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[quote=Anonymous]19:07 here

My response only has to do with your ribcage....not hips, feet, or stomach or muffin top.  And it has nothing to do with any extra fat that may or may not be around your ribcage.

Yes, relaxin can allow things to expand, but in a lot of people that is only temporary....and sometimes that is only a part of the problem.  Posture is often a part too.

I can put on a suit jacket that fits, unbutton that jacket, and then change my posture so I can no longer button that jacket.  Then, I can change things so the jacket is a little loose.  From my normal posture, the contraction is a very small movement but the expansion is huge.  And a lot of the ribcage expansion takes place at your back (which causes that ape-y look).

Being a vocalist, I have a high degree of body awareness and have worked a lot on rib cage control.  I noticed towards the end of my pregnancy that my ribs were forced into the most expanded position and I no longer had any control over making them smaller.  And, once my DC was born I had gotten used to that expanded posture so I found myself walking around like that all the time.  I had to work to reclamation myself with what should be normal for me.[/quote]

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