing that makes the difference with top vs. bottom fullness.

The point is, perception is not the same as volume and different shapes make meausuring tape behave in certain ways which can skew bra sizing and comparison to size/volume charts.

For example, my meausrement of 42LL/95LL corresponds to 7000ccs total on the chart, in reality its likely a bit less as I always measure a bit larger than what fits me the best, and also every bra manunfacturer does their thing a bit differently. So what I talk about are estimates. The water displacement method is interesting though, I should try and see how it works. I presume that I will likely miss some volume which comes from side and top part as there's no way that side of breast root could reach the water... Shape issues again, someone with narrow and projected breast root get this done way more accurately.

[MnWhoHBreasts]

I do agree with that also.....my projection in altra high and the ones before that were full, only 70 cc difference but the projection makes them look a lot bigger.