I've had this bra for just under one year...the sizing seems to be accurate...the "padding" is not significant, although I hadn't realized that there would be any "padding" at all...I have had trouble with the straps with this bra...the straps continually get twisted and it took both me and my husband a fair amount of time to untwist the  straps as they had gotten so tangled during a moment where I attempted to tighten the straps...throughout the day my straps loosen as well, so I am having to tighten them more than once a day...currently, the straps will not stay flat so it is a little uncomfortable with straps that are bulging and twisted...I haven't heard this as an issue with others, so I may have just received one that wasn't as great...and almost a year later I have noticed that the stitching is coming apart on one of the cups (I wash my bras in a mesh bag in a front loading machine and they are always hung to dry, thus there is not any unusual wear being placed on the bras)...I'm not certain if I would purchase again...