Packing breast forms

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Sunny719
Sunny719 Member Posts: 5
edited June 2014 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

I travel a bit, both by air and by auto.  I have had a double mastectomy and certainly cannot pack the swim forms in their original box and the cradles of the forms I would be wearing.  How have you managed to take forms and cradles on trips?  This may seem trivial, but I hope someone has an idea or two. 

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  • Erica3681
    Erica3681 Member Posts: 1,916
    edited October 2009

    Hi Sunny719,

    When I travel, I take the cradles out of the boxes. For the forms I'm wearing, I stack the pair of cradles and they don't take up much space in my suitcase. If I want to bring an extra pair of forms, or swim forms, I also remove the cradles from the boxes and carefully pack the cradles with forms in between clothing items. They haven't moved much during travel when I've done that.

    Some women say they don't even bother with the cradles and either nest the forms among some socks or other soft clothing or leave them in a bra which they hang by the straps when not wearing them. If you really want to travel light, those solutions would probably work.

    Barbara

    BreastFree.org

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  • Sunny719
    Sunny719 Member Posts: 5
    edited October 2009

    Barbara-----Thanks.  I'll be making my first short trip (since getting fitted) next week, then face, joyfully, two months away---traveling by car, but concerned about space and keeping the forms in good shape while away.  I like your ideas!

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  • roseg
    roseg Member Posts: 3,133
    edited October 2009

    I put them in a bra that I've folded in half so one cup is nestled in the other.

    usually you can find something else with stiffness to nestle that into.

    The TSA inspector will just have to wonder what that is if he/she opens you bag.

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  • Mouser
    Mouser Member Posts: 245
    edited October 2009


    For 6 months i carefully took the case-and-cradle when i travelled. Then i went to Europe -- travelling 3 weeks; no room for that!
    It made absolutely no difference to my silicone form to be cradle-less for 3 weeks, and not only have i not travelled with the cradle since, i don't usually bother with it at home, either. However, if i don't use the cradle, i do leave it in the bra when i'm not wearing it, both at home and away, because i'm afraid of punctures. I've had it just over a year now, and it is fine.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited October 2009

    I do what Rose does..and I have been all over the world, never a problem

    I usually keep my passport and credit cards along with money in my bra

    that I wear...

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